East Central College has an opening for a full-time (9 month) HVAC/R Program Coordinator/Instructor responsible for providing effective learning strategies and experiences in the classroom and laboratory for students with diverse interests, abilities, and expectations. The position is responsible for the day to day oversight of program operations. The faculty member’s teaching assignment may be contractually reduced by annual agreement to reflect performance of oversight duties. The faculty member with this assignment also works under the faculty job description.
State date: Fall 2025
Minimum Qualifications: (A comparable amount of training, education or experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications.)
- Certificate in HVAC-R required, Associate Degree preferred
- Minimum of 5 years HVAC-R field experience
Essential Tasks: (Employee must be able to perform the following essential functions to the satisfaction of the employee’s supervisor.)
Program Coordinator responsibilities:
- Coordinate the overall HVAC program activities.
- Exercise leadership in the area of program oversight and curriculum maintenance. Have a broad understanding of the intricacies of the program and its relationship to the local sending schools.
- Communicate as needed with pertinent students, faculty, and staff on campus.
- Ability to communicate and work collaboratively with faculty, local sending schools, and business and industry partners.
- Collaborate with potential employers to develop on going competency needs for graduates
- Evaluate student performance; meet regularly and confer with students regarding their progress in the program.
- Provides oversight and management of the HVAC equipment including software upgrades
- Coordinate and oversee equipment purchases and supplies, entry of supplies in ESM
- Assist the Dean in conducting periodic program review and maintaining appropriate assessment records.
- Organize and lead (2) Advisory Committee meetings in an academic year.
- Mentor new faculty, as required and provide feedback to faculty through the program evaluation process.
- Assist the Dean with hiring, orienting, mentoring, oversight and evaluations of adjunct faculty
View Program Coordinator job description here.
Instructor responsibilities:
- Teach thirty (30) semester credit hours (or the equivalent in lab, studio, clinical, etc. hours) each academic year.
- Participate in developing course and/or program curriculum, standards and policies in collaboration with core faculty, Dean and/or Department Chairperson.
- Develop course curriculum, handouts, lectures, labs, and presentation and maintain course outlines / syllabi and printed and non-printed instructional materials.
- Coordinate the overall HVAC program activities.
- Exercise leadership in the area of program oversight and curriculum maintenance. Have a broad understanding of the intricacies of the program and its relationship to the local sending schools.
- Evaluate student performance; meet regularly and confer with students regarding their progress in the program.
View faculty job description here.
Benefits: ECC offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance with no premium cost to the employee for employee only coverage. Retirement benefits, generous paid leave, tuition waiver and tuition reimbursement benefits.
Faculty salary will be commensurate with education and years of experience. Salary schedule can be viewed here.
East Central College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
East Central College is located about 60 minutes from St. Louis. For more information about East Central College visit, www.eastcentral.edu.
East Central College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status. Inquiries related to employment practices may be directed to Human Resources Director at 636-584-6710. East Central College is an equal opportunity employer and provider of employment and training services. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.