Engineering Program Director & Montgomery Endowed Professor in Engineering

Hanover College • Hanover, MD

12h • Onsite

About The Position

Hanover College invites applications for an Engineering Program Director beginning Fall 2027. The director will also hold the Gary and Judy Montgomery Endowed Professorship in Engineering. This is a tenure-eligible position, with rank at appointment based on qualifications and experience.

The director leads Hanover’s engineering program, which offers an ABET-accredited BS in Engineering and a non-ABET-accredited BA in Engineering Science. The program combines engineering education with the college’s liberal arts environment and aims to develop graduates with technical and soft skills valued by employers. The director will teach a variety of undergraduate courses and laboratories and lead the program’s academic, operational, recruitment, partnership, and accreditation activities.

Candidates should be committed to teaching at an institution that emphasizes broad liberal arts education and prepared to develop research opportunities suited to collaboration with undergraduate engineering majors. The position is based at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana.

Requirements

• A B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an earned Ph.D. in an Engineering field, or a master’s degree in an engineering field accompanied by education and experience sufficient to support ABET-accreditation requirements.
• Ability to teach a wide variety of undergraduate mechanical and general engineering courses and laboratories.
• Demonstrated capacity for visionary program leadership, regional industry partnership development, and undergraduate engineering education.
• Commitment to teaching at an institution emphasizing a broad liberal arts education.

Nice To Haves

• Teaching experience.
• A degree from or experience with a liberal arts college.
• Industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead Hanover College’s engineering program.
• Teach a variety of undergraduate courses and laboratories.
• Plan the curriculum, staffing, and assessment.
• Assist college admissions staff with recruiting new students.
• Assist college advancement staff with fundraising.
• Cultivate connections with engineering employers in the region.
• Coordinate the program’s Engineering Advisory Board.
• Facilitate the continuous improvement process for the ABET-accredited BS degree.
• Develop research opportunities suitable for collaboration with undergraduate engineering majors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree