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Teaching Assistant and Marker/Demonstrator Positions

Department of Industrial Engineering

The following positions are open for theÌýFall Term, 2024 (September-December).

**IMPORTANT**

***For TA Positions***

Applicants MUST be available during the scheduled lab times (please check the academic timetable onlineÌýÌýfor lab dates and times.)

TA’s may be required to invigilate quizzes and examinations.

Definitions:

Teaching Assistant – an employee hired to assist an instructor in the presentation and delivery of a course, who is required to directly interact with students and whose duties include a combination of the following: tutoring, marking, demonstrating, monitoring labs, conducting discussion groups/tutorials, proctoring, field trips and assisting with online teaching and other duties of a similar nature.

Marker – an hourly paid employee hired to mark and/or grade the written work of students.

Demonstrator – an hourly paid employee hired to assist students in the laboratory such as completing laboratory exercises, conducting laboratory demonstrations, and assisting in the setting up, and/or the taking down of the laboratory, and laboratory experiments

Available Positions:

Please note any course-specific qualifications before applying.

• Ìý Ìý IENG 2005 - Engineering EconomicsÌý
  Ìý Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (90 hours), 1 x TA (65 hours); 3 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)

• Ìý Ìý IENG 3302 - Processes & Systems
  Ìý ÌýÌýPositions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
  Ìý Ìý Required (For TA position): Must have done this course before

• Ìý Ìý IENG 3303 -ÌýErgonomics and Work DesignÌý
  Ìý Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)

• Ìý ÌýÌýIENG 3305 -ÌýComputational Methods and Algorithms for IE
  Ìý ÌýÌýPositions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
  Ìý Ìý Required: skilled in Python programming and algorithms

• Ìý ÌýÌýIENG 3316 -ÌýDesign of Information Management Systems
  Ìý Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
  Ìý Ìý Required: database and application development skill

• Ìý Ìý IENG 3344 - Operations Research: Linear Models
  Ìý Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
  ÌýÌýÌý NOTE: TA MUST be available during the scheduled lab andÌýmidterm/quiz time;
  Ìýneeds knowledge of LP coding in Gusek (Gurobipy is an asset).

• Ìý ÌýIENG 3345 - Operations Research: Stochastic and Non-Linear Models
  Ìý ÌýPosition: 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours), shared with IENG 6917

• Ìý IENG 4529 - Industrial and Organizational Behaviour
  Ìý Position: 1 x TA (45 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (25 hours)

• Ìý IENG 4564 - Health Care Systems Engineering Offered last winter
  Ìý Position: 1 x TA (45 hours)
  Ìý NOTE: For TA positions, applicants MUST be available during the scheduled lab and midterm/quiz times

• Ìý IENG 4568 - Quantitative Project Management
  Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (65 hours); 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
  Ìý NOTE: TA MUST be available during the scheduled lab andÌýmidterm/quiz time; needs knowledge of LP coding in Gusek and MS Project.

• Ìý IENG 4574 Decision & Risk
  Ìý Position: 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)

• Ìý IENG 4579/6909 – Supply Chain Management
  Ìý Positions: 1 x TA (65 hours) 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)
  Ìý NOTE: MUST be available during the scheduled lab and midterm/quiz time; needs ÌýÌýÌýknowledge of programming (Python orÌýother languages) and optimization software (Excel, AMPL, Gurobi, CPLEX, Gusek, etc.)

• Ìý IENG 6917 – Simulation of Industrial Systems
  Ìý Position: 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours), shared with IENG 3345

• Ìý IENG 6962 – Advanced Topics in Maintenance Engineering and Management
  Ìý Position: 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (45 hrs)Ìý

• Ìý IENG 8892 – Coop Reports
  Ìý Position: 1 x Marker/Demonstrator (65 hours)

Collective Agreement:

Application Process:

Required criteria:

• Have completed this or a similar academic course with a high grade
• Senior year undergraduate students are allowed to apply for 3000-level or below courses
• Graduate students are allowed for any of the courses
• Enthusiasm for teaching and learning
• Empathy for students
• Precision in marking and giving technical advice
• High proficiency in reading and writing in English

Optional criteria:

• Have experience in teaching/teaching assistance/marking
• Graduate-level course in a similar subject
• Training in being a TA or Marker/Demonstrators from the Center for Learning and Teaching

Instructions:

• In the body of the email, please write down a preference from 1 (highest) to 3 (lowest). If you are not interested in any particular position, just skip it
• Please email a CV and transcript (highlight relevant courses) toÌýieng@dal.ca

Notes:

• Some jobs may beÌýcancelled or reduced in hoursÌýif enrollment in the Fall is too low. Final decisions on cancellation/reduction will occur by August 31.
• Candidates are advised to seek training in Teaching Assistantship from CLT.
• Candidates will be required to take Department TA/Marker training, which will be offered in the Fall term.
• TA’s may be required to help invigilate quizzes and examinations.

Deadline: August 16, 2024 at 11:59AM