Industrial Maintenance Technology- Evening

Compensation: $970.32 per credit hour
Employee category: Adjunct
Position Type: Adjunct Faculty/ POOL
FLSA status: Exempt
 

Job Code: AA003Adjunct                                   
Department: Maintenance Technology                    
Division: Career and Technical Education                     
Reports to: Dean of Career and Technical Education                  
Positions Supervised: Students
Location: Primarily Technical Education Center, but any location assigned by the appropriate administrator             

Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) is currently searching for Adjunct faculty to teach courses in Industrial Maintenance Technology at any (KCKCC) location. This is a POOL position. Application materials for this adjunct position are accepted on an ongoing basis due to the increasing demand for courses in this subject area.

 

• Provides instruction that is realistic in terms of current and future job specifications.
• Works with the advisory committee and actively participates in Business and Industry.
• Provides related instruction with shop, laboratory, or other occupational experience that is appropriate to the career objectives of the student
• Exhibits positive human relations skills.
• Maintains an environment which is conducive to learning with particular attention to safety practices, good housekeeping, and student behavior
• Implement activities using a variety of techniques that utilize instructional time to meet objectives.
• Develops career-related instructional materials relative to technological changes in business and industry.
• Utilizes student-centered teaching strategies.
• Ability to grant national certificates in NFPA Arch Flash 70e or OSHA 3095.
• Other duties as assigned.

 

• Instruct students on proper safety procedures and proper use of power and hand tools.
• Repair, replace, install, and test electrical circuits, equipment and appliances using both hand tools and test equipment.
• Repair or replace wiring, equipment, and fixtures using hand tools and power tools.
• Dismantled devices to gain proper access and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools and power tools.
• Construct and fabricate parts, using hand tools and specifications.
• Knowledge of industrial machine maintenance, programmable controls, electrical, mechanical, robotics, automation systems, and associated advanced manufacturing operations,
• Keep current on educational teaching methods and strategies.
• Institutional accreditation, planning, and continuous quality improvement.
• Participate in professional development activities to remain current in the program field and skills.
• Use educational technology and alternative delivery methods to deliver high-quality instruction (i.e., Zoom, MS Teams, online, hybrid, and accelerated course formats, course software such as Canvas, video, ITV, etc.).
• Strong industry-relevant computer skills and adaptation of new software.
• Work effectively with students, colleagues, staff, and a community who represent a broad spectrum of ages, abilities, ethnicities, and educational, economic, and cultural backgrounds.

Minimum Qualifications and/or Education

• High School Degree and/or College Certificate in Industrial Machine Maintenance, Automation Engineer Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, or a closely related trade.
• Experience and/or Certificates in areas such as: Industrial Machine Maintenance, Advanced/Automated Manufacturing, Robotics, PLCs, Actuator and Sensor Systems, AC/DC Circuits, Industrial Fluid Power, Electrical Motor Controls, AUTO CAD, Lean Manufacturing Principles, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Industrial Systems Integration.
• Five (5) years of experience in industrial technology, advanced manufacturing, automation engineering, or a closely related area with an emphasis on several trade areas listed above.
• Experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and/or automated equipment for various processes.

Preferred Qualifications and/or Education

• Journeyman Electrician’s or certificate. The journeyman electrician certification must be from an accredited institution i.e., International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers or The United States Department of Labor or passing the prometric exam with documented third-party hands-on experience.
• Six (6) years (10,000 clock hours) or more industry-related experience in one of the following areas:
  • AC/DC circuits
  • Motor controls
  • Programmable Logic Controller (PLCs)
  • Variable frequency drives (VFDs)
  • Troubleshooting techniques
• One- Two (1-2) years teaching/training experience in one or more of the industrial electrical maintenance topics listed above.
• Ability to grant national certificates in NFPA Arch Flash 70e or OSHA 3095.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and a clear motor vehicle record.
• Teaching experience in an open enrollment, urban community college.
• Experience with a Learning Management System such as Blackboard.
• Experience in learner-centered pedagogy.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and occasionally push or lift items. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Must be able to work a variable schedule/hours to meet operational needs. May require evening and weekend hours. Your appointment is contingent on sufficient enrollments, or on program and scheduling changes.

 

Visit www.kckcc.edu and click on CAREERS for a list of available positions.

• As openings for adjunct faculty become available, candidates may be selected from this pool of applicants.
• Read the job announcement carefully noting the minimum qualifications and required information. Note that information contained in your application materials will be used to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Make sure you complete/submit all the documents listed as required.
• During the application process, unofficial transcripts may be submitted. However, please note that upon selection for hire, you will be required to submit official transcripts.
• Ensure that your transcripts show that a degree was awarded or conferred if you are stating that it is your highest level of education completed. If you certify your level of education and it cannot be verified from your transcript(s), your application may not be referred to the selection committee.
• Foreign degrees are acceptable provided they have been translated and/or shown to have equivalency to a United States: Associate, Bachelor, Master, or Doctorate level degree.
• Documentation verifying completion of a degree, course work within a discipline, or other educational criteria should be electronically attached (uploaded) to your application.
• Three (3) professional references with phone number and email addresses are required.
• A college selection committee is responsible for application review and interviews. The final candidate(s) selected to be hired will be made by the hiring manager.
• Successful completion of a background check on all persons recommended for employment is required Individual hiring departments may elect to administer pre-employment tests, which are relevant to essential job functions as part of the applicant selection/hiring process.

***This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. This job description may be revised upon the development of other duties and changes in responsibilities.

 

KCKCC is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Educational Institution