Graduate Assistant - Engineering Technology - Fall 2026

Job Details

Graduate Assistant
- Engineering Technology
- Fall 2026

Employer:

University of Central Missouri (UCM)

Salary: $550.00 Semi-Monthly

Location:

UCMO
- Warrensburg, MO

Job Type: Graduate Assistant

Job Number: G97995

Division:
School of Industrial Sciences &Tech

Opening Date: 08/04/2026

Assist Engineering Faculty with laboratories, social media, recruitment, prospective student visits, classroom presentations, and other classroom/laboratory duties.

• Maintaining lab equipment.
• Updating social media program accounts.
• Recruitment events on and off campus.
• Meeting with prospective students.
• Updating & creating new lab guides & activities for students.
• Printing student projects & files.
• Classroom lectures as needed for faculty who must be gone for a class period.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Currently admitted to a UCM graduate degree program
• 3.0 or higher graduate level GPA if previous graduate level courses have been taken
• 2.7 or higher undergraduate level GPA if no previous graduate level courses have been taken
• Background in technology-related field.

Experience:

• Electronics, CNC/manual mills & lathes, strength of materials, hydraulics & pneumatics, 3D printing, design and manufacturing software (Solid Works, MasterCAM, Fusion, AutoCAD), welding
• General principles of engineering.

GA Type: Lab

GA Hour Expectations: 20 hours per week

Start Date of Position: 8/10/2026

End Date of Position: 12/11/2026

Total Stipend for Semester: $4,950

Working Days &

Hours:

20 hours per week M-F

Scholarship:
Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non-resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver. The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student’s personal account. Instead, the student’s bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded.

If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester. The scholarship is applied to graduate level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship. The non-resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus.

The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held. For a full (20-hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs and mandatory fees up to 12 credit hours of graduate coursework per semester. Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly.

Completed UCMonline application for employment required. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

A review will begin immediately and continue until filled unless indicated otherwise.

NOTE:

A background check is required for the selected candidate of all staff, faculty, adjunct, and temporary positions and any job offer is contingent on the results of this check. Student employees and graduate assistants do not require a background check to be conducted prior to employment.

The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Our faculty and staff are the university’s most valuable asset, and our goal is to provide a robust Total Rewards Program designed to help them maintain a happy, healthy, and productive lifestyle.

• 32% (staff) and 6% (faculty) defined retirement contribution, paid by the university;
• Voluntary Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA) programs (403(b) and 457(b)) that allow eligible employees to make additional pre‑tax contributions to a retirement plan;
• Employees can earn up to full tuition (15 credit hours) for themselves per academic year. Full‑time employees are also eligible for up to $175 towards non‑credit courses each fiscal year. Employees can earn up to full tuition for their dependents;
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans that begin on the first of the month following your date of hire. Basic dental and vision insurance paid at 100% by the university;
• Available Health and…