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Application Close Date/Time: Monday, January 15th, at 6PM CT 

This position is a Full-Time, Tenure-Track, Parkland Academic Employees (PAE) appointment.
Salary is commensurate with experience. 

The tenure track faculty member is primarily responsible for providing lecture and laboratory instruction to students in the AGCO Service Technician Program. This position coordinates courses, maintains tools and lab equipment, and collaborates with full-time and part-time faculty and staff. 

Robust benefits, including medical insurance with no monthly premiums, dental, life, disability, retirement plans, flexible spending, dependent care, EAP, work/life balance with generous paid time off, and tuition waiver

Applicants must submit:

• An online employment application
  
• Cover letter 
  
• Resume or CV
• Copy of official transcripts from the institution where you received your highest degree. If hired, certified official transcript is required.

For more information and to apply, visit www.parkland.edu/careers

Essential Job Functions:

• Performs professional duties in accordance with established policies and procedures of the college.
  
• Instruct lecture and lab courses related to the repair of AGCO branded equipment. Topics include, but are not limited to diesel engines, harvesting equipment, transmissions and final drives, electrical/electronic systems, engine rebuilding, fuel systems, and hydraulics and emissions systems.
  
• Develop, implement, and maintain instructional materials and assessments at the course and program levels to ensure students meet all outcomes and are well-prepared for a career in diesel repair.
  
• Prepares course syllabus for each course and distributes it early in each term.
  
• Ensure compliance of all college and industry safety rules, regulations, and standards for the safe set-up, operation, maintenance, storage, and repair of lab equipment and materials.
  
• Actively recruit students via campus events, high school visits, community events, and one-on-one meetings.
  
• Advise/mentor students.
  
• Maintain regular office hours for student consultation in a timely manner.

Minimum Requirements:

• AAS Degree in Diesel Technology or similar field and 3 years of work experience as a technician working with agricultural equipment, or equivalent combination of education and experience (must complete an AAS or higher degree prior to tenure).
  
• Must obtain level 4 certification for Fendt tractor Systems, Momentum planter systems, Ideal combine systems, and AGCO liquid and dry application systems prior to tenure.
  
• Must successfully complete a criminal background check with finger printing.