Preferred Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Fabrication/Welding.
- Possess industry credentials i.e. American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welder, CWI (Certified Welding Inspector), NCCER, SENSE, API, and/or ASME.
Preferred Experience
- Prior teaching or industrial training experience.
- Fabrication/Welding management experience.
- Proficiency with the following specific welding processes: FCAW, SMAW, GTAW, OAC.
- Proficiency in teaching at the community college level.
- Experience with distance education/web teaching modalities is desirable.
Language Statement
We welcome multilingual applicants who can support and welcome all students.
Bilingual/Multicultural Statement:
Inclusiveness, diversity, and equity are integral to Lane’s commitment to excellence in education and our commitment to student and community engagement. We welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, multilingual skills, and thought. We encourage applications from candidates that identify with groups that are historically underrepresented in higher education.
Equivalency Statement:
We want to find the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not believe you meet every one of the qualifications described. You are also encouraged to address how your professional and lived experience, scholarship, teaching, mentorship, and/or service will contribute to the Lane mission of transforming lives through learning.
Position Purpose:
Faculty are professional educators with the primary responsibility of providing a quality learning experience for all Lane Community College students. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of the teacher of record and facilitator of learning.
Essential Functions:
- Plan, write, and administer Fabrication and Welding curricula to include instruction in varied learning environments, such as in-person, online, remote, and hybrid formats.
- Blueprint reading.
- Operation, maintenance, and manual skills associated with SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, PAC, and OAC equipment.
Support student learning through activities that include:
- Exhibit compliance with College policies and procedures, accountability for leave time, timesheet completion, release time, textbook ordering and related functions.
- Sustain currency in discipline and innovation in teaching.
- Collegial participation in the faculty performance evaluation process.
- Maintain and post office hours in alignment with College expectations.
- Maintain physical campus presence for instruction and daily needs of students, departments, college, and community, as specified in the College Operations Policies and Procedures.
- Maintain requirements for student records, attendance, grades, and/or other documentation; ensure a safe, quality classroom or lab, including equipment, supplies, and inventory.
- Problem solve and manage sensitive information with appropriate awareness of FERPA standards; maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to the privacy needs of students.
- Other duties as assigned.
Curriculum Delivery
- Provide high-quality classroom instruction.
- Create course content, develop and revise course content and materials.
- Establish learning outcomes consistent with core ability outcomes, assess outcomes using appropriate assessment tools, and use assessment results to inform improvements at a program and course level.
- Incorporate college values into the curriculum and promote a respectful learning environment including facilitating awareness of multicultural and diversity issues in curricula.
- Teach and develop all class syllabi and course materials, in a form that can be directly delivered to, and used by, students.
- Confer with students on course materials.
- Deliver curriculum to students in traditional and online formats.
Online Teaching and Student Support
- Engage within the online course environment to ensure Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI).
- Monitor student progress and provide reasonable coaching and assistance to struggling students toward success.
- Review and grade all work submitted by students and provide timely and substantive feedback.
- Provide timely response to student inquiries.
- Ensure that all materials meet the guidelines of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
- Use effective strategies for teaching online.
Equity and Inclusion
- Demonstrate Lane Community College’s core value of social justice by ensuring equity and inclusion skills such as respect, inclusiveness, reflecting, valuing of cultural and personal differences, are the basis of employee and student interpersonal communications and relationships, and are applied to all position responsibilities.
- Duties are carried out respectfully and inclusively, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, social class, marital status, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, nationality, age, language, origin or employment status.
- Actively assist with ADA compliance in conjunction with Human Resources and Disability Resource departments; support appropriate access for persons with disabilities in order to provide for the success of students and staff; mentor and role model cultural competency for persons with disabilities.
- Must demonstrate an active concern for students, staff, and the public.
Supervision Statement:
Reports to the Senior Instructional Dean of the Business, Technology, and Trades Division; and performs instruction-related duties and responsibilities in a timely manner and in accordance with the mission, policies, and procedures of the college: Lane Vision, Mission, Values.
Physical Demands/Working Environment:
Coordinate fine and gross motor movements. Coordinate hand/eye movements. Maintain balance from any position. Negotiate level surfaces, ramps, and stairs. This position works indoors and outdoors and is exposed to usual working conditions that include machine and equipment noises, interruptions, and visitors. This position requires that an employee is able to sit or stand for extended periods of time; perform cognitive and psychometric tasks for more than six (6) hours a day. Work may require transporting materials up to fifty (50) pounds with assistance as needed. Work safely.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Expected Competencies
- Analytical Thinking
- Building Relationships
- Change Advocate
- Teamwork
- Service Mindset
- Process Improvement
- Innovation
- Supervision and Leadership
- Strategic Project Management
- Knowledge of instructional design, delivery, and learning theory
Knowledge of & Skill in:
- The differences among learning styles, current advances in teaching methods and uses of technology in education, and the ability to integrate these elements into curricula and teaching methods.
- Effective teaching methods and knowledge related to a broad range of metal Fabrication and Welding technologies including machine operation (manual and CNC programming), maintenance, and manual welding skills.
- Teaching individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds and varying needs.
Ability to:
- Advise, motivate, encourage, explain options, and guide students in the learning process.
- Plan, implement, and evaluate professional-technical courses.
- Maintain a classroom atmosphere conducive to student learning.
- Establish and maintain effective working relations with faculty, students, and staff.
- Communicate effectively.
- Demonstrate organizational abilities.
- Manage time effectively.
- Show well-rounded leadership skills.
- Show computer skills, including word processing.
- Analyze and problems solve.
- Write clearly and present information in concise summary reports.
- Prioritize and set long and short-term goals.
- Understand the role of the community college and the diversity of the community college student body.
- Understand and carry out Lane Community College’s commitment to student success, lifelong learning, and the needs of students, staff and the public.
- Understand and carry out Lane Community College’s mission and strategic agendas including College Learning Outcomes, cultural competency, and diversity.
- Manage and facilitate communications between Division Dean, support staff, and full and part-time faculty.
Applicant Instructions:
Applicant Instructions
- Incomplete applications will not be considered. All fields in the application must be completed, including employment dates, work hours, and detailed job duties.
- Resume may not take the place of any section in the application.
Required Documents
To be considered a candidate for this position, all of the following must be included in the application package:
- Online Application – Complete and submit online via the applicant portal.
- Resume – Comprehensive of experience, education, and accomplishments.
- Transcripts and/or Certifications – Unofficial transcripts are required at the time of application, see instructions below.
If applicable: DD214 – Veterans, please fax, email, mail or deliver your documentation (DD214/DD215/letter of disability) to Human Resources at Lane Community College; Jill Deneault
[email protected], 541-463-3970
Additional Documents and Letters of reference are not accepted.
Questions?
- For assistance with the online application call Human Resources at 541-463-5586
- For position questions contact Wendy Milbrat, [email protected].
How to monitor your application
- Enter [email protected] into your Safe Senders list. Notifications will be sent toward the end of the search process.
- Visit your Employment Opportunities account. The main page will show your status in the search.
Posting closes at 9 PM on the closing date.
Transcript Instructions:
Transcripts and/or Certifications are required
In order to be considered for the position unofficial or, official transcripts must be provided.
Attach under “Optional Document”, fax, email, deliver or mail to:
Lane Community College
Posting #260073 / Attn: Wendy Milbrat
Building #33/ Office 115
4000 E 30th Ave
Eugene, OR 97405
Email:
[email protected]
Phone: 541-463-5710
- Official transcripts will be required within thirty (30) days from hire if you are the selected candidate for the position.
- International degrees will require a foreign degree evaluation for their US equivalent. For more details, click here.
Union Association:
LCC Education Association (Faculty)
