Instructor – Machine Tool

Job Summary and Responsibilities/Duties

Hiring for: Fall 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026

Job Summary

Provides quality instruction that will contribute to the learning experiences necessary for each student to meet the objectives of the course and to be successful in both their education and career development experiences.

Essential Duties

• Instructs students in a classroom and/or the machine tool lab.
• Provides and posts office hours for student contact before or after class, through telephone or email exchanges.
• Prepares, distributes and utilizes instructional support materials, including course syllabi, supplementary materials, instructional media and other devices as appropriate; incorporates the latest classroom technology when available and appropriate into instructional activities.
• Structures classes and prepares clear student objectives and curriculum to correspond with the overall program objectives. Maintains and revises curriculum to maintain currency.
• Understands, develops and provides a learning environment that supports diversity and incorporates sensitivity to diversity within the College community.
• Responsible for classroom, laboratory and departmental equipment and provides for the security of facilities and instructional materials as appropriate.
• Understands and abides by College policies and regulations and other policies, procedures and materials as required by the College, department or division.
• Convenes classes on time as scheduled.
• Maintains evaluation and grading records for assigned students; enters grades and provides all necessary documentation for incompletes within established College timelines.
• Ensures and emphasizes safe working and classroom conditions and practices.
• May participate in professional development activities.
• Maintains current licenses or certificates in areas of expertise.
• May attend in-service sessions and division meetings.
• Understands and uses the College's computer system.

Additional Duties

• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Minimum and Desired Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Five (5) years of related work experience, college credits in machine tool or related manufacturing studies
• Able to read and interpret blueprints

Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching experience
• Associates degree in machine operations or related manufacturing studies
• Experience working with non-traditional students

Additional Qualifications and/or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.

Working Conditions and Important Information

Working Conditions
Work is typically performed in the metallurgy classroom and lab.

Salary
Salary placement will be based on applicable education and/or years of relevant equivalent experience at the sole discretion of the College, per the guidelines in the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement. Please include all relevant education and full and part-time experience in your application that you want the College to review towards potential placement. Hired employees will not have an opportunity to update past education and/or experience or appeal initial placement after the time of hire.

Part-time Instructors may teach classes within a variety of programs, including credit-based, Community Education, and ABE, GED, and ESL programs. There is no guaranteed minimum teaching load or hours worked.

Credit-based classes: Part-time Instructors for credit-based classes are paid per instructional load credit (ILC) according to the salary schedule below. Salary level will be based on educational level and total accumulated ILCs as part-time instructors at the College; initial placement will not exceed Level 2.

Sick Leave
New hires will receive eight (8) hours of sick leave upon hire. An ILC instructor will receive one hour per term of paid sick leave per ILC, which includes Special Loading. An hourly instructor or tutor will receive one hour of paid sick leave per 11 hours of employment. Unused sick leave will accumulate up to a maximum of 80 hours and be available for use in subsequent academic terms.

Tuition Waiver Plan
Each employee will be eligible for a full tuition waiver, which is equivalent to 24 credits, for each term in which the employee is working for the College. Such waiver may be used for tuition for credit courses or the fee in lieu of tuition for noncredit courses (commonly called Fee B). Such tuition waivers are not cumulative. However, an employee may use a tuition waiver in the term immediately following the term in which the waiver was earned. Employees and their spouses/domestic partners will pay only course-specific fees. Tuition waiver(s) may be assigned by the employee to his/her immediate family (to one or amongst the family) to be used in the term in which the waiver is earned by the employee or the term immediately following the term in which the waiver was earned.