Professor, Contract Faculty, Heavy Equipment

Fleming is located in the heart of the Kawartha Lakes Region in Central Ontario... a beautiful place to live and work, surrounded by natural beauty and a mere 90 minutes north-east of Toronto. The College’s 6,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, including hundreds of international students from countries around the world, attend at campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Haliburton and Cobourg. Fleming offers more than 100 full-time programs in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Fine Arts, General Arts and Science, Technology, Skilled Trades, Community Development, Health, Business, and Justice as well as other Continuing Education courses.

We are also extremely proud of our more than 85,000 Fleming alumni who are contributing to their communities in the region, across the province and around the world.

**What Are We About?**:
Experience success at Fleming, where we provide a unique and innovative learning environment for our students. We take pride in offering students real world learning, available only through the recent, related work experiences that faculty bring. As a Contract Faculty member you will play a key role by promoting academic excellence, developing an effective learning environment, and designing, teaching, revising and updating curriculum. Your previous working experiences will provide a broad range of practical knowledge to enhance the student learning experience. Contract Faculty may teach in teams or independently and develop/deliver curriculum in a variety of ways including face-to-face (lectures, seminars, labs) and online.

We are currently recruiting contract faculty to teach in our Heavy Equipment Techniques and Heavy Equipment Operator Programs.

The Centre for Heavy Equipment Technology, located at the Frost Campus, is a one-of-a-kind facility that offers diploma programs in Heavy Equipment Techniques, Electrical Power Generation, and a Heavy Equipment Operator Certificate program. Students participate in a distinctive hands-on, minds-on learning experience through applied field experience, including a paid co-op experience in the diploma programs.

For more information, please see the Professor Definition and the Guidelines for Professional Practice - Faculty.

**What We Are Looking For**:
You must possess a Heavy Equipment Operator Certificate or a Heavy Equipment Service Technician License or Truck Coach and/or Automotive Technician License. Current industry training and/or certifications, such as Surface Miner, Construction Site Management, Ground Disturbance, Damage Prevention, or Risk Assessment would be considered an asset.

**Previous Experience**: At least 5 years of current, relevant experience in the supervision and operation of a variety of pieces of heavy equipment in medium to large scale construction projects. Demonstrated experience is required in construction site management and/or Heavy Equipment operations supervision (e.g. Subdivision development, road building, aggregate production). Knowledge of operating exercises, daily inspection routines, equipment maintenance, health and safety procedures, and current construction regulations are requirements of this position.

Specific to our Heavy Equipment Techniques program, at least 5 years experience in heavy equipment maintenance, testing and repair is required. In addition, technical trainer experience and component overhaul and electronic diagnosis experience would be definite assets. Strong computing skills are required which include the ability to use computerized diagnostic trouble-shooting machinery systems. Demonstrated leadership abilities through your work experiences such as: lead hand, field service or supervisory assignments are considered beneficial.

**Salary Range**

As per the part-time, partial load or sessional salary grid

**How To Apply**

**Equity, Diversity & Inclusion**
Fleming College is committed to building diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible learning and working environments. We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our Staff, our Faculty and our Administration including, but not limited to, women, racialized persons, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity to apply.