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• Driller Helper - Extra Help

  Apr 10, 2025 8:00 am

  Driller Helper (Extra-Help position that could lead to permanent position) needed to operate and maintain a variety of equipment during geological exploration and soil testing. During periods where unable to conduct drilling, provide back up and support to PRI facilities group. Including equipment maintenance, office and equipment relocation, and conducting skilled manual work to support scientific research needs. This is a position that requires travel out of town Monday to Friday. 

  This position is a traveling position that requires staying overnight in a hotel when on a drilling project, often staying in a hotel Monday through Thursday during much of the drilling season (approximately March – October). Most weeks travel to the drilling site occurs on Monday morning and travel back to Champaign occurs on Friday morning.  Weekends home. 

• Medical Entomology Field Technician (Hourly): Illinois Natural History Survey

  Mar 10, 2025 2:45 pm

  The Illinois Natural History Survey’s Medial Entomology Lab is seeking undergraduate students or hourly technicians for seasonal field and lab work on mosquito and tick surveillance and research. 

• Undergraduate Hourly, Graduate Hourly, Academic Hourly

  Mar 4, 2025 8:00 am

  We are seeking up to three motivated individuals to participate in and support original research and technology development in one or more areas of carbon capture & utilization, critical materials recovery, and the beneficial utilization of waste materials. Responsibilities include participating in laboratory and bench-scale experiments and analytical characterization to evaluate new materials and processes, assisting in the assembly and troubleshooting of experimental setups, analyzing experimental data, supporting modeling efforts, performing literature searches, as well as preparing reports and documentation.

• Black-Billed Cuckoo Field Technician (Hourly) - Illinois Natural History Survey

  Feb 21, 2025 4:00 pm

  The Illinois Natural History Survey is seeking 2 field technicians to assist on an M.S. research project studying Black-billed Cuckoo (BBCU) migration. The position will begin in Mid May and run through Mid July. 

• Macroinvertebrate Technician (Hourly) - Illinois Natural History Survey : Macomb, Illinois

  Nov 19, 2024 5:00 pm

  The Illinois River Biological Station is seeking two technicians to conduct applied research in aquatic ecology and large river systems and process riverine samples for aquatic macroinvertebrates.  throughout the state of Illinois. This position will be 40 hours per week and will be based in Macomb, Illinois.