| Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track – focus in Safety and Health for Agriculture and Industry University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana Campus Unit: College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES); Department: Agricultural and Biological Engineering Availability: 16 May 2019 This position is a 9-month, tenure-track appointment with Extension (50%), Teaching (30%), and Research (20%) responsibilities. The successful candidate will provide leadership in the area of agricultural and industrial occupational safety and health, with emphasis on eliminating safety hazards, reducing injuries and fatalities, and improving worker health across the spectrum of production agriculture. This can include machinery, animal, and plant systems; processing facilities, and human capital and management systems. The extension and research programs will focus on the integration of applications of engineering and technology solutions to workplace hazards and risks, theory-based educational approaches to safety education, and the promotion of safety and health best management practices to reduce exposure to hazards and risk in agricultural and related industries. Teaching responsibilities include delivery of at least two of the following courses, TSM 421 Ag Safety – Injury Prevention, TSM 422 AG Health–Illnesses Prevention, and TSM 425 Managing Ag Safety Risk. The successful candidate will manage the agricultural safety and health traineeship program for graduate students and the minor for undergraduates. The successful candidate will be expected to build on an existing internationally recognized extension and research programs in agricultural safety and health. The candidate will be expected to maintain the long-standing program relationship with the University of Illinois at Chicago NIOSH funded Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Education and Research Center, and provide leadership to the Center’s funded programs in Agricultural Safety Academic and Continuing Education. Strong extension and research collaborations within the department and with faculty in other departments and colleges, as well as nationally and internationally are expected. Securing external grant support for collaborative projects is imperative. Salary and Benefits: Competitive, commensurate with skills and experience. Information on benefits may be found at: https://www.hr.uillinois.edu/benefits/ Application: The closing date for applications is 20 November, 2018 or until filled. Candidates must provide a curriculum vitae, copies of graduate transcripts, statements of teaching, extension, and research experiences and interests, up to three relevant publications, and a list of at least three professional references. Questions can be directed to search committee chair Richard S. Gates, rsgates@illinois.edu telephone: (217) 244-2791 The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO. To learn more about the University’s commitment to diversity, please visit http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu. The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. |
