Electrical Instructor

Northwestern Polytechnic, Canada’s newest polytechnic, aspires to be the most entrepreneurial polytechnic in Canada by 2034. NWP is a comprehensive community institution, with campuses in Fairview and Grande Prairie. We are recruiting individuals who spark creativity, drive innovation, are highly engaged and are eager to embrace our core values: innovation & responsiveness. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, one who is willing to turn risk into opportunity, Northwestern is your employer of choice. A recently aligned strategic plan identifies 1, 3, 5, and 10-year goals, tactics and actions that will ensure Canada’s newest polytechnic will be the most entrepreneurial in Canada. NWP offers a wide variety of credit and non-credit career certificates and diplomas, pre-employment and apprenticeship trades, university transfer studies, and several opportunities for on-campus degree completion through collaborations with four-year universities. As an educational facility in northwestern Alberta, NWP helps meet the cultural, recreational, athletic and conferencing needs of the region in partnership with community and regional stakeholders. NWP is dedicated to providing learners with access to high quality and diverse lifelong learning opportunities, and to the responsible educational, fiscal and environmental stewardship of resources.

**The Department**
The Construction Trades Department has a long-standing reputation of producing highly skilled and capable professionals.

**The Role**

**What We Offer**
NWP offers lifelong learning opportunities through professional development/wellness programs, a competitive salary and compensation package and a student-centered culture that is vital to our community. Join our team, grow with us and connect your skills and abilities to our vision, mission and values. Canada’s newest polytechnic, committed to be the most entrepreneurial polytechnic by 2034.

Job Requirements

**Job Requirements**
A Journeyperson Electrician with Red Seal certification (preferably an Alberta Journeyperson with completion of Apprenticeship) with several years related industrial experience. Dual ticket preferred, Electrical and Instrumentation.
Additional desirable qualifications include: Power Systems Electrician or Power Lineman, Master Electrician, related technology diploma or related degree; program material development, lab material development and curriculum alignment.

Teaching experience would be an asset in addition to the following:

- strong organizational and multi-tasking skills;
- excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
- ability to build strong relationships across the organization;
- a high level of integrity, professionalism and accountability;

**How to Apply