Adjunct Instructor - Welding Technology

Job Summary:

Adjunct Positions are filled by semester on an as needed basis. Applicants in this applicant pool are reviewed when the department has an immediate need to fill a vacancy.  Review of applications will then stop for the semester once the vacancy has been filled.

Lansing Community College’s Technical Careers Division provides over 30 innovative program areas. Our collaborative and flexible team environment works with the local, regional, and national community for the success of every student. We believe in each other and find joy in our work, never stop learning or growing and we are guided by strong character, ethics, and integrity. We make a difference. Our dedication to diversity, inclusion, and universal access underscores our commitment to fostering an inclusive educational culture. If you seek an opportunity to work with a great team of faculty and staff committed to student success in a professionally driven environment, then consider the following opportunity.

Lansing Community College seeks professional welders to teach courses in the Welding Technology Program. Qualified individuals will be able to teach oxy fuel welding, brazing, and cutting. In addition, they will be able to teach shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, gas tungsten arc welding (preferably experience in pipe welding), and have knowledge of Metallurgy as it relates to Welding. Successful applicants will possess the ability to diversify instructional techniques as required by student’s learning style and maintain a positive learning environment, attend Applied Manufacturing Technologies program faculty meetings, and meet all requirements/responsibilities for part-time faculty.

This opportunity is for daytime and/or evening teaching assignments. This position requires in-person face-to-face instruction.

Regular on campus presence is expected for all LCC employment. Any flexible work schedules and/or hybrid work schedules approved by the College are subject to change based on the needs of the LCC community.

LCC policy requires all LCC employees to be residents of the State of Michigan and to perform all work (with limited exceptions) within the State of Michigan.

Final candidates will be subject to a criminal background check as part of the employment process.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Welding with a minimum of two (2) years documented industry welding experience; OR Associate's Degree in Welding and a minimum of three (3) years of documented industry welding experience; OR Journeyman certification in an area related to welding and minimum of 3 years of documented industry welding experience; OR High School Diploma or GED with Journeyman certification course studies related to the welding field and a minimum of five (5) years of documented industry welding experience.

American Welding Society (AWS) membership.

IMPORTANT: If an educational degree is required for this position, unofficial copies of transcripts from each institution of higher learning where either a degree has been conferred or coursework completed are required documents that must be submitted as part of the online application process.

Applicants with foreign education credentials (i.e. earned degree and related to this position) must contact a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) credential evaluation services (www.naces.org) and request an academic transcript evaluation. Three of NACES member credential evaluation services are: Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (https://www.ece.org/) ; World Education Services, Inc.(https://www.wes.org/) ; International Education Research Foundation, Inc. (https://ierf.org/). The credential evaluation must be submitted with the application materials.

REMEMBER: If an educational degree is required for this position, applications lacking these required documents will not be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) Certification.

Robotic Welding experience.

Lansing Community College prohibits sex discrimination in any educational program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at lcc.edu/consumer-information/equal.html.