Assistant/Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

Wilkes University invites applicants for a tenure track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to join the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department starting August 2027. The department offers exclusively undergraduate degrees with a long tradition of personalized learning and teaching experiences, featuring small class sizes, publishable undergraduate research, and hands-on projects. The successful applicant would be expected to complement the existing engineering faculty by building a research, and/or service program with undergraduate students as an integral component.

Candidates must have earned a doctoral degree at the time of appointment and be working toward a Professional Engineering license. Professional experience in Water Resources Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering or a closely related field will be considered favorably. Expertise in fluid flow, water resources and process design is desired. Candidates with other relevant experience will be considered.

Duties would be focused on flexibility in teaching foundation courses for engineering and science majors, bringing expertise to upper-level engineering electives and contributing to the continued development of the program. The successful candidate must have the ability to provide outstanding classroom, laboratory, and in-field instruction for engineering and science courses and a strong interest in working with undergraduate students. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Review of applications begins November 15, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled. You can direct questions to Holly Frederick, Department Chair, at View email address on ziprecruiter.com or View phone number on ziprecruiter.com.

Wilkes University is an independent, comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2,000 students at the undergraduate level and over 1,500 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels.

Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and one-half hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.

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Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

Employment at Wilkes is contingent upon the results of a thorough background screening. PA Act 153 requires that persons working in positions with regular and unsupervised contact with minors complete additional clearances, including FBI fingerprinting and PA criminal and child abuse clearances.