Director of Manufacturing Extension & Practice Programs

University of Mississippi; United States; Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The University of Mississippi seeks a Professor of Practice & Manufacturing Extension Program Director to lead CME's manufacturing extension activities across Mississippi and the region. The role emphasizes industry engagement, operational excellence, and applied problem solving, with teaching responsibilities in graduate and undergraduate programs.

Responsibilities include strategic leadership, program development, securing external funding, building partnerships with manufacturers and economic

Qualifikationen

• PhD required.
• Experience leading manufacturing extension programs or similar initiatives.
• Ability to teach graduate and undergraduate courses.

Aufgaben

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for CME's manufacturing extension program and develop a sustainable structure and portfolio of industry-facing services.
• Build and maintain relationships with manufacturers, industry associations, economic development organizations, workforce development agencies, and other external partners.
• Identify manufacturing needs and develop customized or scalable training, technical assistance, and applied problem-solving initiatives.
• Develop and deliver programs in areas such as Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, operational excellence, project management, manufacturing leadership, supply chain, and operations strategy.
• Coordinate CME faculty, staff, students, University resources, and external subject-matter experts in support of industry projects and extension activities.
• Teach CME graduate and undergraduate courses and contribute to curriculum development to include online coursework and course/program assessment.
• Mentor and engage students in industry sponsored projects, applied scholarship, internships, and other experiential learning activities.
• Produce and disseminate practice oriented applied scholarship, including industry case studies, technical reports, professional presentations, instructional materials, and best practice resources.
• Identify and pursue grants, contracts, sponsorships, fee-based programming, and other external funding to support and expand manufacturing extension activities.
• Establish measures of program effectiveness and communicate extension outcomes and impact to industry partners, University leadership, funding organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Represent CME and the University at manufacturing conferences, industry meetings, professional organizations, and economic development activities.
• Identify emerging manufacturing trends, technologies, workforce challenges, and practices and translate them into new CME programs, services, and educational opportunities.

Kenntnisse

Project Management

Ausbildung

PhD (Required)

Jobbeschreibung

The University of Mississippi seeks a Professor of Practice & Manufacturing Extension Program Director to lead CME's manufacturing extension activities across Mississippi and the region. The role emphasizes industry engagement, operational excellence, and applied problem solving, with teaching responsibilities in graduate and undergraduate programs.

Responsibilities include strategic leadership, program development, securing external funding, building partnerships with manufacturers and economic