Temporary Field Technician

Requisition Number: 74612

Location:

Boulder, Colorado

City:
Boulder

State:
Colorado

Employment Type:

Research Faculty

Schedule:

Part-Time

Posting Close Date: 04-Sep-2026

Date Posted: 02-Sep-2026

INSTARR welcomes applications for a Temporary Field Technician! CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

As the University's oldest institute, INSTAAR has a long history of responding to pressing environmental issues including climate change. Our traditional focus has been on alpine, Arctic, and Antarctic regions, where effects of global change are especially pronounced. In recent decades, our research has broadened to include environmental challenges that span local, regional, and global scales. INSTAAR's research activities integrate field studies, state-of-the-art laboratory experiments, sample analysis, and numerical and laboratory modeling.

Our field sites are located across all seven continents and the world's oceans.

Our expertise across disciplines helps us generate influential science that can inform public and policy decisions and move us toward a more sustainable society. INSTAAR's national and international research leadership is augmented by exceptional strength in graduate education and bringing undergraduates into the research process.

• Assist in monthly fieldwork in alpine regions across the Front Range of Colorado.
• Assist in general lab analyses and tasks, including bottle and dish cleaning, water quality analyses, and other general lab work.
• Assist in data entry and metadata creation.

• Anticipated start date of September 4, 2026.

$22.00 - $23.00/hour.

Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.

Be ambitious. Be groundbreaking. Be Boulder.

• Undergraduate degree.

• Experience with limnological field skills including sediment coring, van dorn sampling, and water travel.
• Experience in analytical laboratory skills, including experience with limnological field skills including sediment coring, van dorn sampling, and water travel.
• Experience in analytical laboratory skills including acid washing, and micro pipetting.

• Previous experience leading or assisting research projects with a focus on topics in biochemistry in aquatic environments. Experience working on diverse types of aquatic water bodies.