Machining Adjunct Instructor

6 months ago


Westmoreland, United States Commonwealth of Virginia Full time

Title: Machining Adjunct Instructor

Agency: Rappahannock Community College

Location: Westmoreland - 193

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: Salary is $30.00/hr.

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time


Job Description:
Rappahannock Community College (RCC) is a two-year public institution of higher education in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). Established in 1971 as a comprehensive community college, RCC serves the residents of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland counties with quality, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities.

Rappahannock Community College, a two-campus institution serving a rural 12-county area in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia, seeks applicants for Machining Adjunct Instructor. The College desires candidates with a commitment to the community college mission and experience working in a diverse student population, including adult learners and at-risk students. The successful candidate will be committed to academic excellence, continuous improvement through professional development, assessment, program and course development, and creating a collegial environment of civility, collaboration and open communication. The college strives for a faculty of content experts who are also knowledgeable about best practices, innovative strategies, and instructional technologies that support teaching and learning.

The successful candidate must be knowledgeable in measuring tools such as tape measure, steel in rule, micrometer, caliper, gages, depth micrometers in both metric and standard. The successful candidate for this position needs to know how to find information in the machinery handbook and be knowledgeable of basic machine shop setups and processes and elemental make up of steels and other materials found in the machine shop setting.

Minimum Qualifications:

High School graduate or equivalent. Experience working as a CNC Machinist or Programmer. Level 1 NIMS Milling Operations/Turning Operations Certification or ability to earn within 6 months. NIMS Inspector credential or ability to earn within 6 months. Preferred Qualifications:

Classroom Machining instruction experience, providing instruction in accelerated formats geared towards certification exam preparation preferred. Areas of expertise include: machine setup, machining applications, programming, process planning, precision measurement, inspection, print reading, metallurgy, cutting tool selection and assembly, machine maintenance and shop and personal safety.