Makerspace Facilitator

About Us

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today.

Job : 296534
Location: Augusta University
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

The Maker Space Facilitator supports entrepreneurship by helping students, faculty, and community users turn ideas into functional prototypes while promoting safe, effective use of fabrication tools and processes. The role blends hands‑on prototyping, makerspace operations, and instructional support, including training users in 3D modeling, fabrication methods, and small‑scale manufacturing techniques. This position also contributes to workforce development, student skill‑building, and community engagement through workshops, program support, and continuous improvement of makerspace services and processes.

• Prototyping and Fabrication: Assist users in converting conceptual ideas into tangible prototypes, manage production, identify improvement opportunities, provide guidance on 3D modeling, maintain documentation, and uphold safety procedures.
• Instruction and Training: Develop community workshops, tailor instruction for varying skill levels, solve creative challenges with stakeholders, and coordinate programmatic activities such as STEM events, rapid prototyping, 3D printing, and mold making.
• Compliance with Customer Service Standards: Analyze and implement outgoing improvements of departmental and process goals, manage multiple tasks and priorities, and adapt quickly to changing situations.
• Other Duties: Perform additional tasks as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field with one year of experience.

• Experience with 3D printers, mold making.
• Strong initiative to complete tasks.

• Knowledge:
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software/databases.
  • General experience and knowledge of innovation, prototyping, and creative problem‑solving skills.
• Skills:
  • Detail‑oriented.
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Abilities:
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Shift: Days/M‑F (working outside normal business hours may be required)
Pay Band: B11
Salary: Minimum $56,600 annually – Midpoint: $59,720 annually
Recruitment Period: 3/31/2026 until filled
Benefits: Health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or optional retirement plan), earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays. Full‑time employees employed for more than 6 months may be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.

• Successful background check required prior to starting any position.
• Credit check may be required for Positions of Trust or approved departmental Purchase Card usage.
• Motor vehicle reports required for positions that involve driving an Augusta University vehicle.
• Faculty hires must provide proof of completed academic degree(s) and post‑secondary coursework; foreign‑institution trained candidates must provide educational/credential evaluation.
• All employees must safeguard sensitive information by adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies.

Augusta University is a proud equal‑opportunity employer welcoming applicants from underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.