Assistant​/Associate​/Professor of Practice, Construction Engineering and Management

The School of Civil, Chemical, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, invites applications for a nine-month, non-tenure-track faculty position. The successful applicant will be appointed as Assistant/Associate or Professor of Practice in Construction Engineering Management (CEM), depending on the applicant’s qualifications, terminal degree, and level of relevant professional experience. This position entails teaching, curriculum development, student mentoring, industry engagement, and service responsibilities, as well as current industry expertise and support of student-facing professional engagement, including clubs, competitions, travel, professional development and networking, and other experiential learning opportunities.

Based on the University’s mission as a land grant institution, faculty duties will include undergraduate and graduate teaching, supervision of graduate students, leading development of an ABET accredited CEM degree program, and university and professional service. The intended start date for the position is July1,2027.

• An M.S. degree in construction engineering and management, construction management, civil engineering, or a closely related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience in construction management or engineering.
• Demonstrated establishment of network connections within the construction industry, and a track record of collaboration with companies, organizations, and professionals.
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive environment and promoting diversity in higher education.

• Licensure as a professional engineer or demonstration of an intent to become registered.
• Demonstrated experience in the teaching of relevant construction engineering and management courses including laboratories at the undergraduate level.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in a leadership role.

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with rank, education, and experience, consistent with the appropriate faculty compensation grade within the Nevada System of Higher Education. This is a 9‑month, “B” contract appointment. The salary schedule can be found here:
Salary Schedules and Faculty Overload | Human Resources under “Academic Faculty Engineering (nine-month contract) salaries.

• Health insurance options including dental and vision
• Generous sick leave
• Life insurance and long-term disability – Faculty Benefits
• Faculty Senate is the principal representing body for faculty. Its membership includes representatives from each academic and administrative major unit of the University.
• No state income tax!
• Grants-in-aid for Faculty Employees: A reduced-rate tuition benefit for faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner.
• Faculty Dual Career Assistance Program:
  The University of Nevada, Reno recognizes the importance of addressing dual-career couples’ professional needs. We offer a dual career assistance program to newly hired faculty spouses/partners that provides resources and assists them to identify career opportunities in Northern Nevada.

Faculty Senate is the principal representing body for faculty. Its membership includes representatives from each academic and administrative major unit of the University.

Faculty Grants-in‑Aid.

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