Part Time Machinist Instructor Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Salary: See Position Description
Location : Gresham Campus, OR
Job Type: Part-time Faculty and Tutor
Job Number: 2023-2000139
Division: Instruction
Department: Engineering, Applied Technologies, Business and CIS
Opening Date: 04/10/2026
Job Summary and Responsibilities/Duties
Job Summary
Provides quality instruction that will contribute to the learning experiences necessary for each student to meet the objectives of the course and to be successful in both their education and career development experiences.
Essential Duties

1. Instructs students in a classroom, lab, learning center, or other setting as appropriate.
2. Provides student contact before or after class or through telephone or email exchanges or office hours where facilities and schedules permit.
3. Prepares, distributes, and utilizes instructional support materials, including course syllabi, supplementary materials, instructional media, and other devices as appropriate; incorporates the latest classroom technology when available and appropriate into instructional activities.
4. Structures classes and curriculum to correspond with the overall program objectives; prepares clear objectives for students each course. Maintains and revises curriculum to maintain currency.
5. Understands, develops, and provides a learning environment that supports diversity and incorporates sensitivity to diversity within the College community.
6. Maintains classroom, laboratory, and departmental equipment and provides for the security of facilities and instructional materials as appropriate.
7. Understands and abides by College policies and regulations and other policies, procedures and materials as required by the College, departments or divisions.
8. Convenes classes on time and as scheduled.
9. Maintains evaluation and grading records for assigned students; enters grades and provides all necessary documentation for incompletes within established College timelines.
10. Ensures and emphasizes safe working and classroom conditions and practices.
11. May participate in professional development activities.
12. Maintains current licenses or certificates in areas of expertise.
13. May attend in-service sessions and division meetings.
14. May direct aides and work-study students as assigned.
15. Understands and uses the College's computer system.

Minimum and Desired Qualifications
Education: Associate's degree
Experience/Training:

• Minimum (5) years of industry work experience in industrial maintenance, automation, machine design, manufacturing engineering or related field

Additional experience may be substituted for the educational requirement
Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field
• Teaching experience, preferably at the community college level
• FANUC handling tool and 2D iRvision certification
• Journeyman electrician's license
• Rockwell Automation PLC programming experience
• Experience teaching hybrid or online courses
• Experience building and maintaining manufacturing industry equipment

Additional Qualifications and/or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to organize and explain materials in ways appropriate to students with different abilities, levels of preparation, and cultural experiences
• Knowledge of and commitment to the role and purpose of community colleges
• Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students
• Comfortable using remote learning technologies, such as Zoom, LMS, Teams, etc.

Working Conditions and Important Information
Working Conditions
Work is typically performed in a normal office environment and classroom setting. This is an on-site position. Any remote work requires prior approval and must comply with MHCC Remote Work policies and administrative regulations. Remote work must be within the states of Oregon or Washington.
Salary Placement
Initial salary placement for Instructional Load Credit (ILC) Instructors will be based on applicable education and/or years of relevant full-time equivalent experience at the sole discretion of the College, per the guidelines in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws. Initial salary placement for all other newly hired instructors will be at Level 1.
Please include all relevant education and full and part-time experience (including unpaid and volunteer experience) in your application that you want the College to review towards potential placement. Hired employees will not have an opportunity to update past education and/or experience or appeal initial placement after the time of hire.
Compensation and Benefits Information for Part-Time Instructors
Part-time Instructors may teach classes within a variety of programs, including credit-based, Community Education, and ABE, GED, and ESL programs. There is no guaranteed minimum teaching load or hours worked.
Credit-based classes: Part-time Instructors for credit-based classes are paid per instructional load credit (ILC) according to the salary schedule below. Salary level will be based on educational level and total accumulated ILCs as part-time instructors at the College;initial placement will not exceed Level 2.
LevelAccumulated ILCs$ Per Term Per ILC10 - 44.9$991.36245 - 89.9$1035.98390 - 134.9$1082.604135 - 179.9$1131.325180 - 224.9$1182.246225 - 269.9$1235.437270 - 314.9$1291.048315 - 359.9$1349.159360 - 404.9$1409.8610405 - 449.9$1473.2911450 - 494.9$1539.5812495 -539.9$1608.8613540 or more$1681.26?
Community Education: Part-time Instructors for Community Education classes and represented by the Part-Time Faculty and Tutor Association (PFTA) are paid based on accumulated work hours according to the salary schedule below; all new employees will start at level 1.
Level*Accumulated Work HoursLecture/DemonstrationLecture/Discussion10 - 1000$43.20$52.3721001 - 2000$45.18$54.7232001 or more$47.18$57.18
ABE, GED, and ESL programs: Part-time Instructors for ABE, GED, and ESL programs classes are paid based on accumulated work hours according to the salary schedule below; all new employees will start at level 1.
Level*Accumulated Work HoursABE, GED, ESL Instructors10 - 1000$90.1621001 - 2000$95.2632001 - 3000$99.5143001 - 4000$104.0054001 - 5000$108.6565001 - 6000$113.5476001 - 7000$118.6487001 - 8000$123.9898001 - 9000$129.57109001 - 10000$135.401110001 - 11000$141.491211001 or more$147.851312001 or more$154.51
Sick Leave
New hires will receive eight (8) hours of sick leave upon hire. An ILC instructor will receive one hour per term of paid sick leave per ILC, which includes Special Loading. An hourly instructor or tutor will receive one hour of paid sick leave per 11 hours of employment. Unused sick leave will accumulate up to a maximum of 80 hours and be available for use in subsequent academic terms.
Tuition Waiver Plan
Each employee will be eligible for a full tuition waiver, which is equivalent to 24 credits, for each term in which the employee is working for the College. Such waiver may be used for tuition for credit courses or the fee in lieu of tuition for noncredit courses (commonly called Fee B). Such tuition waivers are not cumulative. However, an employee may use a tuition waiver in the term immediately following the term in which the waiver was earned. Employees and their spouses/domestic partners will pay only course-specific fees. Tuition waiver(s) may be assigned by the employee to his/her immediate family (to one or amongst the family) to be used in the term in which the waiver is earned by the employee or the term immediately following the term in which the waiver was earned.
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Do you have an Associate's degree (or higher)?

• Yes
• No
• I believe I have a combination of education and experience to meet this requirement.

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Do you have at least (5) years of industry work experience in industrial maintenance, automation, machine design, manufacturing engineering or a related field?

• Yes
• No
• I believe I have a combination of education and experience to meet this requirement.

Required Question