Advanced Manufacturing Instructor, Tenure Track (Multiple Openings)

Thank you for your interest in Truckee Meadows Community College. If you need assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact Human Resources at (775) 673-7168 or humanresources@tmcc.edu.

Looking for an opportunity to play a key role in workforce development for the clean energy economy? Would you like to work with a supportive and dynamic team who thinks outside the box to meet the workforce training demands of the manufacturing industry? Want to work with local companies, large and small, to train their new and incumbent workers? Then this tenure-track position at Truckee Meadows Community College is for you! We are seeking student-centered, enthusiastic, creative, diligent, Tenure Track Advanced Manufacturing Instructors to teach courses in mechanical, electrical, pneumatics, programming, automation and robotics. The majority of courses are taught in the lab at our William N. Pennington Center of Applied Technology at 475 Edison Way, with additional courses taught at the new PENA Advanced Manufacturing Training Center at 645 Plumb Lane.  We also offer online courses. We are seeking applicants from all backgrounds and life experiences and looking for transferable skills sets that are applicable to this role. To learn more about the tenure-track process, see the Nevada Faculty Association Contract. Be part of the academy at TMCC!

Minimum Qualifications

1. Associates Degree in Advanced Manufacturing, Industrial Technology or closely related field from an accredited institution.*

2. Six months working in an advanced manufacturing training or industrial environment. Experience with Programmable Logic Controllers.

3. Familiarity with industrial robots

*Degree may be substituted with equivalent academic preparation / certification and an additional two years of professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution in Industrial Systems, Advanced Manufacturing, Robotics or closely related technical field from an accredited institution.

2. Two years of teaching experience in industrial technologies, or closely related fields at the secondary or post-secondary level or training experience in a related environment.

3. Professional experience in manufacturing, or related technical fields. Experience with industrial measuring equipment.

4. Experience with a learning management system and/ or online learning.

Academic Responsibilities

Candidates must exhibit an appreciation of, a sensitivity to, and respect for a

diverse academic environment, inclusive of students, faculty, and staff of varying social, economic, cultural, ideological and ethnic backgrounds.Teaching and workload assignments are scheduled throughout the calendar year, and may require evening and weekend obligations at one or more college locations.

• Teach a minimum of 30 credits per year (15 per semester), August through May.

• Teach courses as assigned to meet student needs which may include in-person, online, and hybrid modalities and at the Edison campus or alternate sites.

• Demonstrate awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. Maintain sensitivity to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds,