Job description
Salary: See Position Description
Location: Bullhead City, AZ
Job Number: 13-01522
Department: Career and Technical Education
Opening Date: 08/20/2025
About MCC
Located about 100 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, Mohave College is a comprehensive community college serving Mohave County in the northwest portion of the State of Arizona and its neighboring communities in California, Nevada, and Utah. With over 13,000 students each year on campuses in Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, and Colorado City, and an extensive online education program, MCC’s mission is to serve our communities, empowering students to succeed through innovative pathways and quality education.
Description
Build the Future with Us!
Are you passionate about the craft and innovation of construction? Do you exude enthusiasm for the building trades and thrive on sharing your knowledge with others? We are seeking a Faculty, Construction professional who is eager to inspire the next generation of builders, innovators, and problem-solvers.
The ideal candidate brings a broad and deep knowledge of the construction industry-from rough and finish carpentry to plumbing, electrical, concrete, siding, roofing, and painting-backed by 5+ years of hands-on experience as a residential contractor. More than just technical expertise, you bring a love for the creative nature of construction, an open mind to new and innovative methods, and a strong commitment to workforce development.
If you’re excited about collaboration, partnerships, and shaping the future of construction, this is your chance to lay the foundation for tomorrow’s industry leaders.
See more details here.
What We Will Love About You
- You exude enthusiasm for construction and bring energy into the classroom and lab.
- You have a broad and deep knowledge of the industry, from carpentry and plumbing to roofing, concrete, and beyond.
- You are eager to share your real-world experience and inspire students to master both technical skills and creative problem-solving.
- You embrace new and innovative construction methods while honoring the time-tested practices of the trade.
- You are committed to workforce development and dedicated to preparing the next generation of builders for success.
- You thrive on collaboration, building strong partnerships with colleagues, industry professionals, and the community.
- You take pride in shaping a learning environment where students feel supported, challenged, and empowered.
What you’ll love about us:
- We create the future by cultivating relentless curiosity in our students and each other to unlock new opportunities and break barriers. We take risks, adapt to oncoming challenges and opportunities, and engineer new ideas as we learn together from our mistakes and successes.
- We engage fearlessly, bringing passion and energy to our work by dreaming big, being bold, having fun, and fostering a caring environment. Celebrating each other and our results with enthusiasm makes our work meaningful and exciting.
- We build together. Our individual differences and backgrounds strengthen our teams, where we seek input and ensure every voice is heard. We amplify our impact when we empower each other to take ownership and work together toward a common vision.
- We live authentically, being our best when we share information openly, create clarity, invite stakeholders to participate in decision-making, and communicate with the utmost respect.
- We care! We care about our students, our communities, and each other, finding ways to actively engage and invest in the success of those we serve.
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance/FSA, HSA –see more detailed information here.
- PTO
- 120 hours per year – Staff
- 18 hours per year – 9-Month Faculty
- 35 hours per year – 12-Month Faculty
- Paid Holidays
- 21 days – Staff
- 26 days – 9-month Faculty
- 39 days – 12-Month Faculty
- Sick Leave – 40 hours per year
- ASRS (Arizona State Retirement System)
- Tuition Voucher (to use towards Mohave courses)
- Summer hours – 4-day work week
- Work Life Balance – schedule, hybrid, potential remote work.
Typical Duties
- Teach construction courses and assess students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities in the ?eld per industry standards and college requirements.
- Demonstrate industry best practices related to the construction trades in a safe and e?ective manner to students of all ages.
- Develop, implement and assess course activities relevant to the curriculum.
- Develop program curriculum and assist in related program development.
- Communicate with students, colleagues, supervisors, and leadership in an e?ective and timely manner.
- Possess, or be able to attain, OSHA trainer certi?cation once employed in order to teach OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 courses.
- Possess, or be able to attain, NCCER certi?ed trainer qualifications.
- Manage and maintain program inventory equipment, tools and supplies.
- Perform necessary college-required documentation and record keeping via a computer-based system.
- Perform physically exerting work at a medium level.
- Plan and participate in program promoting events to potential students and community partners in order to assist in the development of career pathways, including, but not limited to, apprenticeships, job shadowing, internships and other on-the-job activities.
- Serve as an advocate and representative of the Construction Area of Interest and of Mohave College as a whole.
- Utilize appropriate levels of instructional technology, including the college learning management system, email, and the student information system, for the advisement and support of students and the college community.
- Perform other duties, as assigned, related to the effective operation and function of daily college activities.
Qualifications
Top candidates for this position will possess three or more of the following qualifying options. Candidates with only one or two qualifying options are still encouraged to apply and will receive consideration.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of documentable experience managing others in the construction field
- Associate Degree or higher in Residential Construction, Construction Management or a closely related field.
- 5+ years documented work experience in construction trades that will enable the selected candidate to teach the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the (construction safety, framing, finish carpentry, concrete forms, basic electrical, basic plumbing, basic roofing) trades to others.
Core Competencies:
- Accountability: Ability to take responsibility for the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of work products. Can be relied upon to achieve excellent results with minimal oversight.
- Coaching and Developing Others: Ability to encourage and guide employees in order to make their performance more effective and to enhance their self-perception and problem-solving skills. Plan and support the development of an individual’s skills and abilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.
- Effective Communications: Conveys clear and timely messages that positively influence the thoughts and actions of others. Effectively expresses ideas and information both in speaking and writing that is appropriate to the complexity of the topic and the knowledge and understanding of the audience.
- Ethics and Integrity: Ability to operate in an ethical and trustworthy manner. Respects and maintains confidentiality. Avoid situations and actions considered inappropriate or that present a conflict of interest. Earn the trust, respect, and confidence of employees through consistent honesty, forthrightness, and professionalism in all interactions.
- Innovation and Creative Thinking: Ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, and relationships and to create meaningful new strategies, programs, services, and markets. Visualizes potential problems and solutions without needing tangible, “real-life” examples.
- Leadership: Ability to provide direction and guidance to a group of people and to encourage cooperation between team members in order to attain an objective. Involve team members in solving problems and making decisions, and inspire others to follow the lead. Obtain input from others, facilitate change, and inspire confidence and optimism through a clear vision.
- Problem Solving: Shows insight into the root causes of problems. Uses intelligence, common sense, hard work, and tenacity to solve difficult or complicated challenges. Generates a range of solutions and courses of action, including the benefits, costs, and risks associated with each.
- Project or Program Management: Ability to apply processes, methods, knowledge, skills, and experience to achieve project objectives. Assure successful project completion by establishing a systematic course of action for self and others. Evaluate progress and success against performance standards.
- Relationship Building: Ability to build relationships based on mutual trust and respect. Maintain self-awareness of own emotions and behaviors, and awareness of another’s emotions and behaviors, when interacting with them.
- Reliability and Commitment: Cares about the cause of the team and works toward the team’s goals. Participates in group projects and conversations, and completes individual assignments for which they are responsible.
- Teamwork: Ability to engage in cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interest of a common cause. Encourage cooperation, collaboration, and partnerships.
- Technical Proficiency: Ability to apply the technical knowledge and skills required in the specialist and professional job role and responsibilities in order to achieve the expected outputs.
- Verbal Expression: Ability to communicate in clear language and to adjust one’s use of language to the audience’s level.
Application Instructions
It is the responsibility of each applicant to have all the following documents on file in the Employee Services office by the deadline date in order to continue in the application process for this position. Application materials will not be returned.
- A complete online employment application form. Please do not state ‘see resume’ on any part of the application. Blank spaces may be cause for rejection of the application.
- Cover letter addressing the criteria listed in the job announcement and your qualifications for this position.
- Resume or curriculum vitae. Optional, but encouraged.
- Transcripts of all college work. (Unofficial transcripts or photocopies will be accepted to establish the application file. Official transcripts will be required if the candidate is offered the position.)
Important Notes:
- If any of the above listed materials are missing or incomplete, the application will not be considered.
- Items 2-4 may either be attached electronically to the application or mailed to the address below (position number must be included on all documents):
Mohave Community College
Employee Services
1971 Jagerson Avenue
Kingman, AZ 86409
Benefits
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance/FSA, HSA –see more detailed information here.
- PTO
- 120 hours per year – Staff
- 18 hours per year – 9-Month Faculty
- 35 hours per year – 12-Month Faculty
- Paid Holidays
- 21 days – Staff
- 26 days – 9-month Faculty
- 39 days – 12-Month Faculty
- Sick Leave – 40 hours per year
- ASRS (Arizona State Retirement System-12% average contribution & MCC matches 100%)
- Hybrid/Remote Work eligible after 6 months of employment for some positions.
- Work-Life Balance modified work schedule.
- Tuition Voucher (to use towards MCC courses)
- Summer hours – 4-day work week
