Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management

Application Instructions: External Applicants: Please upload your resume on the Apply screen. Your application will automatically populate your resume details, and you may verify and update data on the My Information page. IMPORTANT: Please review the job posting and load ALL documents required in the job posting to the Resume/CV document upload section at the bottom of the My Experience application page. Use the Select Files button to add multiple documents including your Resume/CV, references, cover letter, and any other supporting documents required in the job posting. The " My Experience" page is the only opportunity to add your required supporting document attachments. You will not be able to modify your application after you submit it . Current Mercer University Employees : Apply from your existing Workday account. Do not apply from the external careers website . Log in to Workday and type Jobs Hub in the search bar. Locate the position and click Apply . Job Title: Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management Department: Industrial Engineering/Management College/Division: School Of Engineering Primary Job Posting Location: Macon, GA 31207 Additional Job Posting Locations: (Other locations that this position could be based) Job Details: The Department of Industrial Engineering & Industrial Management in the School of Engineering at Mercer University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2027. We encourage applications from candidates with teaching and research interests in industrial engineering. We are especially interested in candidates with expertise in operations research, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data-driven decision-making, and emerging technologies. To be considered for a tenure-track position, candidates must have a Ph.D. in industrial engineering or closely related fields. Areas of Emphasis : Areas of emphasis should align with the department’s strengths in optimization, simulation, and supply chain, and should include one or more of the following: artificial intelligence, machine learning, data-driven decision-making, financial engineering, and emerging technologies. Position and Department The Department of Industrial Engineering & Industrial Management offers undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students for careers in industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, and Engineering Management involving, design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, equipment, and energy. The department of Industrial Engineering & Industrial Management at Mercer University offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Engineering, with a specialization in Industrial Engineering Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management Master of Science in Engineering with an Engineering Management specialization and Master of Science in Technical Management The discipline draws upon specialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences, together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems. Because of the need for people skills, the Mercer program places a heavy emphasis on working as a team and working on real industrial engineering problems from neighboring communities. The development of skills required to work with and through other people results in many industrial engineers rising through the ranks of management to the top of technical companies. The industrial specialization at Mercer draws upon four foundational areas—management science, the application of mathematical techniques to solve management problems; ergonomics, the study and design of the interaction between humans and machines; manufacturing, the design and development of processes and systems to transform inputs to products; and quality, the application of …

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