Engineering Student Employee

Department Overview:

The Industrial Refrigeration Consortium is a collaboration between the UW and industry to improve the safety, efficiency, reliability, and functionality of industrial refrigeration systems, primarily using ammonia as the refrigerant.

Anticipated Start Date:

Spring/Summer 2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

 

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Partially Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

Minimum: 5 Maximum: 30

Schedule:

Hours are flexible and we can work around student schedules. We anticipate 5-10 hours during the school year and 20-30 hours during the summer and/or other breaks.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

Minimum: $16.00 Maximum: $16.00

Number of Positions:

1

Qualifications:

Student in Mechanical or similar engineering field.
Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
Familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite of tools.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Experience using EES, Solidworks, Ansys, and Matlab preferred.
Fundamentally sound knowledge of thermodynamic processes and cycles preferred.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

Primary duties will include:
Assist staff in answering IRC member’s information request.  This could range from looking up information on equipment to performing calculations.
Assist staff with development of new software tools for the IRC website.
Assist staff with the grading of homework and other tasks revolving around courses offered by the IRC.
When needed, provide clerical and other administrative services.
Additional opportunities may arise to use other skills you have and/or develop in the future. This may include operating the pressure relief valve test rig to obtain data or joining us on a site visit to a customer’s site. These tasks will be based upon our evaluation of your ability to perform the task balanced with your time limitations due to studies.

Physical Demands:

Depending on project needs, you may need to spend time outdoors in various weather conditions. Climb ladders, carry ≈20lb, etc.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/