Tenure-track Advanced Manufacturing Professor

Tenure-track Advanced Manufacturing Professor

Company: Clark College

Category: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Type: Full-Time

Do you value active learning, meaningful collaboration with classroom faculty, and culturally relevant and equity-minded instruction? Are you excited to work with a diverse student population? Are you eager to work collaboratively to find innovative ways to improve student success? If these questions resonate with you, then we invite you to consider joining our faculty. We value collaboration and are dedicated to guiding all students to achieve their academic and career goals.

Clark College is currently accepting applications for a full-time Tenure-track Advanced Manufacturing Professor whose primary teaching duties include providing students with engaging presentations, dynamic lab equipment demonstrations, industrial automation hands-on experience, and helping to build student confidence and life-long learning habits. Department and College service work is expected with this position (as assigned by the division or College) to support the institutional mission and goals, foremost being diversity, equity, and inclusion, and student success and retention. The successful candidate will join a cohesive team of instructors to fulfill the needs of a growing department.

This position begins on April 6, 2026, or soon thereafter. Clark College recently completed a multi-million-dollar facility at its Boschma Farms (Ridgefield) Center. The Center opened its doors in October 2024, with the first cohort of Advanced Manufacturing students starting their coursework during the Fall 2025 term. The successful candidate will lead the Advanced Manufacturing Department and shape the curriculum with the support of colleagues from other appropriate WPTE departments.

The Advanced Manufacturing Department offers an Associate of Applied Technology, a Certificate of Proficiency (Manufacturing Operator), and a Certificate of Achievement (Intro to Manufacturing). Primary teaching duties include Manual, Additive, and Subtractive Manufacturing, Welding, Robotics, Applied Metrology, Computer Aided Machining, Systems Integration, and Blueprint and Schematics Reading. The successful candidate will play an integral role in leading the department and in ensuring the relevancy and alignment of the Advanced Manufacturing Program with current industry standards, along with the development and implementation of the vision of the manufacturing-related programs at Clark College.

At Clark, we value equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Position Responsibilities

FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Instruct all classes as an expert in the discipline, using active learning approaches that both engage and facilitate student learning.
• Advise and assist students in their educational and career development.
• Strive to enhance teaching and learning techniques.
• Pursue professional development to stay current in the field.
• Obtain and maintain Professional-Technical Certification requirements.
• Participate in program and curriculum development, and assessment activities.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, businesses, advisory committees, and other educational partners to create unique learning opportunities at Clark College.
• Participate in decision-making processes by taking part in department and college committees.
• Work well with people of all ages from academically, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds
• Understand and commit to the mission of Clark College.
• Work cooperatively in a variety of department-level activities and college or company-wide projects.
• Pursue professional development to enhance teaching and learning in the department and College.

POSITION SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide lab coordination including instructional equipment support, equipment purchasing, and storage functions.
• Establish safety procedures for proper handling, storage, and disposal of equipment, tools and hazardous materials and responsibility for training, safely maintaining and disposing of waste.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Associate degree in an Advanced Manufacturing discipline or closely related field AND four (4) years of industry related experience OR Bachelor’s degree in an Advanced Manufacturing discipline or closely related field AND two (2) years of industry related experience OR eight (8) years of industry related experience.
• Familiarity with current industry practices in advanced manufacturing environments.
• Ability to teach the Advanced manufacturing curriculum.
• Ability to take on a leadership role within a team environment and see complex projects to successful completion.
• Experience in purchasing and inventory control of tools, materials, and equipment.
• Experience with advanced manufacturing equipment repair.
• OSHA 30 certification or must obtain within 60 days of employment.
• Demonstrated work experience in at least one of the three key areas listed below:
  • Industrial Three-phase Electric Motor Control Systems Installation, Troubleshooting and Repair
  • Mechanical Power Transmission Systems Installation, Troubleshooting and Repair
  • Robotics Control Systems Interfacing, Installation, Troubleshooting and Repair

Supplemental Information

SALARY STATEMENT: Starting salary is $80,677 (non-negotiable). Faculty may be eligible to advance every other year; current top step is $113,642. Salary is for a 173-day contract; additional compensation is available for summer and moonlight teaching, and doctoral and vocational stipends. Clark College offers an exceptional benefits package that includes vacation/sick leave; medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance; retirement; and tuition waiver.

APPLICATION PROCESS Required Online Application Materials:

• Clark College Online Application, including names of three (3) references
• Cover letter describing background and experience related to qualifications and responsibilities of the position
• Current résumé
• Unofficial copy of all transcripts/certifications uploaded with online application or delivered to the Human Resources office.
• Responses to the supplemental questions included in the online application.

Please apply online at www.clark.edu/jobs. To contact Clark College Human Resources, please call (360) 992-2105 or email recruitment@clark.edu.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Open until filled.