Part-time Faculty, Oil and Gas Field Operations

Summary of Position

Teach courses in oil and gas field operations with emphasis on well plugging and abandonment, field practices, and safety. Responsibilities will include delivering instruction in lecture and/or lab formats. Prepare course materials consistent with program learning outcomes. Evaluate student performance and provide timely feedback. Maintain communication with program coordinator. This position is ideal for industry professionals seeking to contribute to workforce education. Workload assignments will typically be one to two courses per semester. Must be able to provide regular in-person instruction as assigned.

Position Information

Plans, organizes, teaches, and provides feedback to promote and direct student success. Responds to students in a timely manner. Communicates with students, departments, and university officials via university provided tools and resources.

An Institution of Opportunity: YSU inspires individuals, enhances futures, and enriches lives.

As a student-centered university, Youngstown State University’s mission is to provide innovative lifelong learning opportunities that will inspire individuals, enhance futures, and enrich lives. YSU inspires individuals by cultivating a curiosity for life-long learning; enhances the futures of our students by empowering them to discover, disseminate and apply their knowledge; and enriches the region by fostering collaboration and the advancement of civic, scientific, and technological development. YSU’s culture of enrichment flourishes in our intellectually diverse, accessible, and quality education.

Work Schedule: Typically, Monday through Friday. Teaching assignments may be remote or at various locations.
Primary Location: Youngstown

Qualifications and Competencies

Required Certifications, Training, and/or Licensures: None.

Sponsorship and/or Work Authorization Status: Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field; OR equivalent qualifications of at least an associate degree in a relevant technical field and three years or more of industry experience in oil/gas operations, workover/completions, plugging and abandonment; must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Preferred Qualifications: Prior teaching or training experience. Industry certifications, examples safety, well control, H2S. Experience in Appalachian Basin Operations.

Physical Requirements: In accordance with the U.S. Department of Labor physical demands strength ratings, this position will perform light work.
Light: work involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects, requiring: (1) walking or standing to a significant degree; (2) sitting most of the time while pushing or pulling arm or leg controls; or (3) working at a production rate pace while constantly pushing or pulling materials even though the weight or the materials is negligible. (The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.)

Supplemental Information

Supplemental Information

Please upload all transcripts as one PDF file.

At time of hire, all candidates must provide official transcripts. Official transcripts must be provided in an unopened, sealed envelope and must bear the embossed or raised college seal, date and Registrar’s signature.