For best consideration, complete applications should be received before October 17, 2025.

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Utah Valley University, the largest public, comprehensive university in Utah, seeks an innovative leader with engineering expertise to serve as Dean of the Smith College of Engineering and Technology.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The next dean will provide leadership, strategy, and vision to SCET that align with UVU’s mission and strategic plan. The ideal candidate will model UVU’s core values of exceptional care, exceptional accountability, and exceptional results. The dean will lead and advance fundraising efforts and secure financial support. This will include establishing and strengthening collaborations with key industry partners, alumni, and the broader community to meet local workforce demands. The dean will serve as leader of academic departments, oversee accreditation, and administer a sustainable budget. This will involve fostering a climate of collaboration and establishing a positive scholarly environment that focuses on excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

Required Qualifications

• Earned terminal degree in a field relevant to a department in the SCET
• Experience in higher education appropriate for tenure, and with a minimum of five years of successful administrative experience at the level of department chair or above and/or five years of related industrial experience at the management level
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and sustains innovative and successful programming that serves the needs of students and industry in engineering and technology.
• Establishes and strengthens collaborations with professionals, alumni, and the broader community.
• Works to expand and maintain networks and strategic partnerships with industry and key constituents.
• Leads and advances fundraising efforts and secures financial support in partnership with UVU’s Institutional Advancement and works with outside constituencies on fundraising efforts.
• Develops, balances, and administers a viable budgetary strategy to maintain various program accreditation requirements, strategic scholarly plans, and engaged-learning experiences.
• Implements a sustainable, student-focused strategy in meeting essential and program learning outcomes utilizing SCET’s resources, personnel, facilities, and programming.
• Proactively seeks and utilizes data to make strategic leadership decisions for the college, including strong enrollment, retention, and completion.
• Models stewardship in providing direction and oversight of the college’s personnel and resources and is committed to shared governance.
• Develops a talent strategy to recruit, retain, develop, and promote diverse, excellent, and productive faculty and staff, and ensures fairness in tenure, promotion, and post-tenure review.• Promotes the visibility and impact of the college and its community within national and international contexts.

OREM/PROVO, UTAH

The City of Orem was organized in 1919 and named after Walter C. Orem, President of the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad. The naming of Orem was an apparent attempt to curry his favor and attract future investments from this prosperous Salt Lake City resident. It shares the general location and history of Provo UT and was often referred to as the “Provo Bench.” In 1942, the Geneva Steel Works was constructed by the federal government as an inland producer of steel for WWII. Built along the eastern shore of Utah Lake, Geneva provided employment and economic growth to local residents, either directly or indirectly, for six decades. In 2021, The Milken Institute released its list of the best performing metropolitan areas in terms of creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. The analysis considered the following items: jobs, wages and salaries, and technology growth. The Provo/Orem area was ranked #1 in the country. Orem/Provo continue to receive Top 10 rankings for cities from a variety of publications as time goes on. Today, there are dozens of technology companies, manufacturers, and service companies employing thousands of Orem residents, making the economic importance of Geneva Steel just a memory in the historical archives. Utah County is home to some of the most breathtaking scenery in the American West, where rugged mountain ranges meet sweeping valleys. The majestic Wasatch Mountains rise sharply to the east, their snowcapped peaks often mirrored in the serene waters of Utah Lake below. Vibrant wildflowers blanket the hillsides in spring, while the changing colors of fall transform the landscape into a painter’s palette of gold, red, and orange.