Internal Only: Department Head- lndustrial and Systems Engineering
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Job Description
The College of Engineering at Texas A&M University is recruiting for a Department Head for the Wm Michael Barnes 64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISEN). The projected start date will be Spring 2026 with an appointment term of 11-months. The candidate must have notable accomplishments and experience in research academic or industry leadership teaching and scholarship. The candidate is expected to be an innovative and visionary leader with strong communication skills. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to fostering a collaborative environment that respects and integrates disciplinary areas including operations research advanced manufacturing health and human systems and data science within a top engineering program in the country. We seek candidates who will recruit retain and lead outstanding faculty members and students to enhance the research and educational achievements and profile of the department.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
1) leading the faculty staff and students to define and achieve departmental goals.
2) managing the departments staff faculty and finances.
3) serving as liaison for the department to the College of Engineering and the Texas A&M University System.
4) representing the department to state and federal agencies private organizations partners and collaborators key industry groups and the Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads.
5) promoting the research and educational opportunities associated with the department to other industrial and systems engineering departments other universities donors and funding agencies.
6) providing leadership for continuing acquisition of internal and external resources for the department.
Applicants must have an earned doctorate in industrial and systems engineering or a closely related engineering or science discipline. Eligible candidates would be a tenured professor that possesses proven leadership and administrative skills and an established national reputation as a leader and a scholar consistent with an appointment to the rank of professor of industrial and systems engineering with tenure. Candidates should also possess a proven record of successful management and leadership of externally funded projects and they are expected to have excellent interpersonal skills. To assure a candidates ability to understand and effectively perform the duties expected of the department head candidates are expected to have an established track record of leadership in academic organizations or in organizations with close ties to academic institutions.
Employment Type
Intern
