Workforce Skilled Instructor, Auto & Diesel Technology

Lone Star College; Texas; On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Lone Star College is seeking an instructor for Automotive Technology and Industrial Diesel Technology programs. You will teach courses across multiple times and locations, develop syllabi, and monitor student progress ensuring successful outcomes.

You will recruit and advise students, manage labs, and help with job placement while coordinating with certification bodies to maintain high program standards. A strong commitment to student success is essential.

Qualifications

• Requires associate degree or higher in a technical field related to industrial/diesel technology.
• Three years of non-teaching work experience in the field are required.
• ASE Master Technician or ASE certifications (G1/A4/A5/A6/A8/L1) are required or preferred.

Responsibilities

• Teach Automotive Technology and Industrial Diesel Technology courses at various times/locations.
• Develop and use a syllabus per course in line with college guidelines.
• Evaluate students and communicate progress; identify students needing extra instruction.
• Recruit and advise students in the program; manage classrooms and labs to meet state requirements.
• Assist with student job placement and coordinate with certification agencies to ensure alignment.

Skills

Communication skills

Course mastery

Computer skills

Microsoft Office

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Academic excellence

Student engagement

Education

Associate degree or higher in industrial technology/diesel tech

ASE Master Automotive Technician

ASE Certifications (G1, A4, A5, A6, A8, L1)

Job description

Commitment to Mission

At Lone Star College System, every employee contributes to our mission of providing transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. Guided by our vision to lead higher education through high-quality, affordable, and innovative learning opportunities, employees are expected to exemplify professionalism, integrity, accountability, and collaboration.

Through our One LSC Philosophy, we deliver excellent and uniform customer service, providing consistent information, and uniformly helping every student regardless of physical location, modality, college, campus, center, or medium.

This commitment supports Lone Star College System's strategic goals:

1. Opportunity through financial resilience
2. Leading in academic excellence
3. Strength in culture and talent development
4. Connections through bridges of prosperity

Great Colleges to Work For

Lone Star College System is proud to be recognized as a Great Colleges to Work For institution by The Chronicle of Higher Education. This recognition reflects our commitment to creating an organizational culture where employees are valued, supported, and empowered.

Qualities of Excellence

As faculty members of Lone Star College, we strive to create a nation of world citizenry in our students. Our culture, then, requires the possession of transcendent qualities that, while immeasurable, are evident in global citizens. We are self-accountable to being respectful to others through clear and professional communication. We are compassionate with our students, colleagues, and ourselves. We are innovative in the pursuit of learning. Ultimately, we create a culture where learning thrives, people are safe, and we mirror the qualities of world citizenry.

Lone Star College faculty are dedicated to four qualities of excellence:

• Student Invested
• Content Expert
• Pedagogically Excellent
• Institutionally Dedicated

Campus Marketing Statement

Lone Star College-North Harris

With 100,000 students and counting, Lone Star College System provides transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. The two-year institution is training tomorrow's workforce today, offering more than 200 degrees and certification programs that empower students to take the next step.

Lone Star College System has eight main campuses and more than 20 locations in the Houston area. Learn more at LoneStar.edu .

Lone Star College-North Harris, nestled on 200 acres of piney woods, is the original college in the Lone Star College System family. Serving the community for more than 50 years, LSC-North Harris offers more than 60 programs of study, including university-transfer and numerous education courses and programs. LSC-North Harris is keenly focused on leading-edge technology in emerging technical job fields.

The address is 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, Houston, TX 77073. All applicants must reside in Texas.

Job Description

PURPOSE AND SCOPE: Provides direction, teaching, and support for Automotive and Industrial Diesel Technology Programs course objectives and contributes to the educational environment of the Lone Star College and the community. Responsibilities include teaching and advising students. Primary functions are to plan, maintain, access, and teach courses within the curriculum in a manner that facilitates student success and student learning.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Teaches courses in Automotive Technology and Industrial Diesel Technology at a variety of times and locations in response to institutional needs, making continuous efforts to improve the quality of instruction by reviewing and utilizing innovative methodologies, techniques, and delivery methods
2. Develops and uses a syllabus for each course or laboratory within college and departmental guidelines
3. Evaluates students to measure their progress toward achievement of stated course objectives and informs them in a timely manner of their progress in the course. Identifies and assesses student who are in need of additional instruction to successfully complete the course objectives
4. Responsible for recruiting and advising students in their area
5. Responsible for managing their classrooms and labs, including assuring lab facilities meet state requirements
6. Responsible for assisting with student job placement
7. Works directly with certification agencies to ensure alignment and high level of program and student success
8. Responsible for other reasonable, related duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Mastery of course content
• Excellent computer and organizational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Applications and Outlook
• Demonstrated leadership skills; style that emphasizes collaboration, teamwork, and facilitation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in order to work effectively with a wide variety of people at various levels
• Commitment to academic excellence, exceptional service and providing a dynamic climate for life-long learning
• Ability to use effective strategies to engage students in their learning

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling
• Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• Ability to push, pull, squat, turn, twist, bend, and stoop
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading

WORK SCHEDULE AND CONDITIONS:

• Equipment used includes a PC workstation running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows environment, calculator, phone and other general office equipment. Equipment generally associated with Automotive and Industrial Diesel Technology
• Interface with internal and external contacts as needed to carry out the functions of the position
• Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimal exposure to safety hazards

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate degree or higher in industrial technology, diesel technology, mechanical engineering, machining technology, or related field, and three (3) years of non-teaching work experience in the field and ASE Master Automotive Technician and L1 (Advanced Engine Performance Specialist) OR ASE certifications G1 (Maintenance & Light Repair), A4 (Suspension & Steering), A5 (Brakes), A6 (Electrical/Electronic Systems), A8 (Engine Performance), and L1 (Advanced Engine Performance)

Salary

Commensurate with education, experience and qualifications.

Your salary offer would fall in that range is determined by your related experience and education. Should you receive an offer of employment from Lone Star College, the resume submitted in the application process will be utilized to calculate your salary offer. The information outlined below will provide the Office of Human Resources everything needed to determine an accurate starting salary.

Your resume should provide a complete picture of your work experience. The resume should include the following information for each position listed:

1. Length of time (specific months and years) of employment
2. If the position was full time or part time
3. If the position was paid or unpaid
4. Level of degree completed including date earned.
5. Unofficial transcript for highest earned degree

Additionally, any certifications listed as required or preferred in the Lone Star College job description should be included in the resume submitted.

Benefits Marketing Statement

By joining our top-notch institution, you will enjoy being a part of an organization that offers a supportive, collegial work environment and excellent work/life balance. This includes a full comprehensive and competitive benefits package, wellness programs, professional development opportunities, sabbatical opportunities and more.

Lone Star College participates in the E-Verify program, under which Lone Star College provides the federal government with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm that the employee is authorized to work in the United States.

More information on the E-Verify program is available at www.dhs.gov/E-Verify .

Lone Star College is an EEO Employer. All positions are subject to a criminal background check.