AAP Material Practice Facility Technician at Cornell

The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University (Cornell AAP) includes the departments of Architecture, Art, City and Regional Planning, the Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate, jointly led by AAP and the SC Johnson College of Business, the multicollege Department of Design Tech, and the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities. The college spans three locations in Ithaca, New York City, and Rome, Italy, each with world-class facilities and cutting-edge technologies.

Cornell AAP is about acts of transformation. We are committed to reimagining and reshaping the world in new ways, every day. A vital college at one of the nation's foremost research universities, Cornell AAP brings faculty, staff, and students together from around the world to take up some of today's most urgent challenges and advance research, inquiry, and collaborative approaches to designing, making, and doing that make a more just and resilient future.

   

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about hands-on work, safety, and supporting creative exploration? As a Shop Technician, you’ll play a key role in maintaining a dynamic and fast-paced academic fabrication environment. You'll ensure that a wide range of analog fabrication equipment—such as woodworking and metalworking tools—is functional, clean, and safe for use. You’ll also have the opportunity to work directly with students, faculty, and staff, providing training, support, and supervision to foster an environment where innovation thrives safely and effectively.

You’ll be an essential part of a collaborative team, helping to deliver technical support for sculpture, model building, and material research—while actively contributing to the learning environment of the university community.

What We Need

We’re looking for someone who can:

• Perform routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on a variety of analog fabrication tools and equipment.
• Maintain parts inventory and ensure shop cleanliness and functionality.
• Conduct safety orientations and hands-on training for students, faculty, and staff under the direction of the MPF Shop Manager.
• Track user training progress and help manage the training database.
• Work with the University’s Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) office to ensure compliance with all safety protocols and documentation.
• Monitor and enforce safety practices consistently across the shop.
• Provide technical support in areas such as wood and metalworking, sculpture, and model building.
• Offer expert advice on equipment use and project execution with minimal supervision.
• Supervise and mentor student workers, keeping them engaged, productive, and safe.
• Contribute to a culture of inclusion, cooperation, and respect, helping to maintain a healthy and welcoming environment for everyone.

If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it’s ok if you don’t.

• Familiarity with tools such as MIG and TIG welders, oxy-acetylene torches, cold cutoff saws, manual metal mills, table saws, band saws, planers, jointers, and drill presses.
• Experience training or mentoring others in a workshop or academic setting.
• Comfort navigating EH&S compliance tools and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) documentation.
• Exposure to robotics labs or working with 6-axis robotic arms.
• Experience with ceramics processes or equipment (throwing wheels, clay drying and storage, electric kilns with digital programming).
• Flexibility to take on projects or responsibilities that may occasionally fall outside of your core duties.

Rewards and Benefits

Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, and sustainability.

• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: Understand Your Benefits | Working at Cornell.
• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program. Learn more about our extensive educational benefits: Education Benefits | Working at Cornell
• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell:

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

   

University Job Title:

Equipment Tech III

   

Job Family:

Technical

   

Level:

C

   

Pay Rate Type:

Hourly

   

Pay Range:

$24.76 - $27.37

   

Remote Option Availability:

Onsite

   

Company:

Endowed

   

Contact Name:

Samantha Pennell

   

Contact Email:

[email protected]

   

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