Museum Facilities Technician (Part-Time)

Are you handy and well-rounded, skilled at working with wood and masonry, familiar with building maintenance, general mechanics, and possessing a sense of adventure to tackle unexpected challenges above ground and below ground? The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums | City of Platteville is now recruiting a part-time (12 hours per week) Museum Facilities Technician to assist with historic preservation, building maintenance, and exhibit fabrication.

The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums is a department of the City of Platteville as well as a mission-driven membership and entrepreneurial organization. Located at the eastern end of the Main Street business district in Platteville, the Museum campus includes scenic greenspace, pollinator gardens, a real underground mine from the pre-Civil War Lead Rush, a railroad amusement ride pulled by a 1931 mine locomotive, and picturesque interpretive structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Museum celebrates Wisconsin’s know-how and can-do spirit as expressed in the mining region where Wisconsin and its Badger State identity was born. Since its founding in 1965, the Museum has welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors, a third of them school children. The Museum is Platteville’s leading tourist attraction and the largest in the tri-state area (Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa) interpreting the mineral heritage of the famous Upper Mississippi Valley district. 

This part-time position offers a flexible year-round schedule, a fun work environment, and a reciprocal agreement with dozens of regional attractions offering free or deeply discounted admission for museum employees and guests. Must be able to demonstrate technical hands-on work experience, successfully complete guide training, and pass a City-mandated background check. Starting wage is $15 per hour.

How to Apply

Please submit a current resume, cover letter, and City of Platteville application form (downloadable below) to Museum Director, Erik Flesch at museumdirector@platteville.org or mail to The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums, PO Box 780, Platteville, WI 53818.