Job Details

Institution: Gateway Community & Technical College
Location: Hybrid (Gateway Boone Campus & Employer Sites)
Type: Adjunct / Part-Time
Category: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Salary: $50 per hour
Posted: October 15, 2025

About Gateway Community & Technical College

Gateway Community & Technical College offers an engaging work environment that values innovation, excellence, and creativity. We take pride in preparing students and incumbent workers for success in today’s evolving industrial and manufacturing sectors.

Position Summary

Gateway Community & Technical College seeks a skilled Manufacturing Programmer / CNC Operator to provide hands-on workforce training for adult learners and incumbent workers. This part-time, non-credit teaching role involves delivering customized instruction at local employer sites and campus-based labs as needed.

This position is ideal for industry professionals with CNC programming experience who enjoy mentoring and sharing practical skills with adult learners on a flexible, as-needed basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Teach foundational and intermediate concepts in industrial/manufacturing programming, including:

  • Reading, writing, and editing manual programs for CNC mills and CNC lathes

  • Responding to prompts and preparing conversational programs

  • Editing existing conversational programs

• Deliver instruction using hands-on demonstrations, simulation panels, and real-world troubleshooting examples

• Emphasize and reinforce safety practices throughout all instructional activities

• Prepare and maintain training materials, tools, and equipment

• Collaborate with the Workforce Solutions team, employer partners, and learners to coordinate training schedules and expectations

• Support learners through informal assessments, real-time feedback, and coaching

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED (required)

• A trade school certificate, associate, or bachelor’s degree in a related technical field (preferred)

• Minimum of 3 years’ recent CNC programming or machining experience in a manufacturing setting

• Strong understanding of G-code and M-code programming for CNC mills and lathes, including program loading, verification, and editing

• Ability to travel to employer sites across northern Kentucky and southern Ohio

• Experience working with or training adult learners

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous teaching, mentoring, or technical training experience

• High attention to detail, quality, and safety

• Dependable, self-motivated, and professional work ethic

Additional Skills

• Effectively communicate with Workforce Solutions staff, students, and industry partners

• Provide learners with constructive feedback, ongoing coaching, and informal performance assessments

Equal Opportunity Statement

Gateway Community & Technical College, a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.

Employee Rights

This position complies with the Employee Polygraph Protection Act and all applicable labor and employment regulations.