Engineering Adjunct Instructor

Delta College Career Opportunities

Position Information

Position Title Engineering Adjunct Instructor

Employee Group Faculty

Division/Department Engineering

Status Part-time instructor, Mon – Fri for all semesters (Fall, Winter, Spring/Summer)

Position Summary Information

Position Accountabilities and Essential Functions

The successful candidate must demonstrate experience, skills, and commitment to fostering an environment of belonging, diversity, equity and inclusion in students, faculty and staff.

Delta College is seeking instructors committed to the college’s philosophy that education serves the greater good by providing students access to a better life. The candidates for adjunct instructor positions understand that community colleges are positioned to fundamentally change people’s lives, and as a result, society itself. Required qualities include a belief that continuous improvement in pedagogy and relationships with students, other faculty, and staff are hallmarks of an educator who has been called to the profession. We are seeking colleagues who embrace the idea of helping students achieve their goals, and approach academic excellence as evidenced in equity as a moral imperative.

Are you interested in positively impacting students’ lives? We are seeking an Engineering Adjunct Instructor to teach introductory engineering courses in Careers in Engineering and Engineering Design & Analysis.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

Teach course(s) in Engineering Statics, and/or Engineering Dynamics. Studies statics and dynamics of mechanical systems by solving problems of small sub-systems using a calculator. Studies forces in 2-D and 3-D acting on particle systems and rigid bodies. Solves problems using the following concepts: equilibrium laws, centroids, center of gravity, moment of inertia. Uses 3 methods to study dynamics of motion – kinematics, work/energy and impulse/momentum.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related degree.
• Significant (minimum of three years) professional work experience in related field.

Additional Experiences Considered

• Master’s Degree related to primary teaching area.
• Examples of Engineering Statics, and/or Engineering Dynamics analyses.
• Teaching or training experience in related field in a variety of formats, including online.
• Experience using with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Application Deadline Position will remain open until filled. Screening of applications will begin immediately. The college reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. All application materials must be received before an applicant will be considered for the position.

Special Instructions to Applicants Complete an on-line application and attach a cover letter with position title, resume, three current names of professional references, and copies of transcripts (official transcripts required upon hire) and/or certifications and licenses. Please note: In order to receive full consideration, a resume, cover letter, and copies of transcripts must be attached.

• Course assignment is dependent on the applicant’s qualifications and demonstrated abilities.
• If you are selected for an interview, you are required to provide a teaching demonstration on topics selected by the Business & Technology division.