Working with University Housing Facilities is a great way to spend your summer. We have a variety of open positions, including Maintenance Technicians and Grounds Technicians. There are positions available across campus, so if you would prefer a quick commute, work in Southeast! If you’d rather enjoy sunny days by Lake Mendota, come work in Lakeshore. You could even work in the beautiful, historic University Apartments buildings (think Eagle Heights). With any of these positions, you’ll make at least $15/hour with opportunities for wage increases. In the summer, you can work a few hours per week or up to 40 hours, and there’s ample flexibility to balance summer classes, friends, family, and vacations. If you’re interested but unsure where you would live, Housing has thought of that, too! If you work at least 25 hours per week, you can live in the residence halls over the summer as a student employee for $600. That’s $600 for the whole summer, not per month!
Supervisors in Facilities and at University Housing are here to support you, work with you, and help you succeed. They’re right there working alongside you when you need it and do not hesitate to help out with any project, large or small. Join a team that cares about what they do and about YOU.
Be a Maintenance Technician
As a Maintenance Technician, you’ll learn how to repair things, work hands-on, and contribute to a positive learning environment. The position provides any student that is interested in a wide variety of hands-on career paths with a great resume building opportunity and chance to work with supportive supervisors who care about you as a person. If you take pride in what you do and are eager to learn valuable life skills, consider this position. As a Maintenance Technician, you’ll work with University Housing Facilities staff to complete repairs in University Housing buildings. Examples of this could be assisting with maintenance of mechanical equipment, completing small repairs, addressing architectural building components, and assisting with grounds work, all while providing excellent customer service. You don’t need any previous experience fixing things; our staff are here to teach you. Think of all the ways you’ll be able to fix your future apartments or homes!
Be a Grounds Technician at University Apartments
Nothing, I repeat, nothing beats the serenity of the University Apartments community. University Apartments (UA) includes Eagle Heights, University Houses, and Harvey Street Apartments, and is a quick bike or bus ride away from the residence halls. Work on a tight-knit team supporting graduate students, faculty, and their families. Student Grounds Technicians at UA assist with exterior projects throughout the University Apartments community such as landscaping, trash pickup, repairing playground equipment, and outdoor custodial work. The position also does some indoor projects in common areas. If you like to work with your hands and be outside, this is a great position for you! If you have experience with related tools and equipment, that’s great! If not, that’s okay, too.
Quotes from Facilities Student Staff
Payton, Maintenance Lead
Working in Maintenance at UW–Madison is honestly pretty great! The work isn’t too physically demanding, but you can definitely get a workout if you want one. We work as a team in the summer, and since everyone gets along so well, you can pretty much pick which jobs you want to do. All my coworkers are funny and make the shifts go by super fast. The pay is really good for the skills needed, and the bosses are awesome about teaching you new things. If you mess up, they totally understand. It’s such a good job that I’m planning to stick with it until I graduate. One of the best parts is how flexible they are during the school year — you can pick your hours, which is perfect when you’ve got a heavy course load!
Ella, Facilities Employee
Working in Maintenance has been a really rewarding experience! Working with great colleagues and learning new skills has been a worthwhile experience.
Peter, Grounds Technician
My time as a grounds worker at University Apartments has been nothing but great. I’ve learned lots of valuable skills beyond the classroom like operating machinery and power equipment. The skills I’ve developed will last throughout my life.
Dylan, Grounds Technician
My experience working as a grounds technician at University Apartments was overall positive. The biggest perk of the job was the flexibility. They were very accommodating to my schedule both during the school year and the summer.
If you have any questions about our open positions, please reach out to Jenn Kempfert at jnkempfert@wisc.edu