Adjunct Instructor, Industrial Engineering

Salary: $160,000 - 200,000 per year Requirements:

• We require an earned doctorate in Industrial/Safety Engineering or a closely related field at the time of appointment.
• We will also consider candidates with BS and MS degrees in Industrial/Safety Engineering or a closely related discipline from an accredited university, provided they have significant professional experience of 10 or more years.
• We value expertise in one or more of these areas: Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Occupational Safety and Health, or Safety Engineering.
• We seek individuals with the ability to mentor and advise online doctoral students.
• We need candidates who can teach and design online asynchronous courses.
• We strongly prefer applicants with active research experience in their area of specialization.
• We prefer candidates with academic publications and a genuine interest in doctoral student mentoring.

• We advise and mentor online doctoral students.
• We teach and develop online asynchronous courses.
• We support the ongoing growth of our online graduate education and research initiatives.

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We are the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at West Virginia University, and we are seeking remote part-time adjunct instructors to support our expanding online graduate programs and research efforts. West Virginia University is a Carnegie-classified R1 university and the comprehensive land-grant institution of West Virginia, with a strong reputation for high-level research and community impact. Our Morgantown location offers a safe, inclusive, and family-friendly environment, with access to a high-tech corridor and nearby federal research organizations. We provide a supportive workplace focused on career development, work-life balance, and collaboration, and we offer a Dual Career Program to assist partners with career transitions. We are proud of our core values of service, curiosity, respect, accountability, and appreciation, and we welcome qualified applicants from all backgrounds.

last updated 33 week of 2026