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Title: Instructor - EIC

Position Type: Instuctor

College: Red Rocks Community College

Division: Academic Affairs

Department: RRCC Construction, Electrical, HVAC, Skilled Trades

Campus: RRCC Lakewood Campus

Location: Lakewood

Salary Range: 

Who We Are:

Red Rocks Community College exemplifies extraordinary. We are dedicated to our Vision and Mission, which promote student achievement, staff empowerment, and community engagement. We live our values: Learning, Collaboration, Community, Belonging, and Empowerment.
RRCC seeks applicants who understand and have first-hand experience working with diverse populations, which may include but are not limited to, historically marginalized populations such as people of color, LGBTQ+ community members, veterans, first generation graduates, and people with disabilities.

Job Summary:

The Electricity Industrial, Commercial, and Residential program at Red Rocks Community College is seeking part-time EIC Instructors to teach electrical courses within the program and related Skilled Trades pathways. This position provides high-quality classroom and hands-on instruction that prepares students for employment and advancement in residential, commercial, and industrial electrical settings.
Part-time EIC Instructors teach in their area of expertise in accordance with the philosophy, policies, and procedures of the Colorado Community College System and Red Rocks Community College. This posting may be used to fill multiple part-time instructor vacancies based on program need, course offerings, and instructor qualifications.
Courses may include residential wiring, commercial electrical construction, electrical safety, electrical code, code calculations, construction drawings, estimating, conduit bending, raceway systems, wiring methods, branch circuits, service equipment, load calculations, troubleshooting, and other related electrical topics. Instruction may be delivered face-to-face, hybrid, online, in classroom, laboratory, or field-based settings. Classes may be scheduled during the day, evening, or weekend.
The instructor will teach approved curriculum, support course outcomes, assess student learning, maintain accurate grading records, provide timely feedback, and submit final grades by required deadlines. Instructors are expected to meet all scheduled classes, use required materials, provide a syllabus before the first day of class, and use instructional technology, including the college learning management system.
The instructor should model professional jobsite behavior, reinforce safe electrical work practices, and support a diverse community college student population.
This position reports to the Director of Skilled Trades or assigned program leadership and has no supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies/KSAs:

• Knowledge of residential, commercial, and/or industrial electrical systems, tools, equipment, materials, safety practices, and current industry procedures.
• Ability to teach EIC courses in classroom, laboratory, online, hybrid, and field-based learning environments.
• Ability to explain technical electrical concepts clearly to students with varying levels of experience.
• Ability to demonstrate safe, code-aligned electrical work practices and reinforce proper use of tools, equipment, and materials.
• Ability to monitor student performance and provide constructive feedback in classroom, laboratory, and hands-on training settings.
• Ability to maintain safe, organized, and effective learning environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work with students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds and support inclusive learning environments.
• Ability to use instructional technology, including the college learning management system, to support course delivery, communication, and grading.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to give and receive oral and written instructions and follow college, program, and course procedures.
• Flexibility to teach daytime, evening, weekend, classroom, laboratory, hybrid, online, or off-site courses as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Qualifies for post-secondary CTE credentials including 4000 non-teaching occupational hours within the last 7 years.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Licensed Residential Wireman, Journeyman Electrician, or Master Electrician.
• Associate degree or higher from an accredited institution in electrical technology, construction management, engineering technology, mathematics, skilled trades, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in residential, commercial, and/or industrial electrical construction, installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, or service work.
• Experience applying National Electrical Code requirements in residential, commercial, or industrial settings.
• Experience with electrical code calculations, wiring methods, raceway systems, conduit bending, branch circuits, service equipment, panels, conductors, devices, grounding and bonding, overcurrent protection, voltage drop, and related installation practices.
• Experience reading and interpreting electrical drawings, construction documents, specifications, blueprints, and project plans.
• Experience with electrical estimating, including take-offs, project costing, change order pricing, remodel or addition estimating, labor pricing, unit pricing, and project scheduling.
• Experience teaching, training, mentoring, supervising apprentices, or leading hands-on technical instruction in an electrical, skilled trades, apprenticeship, or workforce training environment.
• One semester of full-time, or equivalent part-time, teaching experience.
• Experience using instructional technology, learning management systems, and computer applications to support teaching, communication, and grading.

Selection Process:

Candidates will be evaluated based on their qualifications as related to the duties and responsibilities of the position. Candidates may redact any personally identifiable information on their materials including but are not limited to age, date of birth, and dates of attendance and date of graduation for educational institutions. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Application Instructions: 

All applicants must submit:
1. Resume
2. Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement.
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Additional Information/Benefits:

Physical & Cognitive Demands
The following are some of the physical and cognitive demands commonly associated with this position.
• Regularly works in classroom, laboratory, shop, and field-based learning environments while teaching EIC courses and supervising hands-on student activities.
• Frequently stands, walks, bends, kneels, reaches, climbs, and moves throughout instructional spaces to demonstrate electrical tasks, monitor student work, and support safe lab activities.
•Frequently uses or demonstrates the use of hand tools, power tools, meters, electrical components, conduit, raceway materials, training equipment, and related instructional lab equipment.
• Occasionally moves, positions, and transports tools, equipment, supplies, and instructional materials weighing up to 50 lbs.
•Regularly uses a computer, learning management system, email, instructional technology, and standard office equipment to support course instruction, communication, and grading.
•Cognitive demands include observing, comparing, calculating, troubleshooting, analyzing, coordinating, demonstrating, communicating, instructing, evaluating student performance, and applying sound judgment in classroom and hands-on learning settings.
•The person in this position regularly communicates with students, faculty, staff, and program leadership. Must be able to exchange accurate technical, safety, and instructional information in these situations.
•Must be able to monitor classroom, laboratory, and field-based activities; recognize safety concerns; respond to student questions; and provide clear directions during hands-on electrical training.
Reasonable Accommodation Statement 
Red Rocks Community College provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process and/or during the course of employment, please contact Jennifer Matthews, Executive Director of Human Resources, at 13300 W 6th Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80228, (303) 914-6298 or Jennifer.Matthews@rrcc.edu.