Job Opportunities
Kimberly Scribner
Workforce Coordinator
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Positions
Undergraduate Students:
The UMaine Composites Center typically employs over 100 undergraduate students per year from a wide variety of majors.
Undergraduate work experience provides an interdisciplinary, experiential learning environment where students are introduced to issues of safety, regulation, cost efficiencies, project management, human relations, and leadership. Center undergraduates have opportunities to become full research partners, including being named authors on journal articles, named inventors on patents, and attending national and international conferences and meetings.
We encourage you to fill out our Undergraduate Interest Form.
Graduate Students:
Graduate students gain hands-on experience and professional training in research ethics, industrial safety, supervision and leadership, equipment operation, and ISO 17025 quality management. Graduate students are expected to become full research partners and are encouraged to develop professionally not only in the classroom, but also through writing, conference presentations, networking with academic and industrial colleagues, and production of intellectual property. For more information on Graduate Positions, visit the University of Maine Graduate School website.
All student employment inquiries should be sent to Seana Annable at seana.annable@maine.edu.
Safety & Training Manager
Job Category: Salaried
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The purpose of this position is to oversee all safety at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center. This includes supervisory responsibility for staff and students in the laboratory. Typical hiring range for this soft-money funded position is $44,507 – $74,177 commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Engineer III-IV, Business Development & Commercialization Manager for Floating Offshore Wind Technologies
Job Category: Salaried
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The purpose of this position is to manage, execute, and advance business opportunities for the University of Maine’s developed floating offshore wind-related technologies and technical services.
This position requires excellent communication, technical competence, and business skills to effectively advance the use of UMaine offshore wind technology to end-users. The typical hiring range for this soft-money funded position is commensurate with Career Level:
Engineer III – Salary Band 7 up to $112,816
Engineer IV – Salary Band 8 up to $129,738
Engineers IV – VII – Technical Leads, Project Managers and Program Managers – Up to 20 Positions
Job Category: Salaried
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The purpose of these positions is to manage and lead research for Advanced Structures and Composites Center R&D programs; manage operations for growth, budget and resource planning; create, develop and plan new programs; direct, manage and oversee all engineering for multiple research programs and identify partners in the composites industry and to develop proposals for federal, state, and industry-funded R&D and demonstration programs in cooperation with industry partners. Positions may be located in Portland, Maine or Orono, Maine. Typical hiring range for these soft-money funded positions is commensurate with Career Level:
Engineer IV up to $117,944
Engineer V up to $135,635
Engineer VI and VII up to $155,980
Postdoctoral Research Associates – Multiple Disciplines – Up to 20 Positions
Job Category: Salaried
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Build a Meaningful and Successful Career in Research
The purpose of these positions is to support, plan, and conduct assigned and original research encompassing the R&D programs at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, while working collaboratively with faculty, staff, as well as graduate and undergraduate students at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and the UMaine academic departments.
Postdoctoral Research Associate appointments at the University of Maine are for a limited duration and must include an educational component. University policy requires that a University of Maine faculty member be identified as a mentor and that specific guideline be met. The purpose of the postdoctoral appointment is to further prepare an individual who was recently awarded a doctorate to undertake the responsibilities of a career in research.
Positions may be located in Portland, Maine or Orono, Maine. Typical hiring range for these soft-money funded positions is $85,000 and commensurate with qualifications.