Bethel Of­fers On-Cam­pus Sum­mer Jobs

MISHAWAKA – For many col­lege stu­dents, sum­mer is the best time to find work and save up for the school year; how­ever, find­ing a sum­mer job can be dif­fi­cult and stress­ful. Stu­dents may not be aware that there are mul­ti­ple stu­dent jobs avail­able on cam­pus for stu­dents over the sum­mer and through­out the school year. Be­low is a con­cise re­cap of more de­tailed in­for­ma­tion that may be found at stu­den­tjobs.bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu. 

Phys­i­cal Plant Stu­dent Jobs  

All stu­dent work­ers in this de­part­ment are ex­pected to be self-mo­ti­vated, on time and man­age work time ef­fi­ciently. 

Grounds stu­dent work­ers’ main func­tion is to as­sist the de­part­ment in main­tain­ing cam­pus grounds. Tasks in­clude mow­ing, plant care and an abil­ity to use hand and power tools. Stu­dents should be able to tol­er­ate pollen, mold, grass and in­sect bites, as well as pos­sess the abil­ity to work in all weather con­di­tions. Staff is com­mu­nity-ori­ented and will­ing to teach you mul­ti­ple skills. Stu­dents can work 40 hours a week. 

Main­te­nance stu­dent work­ers’ main func­tion is to as­sist the de­part­ment in main­tain­ing Bethel’s build­ings. Tasks in­clude ful­fill­ing work or­ders, col­lect­ing re­cy­cles and trash, re­pair­ing poor light­ing and ven­ti­la­tion by chang­ing light bulbs and fil­ters, and trans­port­ing ma­te­ri­als to var­i­ous cam­pus de­part­ments. Stu­dents should have a valid dri­ver’s li­cense to op­er­ate main­te­nance ve­hi­cles and an abil­ity to op­er­ate main­te­nance equip­ment. Staff is com­mu­nity-ori­ented and will­ing to teach you mul­ti­ple skills in plumb­ing, elec­tri­cal and car­pen­try. Stu­dents can work 40 hours a week. 

House­keep­ing stu­dent work­ers’ main func­tion is to as­sist the de­part­ment in main­tain­ing a san­i­tary and pro­fes­sional at­mos­phere of cam­pus fa­cil­i­ties. Tasks in­clude sweep­ing, dust­ing, vac­u­um­ing, mop­ping, clean­ing bath­room fix­tures (toi­lets, show­ers, sinks) and wash­ing win­dows and walls. Stu­dents should be able to stretch, bend, scrub, kneel and tol­er­ate clean­ing prod­uct fumes. Stu­dents can work 40 hours a week. 

Food Ser­vices Din­ing Com­mons  

Stu­dents in this de­part­ment work pri­mar­ily in food ser­vice op­er­a­tion, han­dling cash and credit trans­ac­tions from cus­tomers. Tasks may in­clude as­sist­ing in setup and serv­ing of food from coun­ters and steam ta­bles, clean­ing and san­i­tiz­ing equip­ment and work­sta­tions. Stu­dents are also ex­pected to pos­sess the abil­ity to op­er­ate a cash reg­is­ter, al­ways main­tain proper se­cu­rity of cash, at­tend all al­lergy and food­borne ill­ness in-ser­vice train­ing and main­tain in­ven­tory, stock, and req­ui­si­tions. Stu­dents should pre­sent them­selves in a highly pro­fes­sional man­ner, main­tain a pos­i­tive at­ti­tude, be will­ing to learn and have an abil­ity to work a flex­i­ble sched­ule. Stu­dents can work 40 hours a week.  

Mail­room  

Stu­dents in this de­part­ment sort and de­liver mail to the ap­pro­pri­ate de­part­ments on cam­pus. Tasks in­clude re­ceiv­ing, sort­ing and de­liv­er­ing mail and pack­ages to ap­pro­pri­ate de­part­ments, op­er­at­ing go-kart for de­liv­ery pur­poses and lift­ing up to 50 pounds. Stu­dents can work 40 hours a week. 

Stu­dents should pay at­ten­tion to Bethel’s up­dates re­gard­ing sum­mer op­er­a­tions con­sid­er­ing the COVID-19 out­break. Mul­ti­ple on-cam­pus in­tern­ship op­por­tu­ni­ties are avail­able dur­ing the school se­mes­ters. To learn more or ap­ply, visit stu­den­tjobs.bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu.