Full-Time Faculty, Welding Jobs

Full-time welding faculty instruct students in the craft of welding with the SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW processes, cutting with oxyfuel and plasma, joint preparation, theory, and weld quality. Faculty prepare students for employment in construction, manufacturing, and heavy industry. Faculty schedules vary by semester.

Faculty may be required to teach evening, weekend, summer, online, hybrid, and/or distance education courses.

• Maintain office hours as required.
• Direct, evaluate and assess the learning experience of the students in accordance with adopted curricula and approved procedures.
• Maintain accurate student records in compliance with Lee College requirements.
• Help develop and integrate online content to support a web-enhanced learning environment.
• Qualified applicants must be committed to student learning, integrating technology into the curriculum, and encouraging engaged scholars.
• Maintain workplace safety standards in accordance with industry best practices.
• Faculty members may be required to teach evening, weekend, summer, online, hybrid, and dual credit classes at various campuses.
• Teach freshmen and sophomore Welding courses.
• All faculty members are required to be on campus 35 hours per week and participate in professional development activities, department and college committees, commencement, and other activities as stated in the Faculty Workload and Responsibilities Policy.
• Keep labs stocked and clean.
• Teach assigned classes in keeping with approved syllabi, outlines, and instructional materials.
• Provide counsel/guidance to students when there is a need.
• Submit required student reports to the Admissions & Records Office according to schedule.

• Participate in professional development activities, both on-campus and off.
• Recruit for and promote the welding program and other programs in Industrial Studies.
• Participate in campus-related committees as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Education and experience that satisfies one of the following three options:
  • An Associate degree or higher in welding or a closely related field and ten (10) years of experience in welding with SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW processes, and cutting with oxyfuel and plasma. Up to one-half of this experience can be substituted with experience in welding inspection with certification by AWS, API, ASNT, or equivalent;
  • The ability to obtain an Associate degree in two (2) years, with no class overloads until the degree is complete, and ten (10) years of experience in welding with SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW processes, and cutting with oxyfuel and plasma. Up to one-half of this experience can be substituted with experience in welding inspection with certification by AWS, API, ASNT, or equivalent;
  • Twenty (20) years of experience in welding with SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW processes, and cutting with oxyfuel and plasma. Up to one-half of this experience can be substituted with experience in welding inspection with certification by AWS, API, ASNT, or equivalent.
• An Associate degree or higher in welding or a closely related field and ten (10) years of experience in welding with SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW processes, and cutting with oxyfuel and plasma. Up to one-half of this experience can be substituted with experience in welding inspection with certification by AWS, API, ASNT, or equivalent;
• The ability to obtain an Associate degree in two (2) years, with no class overloads until the degree is complete, and ten (10) years of experience in welding with SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW processes, and cutting with oxyfuel and plasma. Up to one-half of this experience can be substituted with experience in welding inspection with certification by AWS, API, ASNT, or equivalent;
• Twenty (20) years of experience in welding with SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW processes, and cutting with oxyfuel and plasma. Up to one-half of this experience can be substituted with experience in welding inspection with certification by AWS, API, ASNT, or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior online teaching experience and certification
• Blackboard Learning Management System experience
• Current certification in good standing as a Certified Welding Educator and/or as a Certified Welding Inspector from the American Welding Society (AWS).