Assistant Professor of Engineering Technologies and Applied Design 3-Year Continuing Non-Tenurable

About the Department

Teaching Responsibilities

• The ideal candidate will teach department core courses, electives, and contribute to Berea College’s general education program. Expected department courses may include:
• ETAD 115 Construction Technology
• ETAD 345: Sustainable Building design
• ETAD 140: Production in Woods
• Candidate is also encouraged to develop courses specific to their background.
• Following long-standing tradition and practice at Berea College, this position includes responsibility for supervising, mentoring, and developing students in the College's integrated Work College Program. This supports student learning, career readiness, and the program's learning goals and outcomes. The Work College Program provides a developmental framework that guides student learning while creating a structured mentorship opportunity, with role-specific training that equips faculty and staff mentors to support student development. Faculty and staff mentors play an essential part in helping students connect their work-learning-service experiences with broader academic, professional, and personal development. For faculty, this aligns with Berea's tenure and promotion criteria. Our department actively collaborates with external partners to give students hands-on experience with outside clients. While not required, the successful candidate is strongly encouraged to integrate community partner projects into their courses.

Qualifications

• A master’s degree or higher in Sustainable Design, Construction, Architecture, and Engineering/ Engineering Technology fields, or other closely related fields is required.
• Teaching experience and/or industry experience is also appreciated. Most importantly, given the nature of technology, colleagues are expected to participate in the continued development of content, curriculum, and pedagogy. Ideal candidates would embrace this practice through professional development and active participation in the evolving fields.

Application

• Candidates should submit a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, a teaching philosophy, design portfolio (if available) and contact information for three references. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2026 , and continue until the position is filled.

Our Benefits

• Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement. Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave. Part-time employees who work an average of twenty-four hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis. To learn more details, visit our benefits page at https://www.berea.edu/human-resources/employee-benefits . Our Unique Culture: Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of Berea's Great Commitments. Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College’s inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at Berea Labor Supervision: In support of Berea College’s great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link Labor Program Office.