Job Description

Date Posted: 10/24/2025
Req ID: 45687
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Department: Dept of Chemical Eng.& Applied Chemistry
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
An introduction to, and implementation of, a framework for the design process, which is used to teach in context, problem solving, professional communication, and team skills. Students are introduced to design, communication, and teamwork as integral and inter-related components of engineering practice. Building on the first course, this second course in the two Engineering Strategies and Practice course sequence introduces students to project management, oral professional communication, and to the design process in greater depth. Students work in teams on a term length design project. Students will write a series of team based and individual engineering reports and give a team based design project oral presentation.
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum bachelors degree in Engineering or related field. The candidate is required to attend a weekly 1-hour teaching team meeting. Excellent communication skills are required. Ability to facilitate team discussion and mediate team conflict. Ability to coach junior engineering students (In person).
Duties:
The EM role is to help teams develop their professionalism, project management skills, and team strategies. Duties include:
1. Oversee the design project for each team on a weekly basis:
a. Participate in weekly tutorials.
b. Provide guidance and observe students in tutorials.
c. Meet individually with student teams to discuss status reports.
d. Provide timely and detailed feedback on documents and presentations.
e. Assess performance of individual team members.
2. Collaborate with Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Course Instructors
3. Participate in weekly teaching team meetings and provide updates.
Closing Date: 11/14/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: CUPE 3902 (Unit 3)
Appointment Type: Sessional Lecturer
Schedule:
Term: January 2026- April 2026
Class schedule: TBD - based on availability but would be one up to three of:
Tutorial Time:

• Monday 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
• Monday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
• Wednesday 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
• Wednesday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
• Wednesday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
• Thursday 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
• Thursday 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• Thursday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
• Friday 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Mode of Instruction: In Person
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: (0.50) HCE rate per tutorial section. Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Job Category: Sessional Lecturer
Application Procedure: Applicants should submit:

• Curriculum Vitae

Please submit applications by email to with the following subject line: APS112H1 W26 Sessional Lecture Application.
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.
Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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