Students eating at tables in Gordon Hall

Food Service Positions

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a large and diverse dining and food service operation that impacts thousands of students and staff every day. We are always looking for talented professionals who want to make a difference to join our University Housing and Wisconsin Union teams! You can learn more about University Housing and Wisconsin Union below.

These exciting job opportunities may be full-time, part-time, or temporary and are in a variety of locations across campus.

Enjoy these amazing perks:

  • Great starting pay
  • Consistent, set work schedules
  • Discounts on food and drinks
  • Work in fun, rewarding and engaging atmospheres
  • Growth opportunities


Full-time employees will enjoy a benefits package that includes:

  • Excellent health and dental insurance options
  • Paid vacation, sick and personal days

Open Food Service Positions

Below are some of our available opportunities.
Click the title of the position to learn more and apply.

Fluno Center Line Cook

306595-US 522964 Madison Wisconsin United States Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53715 WISCONSIN UNION/UWCC ACCOUNTING Food Service Onsite, Staff-Full Time
At the Fluno Center Line Cooks are responsible for preparing high quality food for our hotel and conference guests. Our Line Cooks receive and prepare orders in Smitty's Study Pub, they assist with catering and banquet events, they prepare food fo...

Catering Supervisor

307066-US 522963 Madison Wisconsin United States Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53715 WISCONSIN UNION/CATERING & CONFERENCE DIVISION Food Service Onsite, Staff-Full Time
Take that next step in your hospitality career as one of our catering supervisors. Join the team responsible for supervising and coordinating food related services for events held at the Memorial Union and other locations. As a catering supervisor...

University Housing

At University Housing, we’re home for UW-Madison’s students and families. As part of the University Housing team, you’ll help provide exceptional living and dining options to the UW-Madison community—including students, staff, families, and visitors to campus.

Our Dining & Culinary Services staff use their culinary skills to create quality food in markets across the UW-Madison campus. Our talented staff makes everything from freshly prepared meals for students and special-order catering events, to hand-crafted coffee drinks and baked goods—and everything in between!

In addition to excellent paid time off and insurance benefits, we also provide an environment focused on continued learning and competitive wages. This includes hiring bonuses, extra pay for working nights and weekends, referral bonuses, promotional opportunities, and a free meal on each shift for all Dining & Culinary Services staff.

Two food service workers decorating a dessert
Guests ordering food at Carte inside the Wisconsin Union

Wisconsin Union

From brats on the beloved Memorial Union Terrace to traditional pub fare in the iconic der Rathskeller, the Wisconsin Union offers a wide range of dynamic dining experiences at more than 30 locations around campus. Plus, our talented catering team provides food for exciting events ranging from weddings to academic conferences. Be part of a fun, collaborative team that helps to make experiences for a lifetime happen at the Wisconsin Union’s dining locations.

Full-time positions with the Wisconsin Union come with a host of benefits including a Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension, paid vacation days and paid sick leave, and 30% off food and non-alcoholic beverages at our many locations. Learn more.

Disability Accommodations

For disability accommodations please contact Disability Accommodations.

 

Translation Services

English

If you have questions please contact the Office of Human Resources at 608-265-2257 or uwjobs@wisc.edu. Please call Cultural Linguistic Services if you need assistance in Spanish (Español 608-265-1489 o 608-265-0838), Hmong (Hmoob 608-263-2217), Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག 608-890-2545), Chinese (汉语 608-890-2628), or Nepali (नेपाली 608-262-7521).

 

Español / Spanish

Si tiene preguntas por favor póngase en contacto con la Oficina de Recursos Humanos llamando al 608-265-2257 o mande un correo electrónico a: uwjobs@wisc.edu. Si necesita ayuda en español llame a Servicios Lingüísticos y Culturales al teléfono 608-265-1489 o al 608-265-0838.

 

Hmoob / Hmong

Yog koj muaj lus nug thov hu rau Office of Human Resources 608-265-2257 los uwjobs@wisc.edu. Yog koj xav tau kev pab rau lus Hmoob, thov hu rau Cultural Linguistic Services 608-263-2217.

 

བོད་ཡིག / Tibetan

དྲི་བ་ཡོད ་ཚེ། ལས་བྱེད་བདག་གཉེར་ཡིག་ཚང་ལ་ཁ་པར་ ༦༠༨ ༢༦༥ ༢༢༥༧ དང་ཡང་ན་གློག་འཕྲིན་ uwjobs@wisc.edu ཐོག་འབྲེལ་བ་གནང་རོགས། གལ་སྲིད་ཁྱེད་ལ་བོད་སྐད་ཀྱི་སྐད་སྒྱུར་རོགས་རམ་དགོས་ཚེ། རིག་གཞུང་སྐད་ཡིག་ཞབས་ཞུ་ཁང་གི་ཁ་པར་ ༦༠༨ ༨༩༠ ༢༥༤༥ ལ་འབྲེལ་བ་ གནང་རོགས་ཞུ།།

 

中文 / Chinese

如果您有问题,请联系人力资源办公室(608-265-2257 或 uwjobs@wisc.edu)。如果您需要汉语服务,请联系文化语言服务中心,电话 608-890-2628。

 

नेपाली / Nepali

यदि तपाईंसँग प्रश्नहरू छन् भने कृपया मानव संसाधनको कार्यालयलाई 608-265-2257 मा फोन वा uwjobs@wisc.edu मा ईमेल मार्फत सम्पर्क गर्नुहोला । यदि तपाईंलाई नेपाली भाषामा सहयोगको आवश्यकता छ भने कृपया सांस्कृतिक भाषागत सेवा (Cultural Linguistic Services) 608-262-7521 मा फोन गर्नुहोला ।