Job Summary
Hawkeye Community College’s Regional Transportation and Training Center has an immediate need for a full-time Transportation Instructor to join their team.
Are you passionate about shaping the future of transportation and equipping the next generation of professionals with the skills they need to succeed? Are you passionate about making an impact and empowering individuals to pursue an education that fits their career goals? Hawkeye Community College has a great opportunity for you to mentor and pass on your expertise to the semi-truck drivers of tomorrow. Now is your time to be the difference! Hawkeye Community College is committed to providing high-quality education and training to our community. We offer a wide range of programs designed to meet the needs of our students and prepare them for success in their chosen fields.
As one of our Transportation Instructors, you deliver hands on in-cab and on-range instruction to students using a full-size tractor-trailer as well as skills and road monitoring to students in transportation programs or contracted training classes. The teaching assignments may be at various sites and in various formats and be held on days, evenings, and weekends. Additionally, as our Transportation Instructor, you plan and guide the learning processes for students toward the achievement in obtaining their CDL license and employment goals by working closely with students to help them develop the skills and knowledge they need to excel in the transportation industry.
The Regional Transportation Training Center, located south of the main campus, is a training location for a variety of short-term training and continuing education driving courses. The driving range features an open driving area, 26-foot-wide road, inclines, and left and right turns. The center's building houses classrooms, drive through truck bays, and four virtual driving simulators.
Hawkeye Community College is a comprehensive community college focused on meeting the needs of the community by providing quality, affordable learning experiences for a diverse student body through our Adult Learning Center, Business and Community Education Department as well as through more than 50 career and technical programs and liberal arts transfer programs. Hawkeye Community College’s mission is about empowering students, strengthening businesses and enriching communities with a vision to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve.
Essential Job Functions
Important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Working Conditions
Anticipated typical hours are 8:00 am - 5:00 pm with a 1-hour lunch. Adjusting of schedule may be needed to align with business needs and could include a potential for flexibility of instruction during the day, afternoon and/or evenings with potential of occasional weekends.
Requires skills for succeeding in a semi, classroom and office environment, using technology. Requires good hand-eye coordination including visual acuity to use a keyboard and read technical information; arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp. Work is performed in an office setting. Sit, stand, bend, lift and move intermittently during working hours. During the course of the day, interact with students, faculty and staff in person. Requires ability to move in and out of full semi-truck. Work is performed outside with varying degrees of climate, being aware of surroundings and moving vehicles.
Employment Status
Full-time exempt position with comprehensive or competitive benefits program including health, dental, vision, life, and LTD insurance, a Section 125 plan for medical and dependent care expenses; holiday, personal, sick, and vacation leave; tuition reimbursement; and a choice of retirement programs—IPERS (defined benefit) or TIAA (defined contribution).
Application Procedure
Hawkeye Community College is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to equity and diversity in its educational services and employment practices: https://www.hawkeyecollege.edu/about/diversity-inclusion/equal-opportunity. The College does not discriminate on the basis of sex; race; age; color; creed; national origin; religion; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity; genetic information; or actual or potential parental, family, or marital status in its programs, activities, or employment practices. Veteran status is also included to the extent covered by law. Any person alleging a violation of equity regulations shall have the right to file a formal complaint. Inquiries concerning application of this statement should be addressed to: Equity Coordinator and Title IX Coordinator for employees, 319-296-4405; or Title IX Coordinator for students, 319-296-4448; Hawkeye Community College, 1501 East Orange Road, P.O. Box 8015, Waterloo, Iowa 50704-8015; or email equity-titleIX@hawkeyecollege.edu, or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Citigroup Center, 500 W. Madison, Suite 1475, Chicago, IL 60661, phone number 312-730-1560, fax 312-730-1576, email: OCR.Chicago@ed.gov.
If any applicant is in need of a reasonable accommodation in completing the application process, please notify a member of Human Resource Services.
Hawkeye Community College is a comprehensive community college serving a ten-county region in northeast Iowa. Since opening in 1966, it has focused on meeting the needs of the community, providing quality, affordable training for learners at all stages of life. First opened as Hawkeye Institute of Technology, today Hawkeye Community College serves more than 25,000 individuals and awards almost 1,500 diplomas and degrees annually. Hawkeye has a community impact of $106 million and 1,400 jobs. Since 1966, the college has graduated more than 50,000 students, with 94 percent staying in Iowa.
Located in the Cedar Valley, the college serves 27 school districts across its 10-county service area, providing concurrent enrollment to more than 1,900 high school students.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Hawkeye Community College has established and implemented an Affirmative Action Plan to reflect its ethical and legal pledge to comply with laws and regulations requiring Equal Educational Opportunity, Equal Employment Opportunity, and Affirmative Action.
The College is committed to equity and diversity in educational services and employment practices. All employees have a responsibility to contribute to an environment for learning and working that encourages and enhances the valuing of equity, enthusiasm for diversity, and passion for respectful interaction.
Reaffirmed by Dr. Todd Holcomb, December 2019