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Desired Start Date: August 19, 2026
Position End Date: May 2, 2027
Salary Range: $71,486 to $115,129 with normal starting salary between $78,872 and $85,897 annually, dependent on relevant education and experience.
Bargaining Unit: Faculty
Appointment Type: Full-time Term
Closing Date: May 19, 2026
Special Instructions to Applicants:
### Your Opportunity
The role and responsibilities of a faculty member focus on the activities related to teachers, academics and scholars. They include but are not limited to an awareness of current scholarship and continuing mastery in one's field, instructional and professional duties, professional development, and service. In addition, duties and responsibilities may include scholarly activity.
### Functions and Duties
Instructional duties may include all or any of the following: instructional (teaching) assignments; course preparation and program revision; development of new programs and modes of delivery; evaluation of student work; instruction of laboratory exercises, concepts, theories, techniques and use of equipment; student contact for purposes of advising, tutoring and supervision both in and outside of the lecture or laboratory period; revision and development of existing and/or new courses in all formats; preparation of materials for use in laboratories; set up and take down of laboratory materials; preparation of timetables; control of inventory, maintenance of equipment; ordering of materials; Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) and PLA coordination; and other functions related to instruction.
Professional development is activity intended to promote teaching excellence, subject area competence and technical competence in an area of professional or instructional expertise.
Service may include all or any of the following: school visitations; active membership on appropriate college or union committees, councils or boards; participation in professional or academic organizations; application of the employee's academic or professional competence or expertise in the community at large; attendance at articulation meetings; representing OC at other functions, administrative duties and other duties.
Scholarly activity includes scholarship, research and creative activities. A College Professor may be released from instructional and/or professional duties to perform scholarly activity
### Education and Experience
The minimum qualification is a Master's degree, or an equivalent level credential as appropriate for the discipline.
Independent, post-secondary or public-school work experience directly related to the duty assignment.
Graduate level training that enables sole responsibility for teaching undergraduate students in the area directly related to the teaching assignment.
Experience demonstrating a learner-centered teaching philosophy is desired.
An active profile in scholarship, research and creative activity is preferred.
### Skills and Abilities
Designs and teaches a course with regard for learning outcomes
Teaches in a variety of modes, including lecture, discussion, active student involvement and laboratory work as appropriate
Interested in use of appropriate technological aids in instruction
Open to feedback from others on ways to improve teaching and related activities
Knowledgeable about the subject matter of the teaching area and able to teach the subject matter at a post-secondary level
Maintains currency and vitality in one's discipline through professional activities, professional development and/or scholarship
Interested in course and program development
Collegial and willing to work constructively with others
Comfortable in a computerized environment and with programs relevant to instruction and academic discipline
### Preferred Qualifications
The Mechanical Engineering department has a variety of teaching appointments available for the 2026/2027 teaching year. We are seeking college professors to teach either part-time (1-2 courses) or full-time (3 courses) per term. Successful candidates must have a foundational knowledge of the field and preferably have an industry background and related teaching experience. A P.Eng. will be considered an asset. Given the term nature of this position, individuals without a graduate degree will also be considered.
Please specify your desired appointment (part/full-time) in your application.
Duties include all facets of course delivery (teaching all lectures, conducting hands-on labs or tutorials, marking all assignments and exams, holding regular office hours) and being an active department member.
Our department seeks candidates with expertise in the following areas:
Mechanical engineering theory (Statics, Dynamics, Stress, etc.)
Engineering materials (properties, testing, and application)
Machine Design (components and assemblies)
Solid modeling, production of manufacturing drawings, and GD&T (using AutoCAD and SolidWorks).
Manufacturing processes and operations
Production and Operations Management
Machining and fabrication theory and hands-on machine shop skills
CNC programing and machine operation
Fluid mechanics and fluid power systems
Thermodynamics / HVAC
Robotics and industrial automation
### Schedule
Fall: Aug 26, 2026 – Dec 22, 2026 (full-time start Aug 19, 2026)
Winter: Jan 2, 2027 – May 2, 2027
Our Values
Students first. Creating meaningful life-long educational opportunities of the highest quality for alumni, current, and future students is at the heart of everything we do.
Community. We are one College. We enthusiastically embrace the opportunity to work with, learn from, and support everyone we encounter collaboratively and collegially.
Respect. We welcome, embrace, and celebrate that which make us unique in creating an environment in which every individual is valued, affirming our commitment to human dignity for all.
Courage. We are courageous in our actions in areas that contribute to positive change in our communities and beyond. We have the courage to be vulnerable. We are truthful, sincere, and act ethically with honesty and fairness.
Relationships. We steward meaningful relationships built on a foundation of reciprocity. We are compassionate, empathic, and care for the holistic well-being of students, employees, community members, and the land.
Distinction. We choose activities in which we can achieve excellence and positively impact society.
Okanagan College is committed to increasing the equitable and inclusive participation of marginalized people in all aspects of college life. We welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black People, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, people with disabilities and people with diverse gender identities or expressions. People with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, [email protected].
