Aircraft/Aviation Instructor (Experience with Helicopters Required) - 50% Travel

Come make an impact in the Public Sector! Join our team to do meaningful work and support high-impact government missions at GP Strategies Government Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation. We focus on helping every public sector team unlock its full potential through people performance solutions.

About the Role

Our work directly supports mission-critical government agencies, including:

• Air Force
• Army
• Department of Defense (DoD)
• Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
• Department of Homeland Security
• NASA
• National Highway Institute (NHI) | Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• State & Local Governments

Our mission is to deliver innovative people performance through off-the-shelf and custom learning, mission specialists, and technology solutions, building deep partnerships with customers to help them achieve measurable mission and company performance improvements.

This role supports a large aerospace client in Ridley Park, PA, and involves 50% travel internationally and throughout the U.S. Background and experience with heavy aircraft is required.

Responsibilities

• Confer with management/client to understand work situations and perform needs, job, and task analysis to determine training requirements.
• Recommend implementation plans for instructional methods and delivery of training, including individual training, group instruction, lectures, demonstrations, conferences, meetings, and workshops.
• Design and develop teaching outlines and specific training to address client needs using instructional systems such as Instructional Systems Development (ISD), Systematic Approach to Training (SAT), or Training Systems Development (TSD).
• Select or develop teaching aids, including training handbooks, demonstration models, multimedia visual aids, computer tutorials, and reference works.
• Deliver training sessions covering specified areas of technical specialty, such as shield terminations, crimping, bond & ground, soldering, seal, hole drilling, and fastener installation/removal.
• Design and develop exams to measure progress and evaluate the effectiveness of recommended training.
• Evaluate training programs and report on trainee progress.
• Maintain training programs and materials.
• Travel to client sites as needed; this role may require work on multiple shifts.

Requirements

• Education, training, and/or prior experience in electrical, mechanical, or structural systems.
• Prior teaching/instructor classroom delivery experience.
• Ability to travel up to 50% to various client locations throughout the U.S. and internationally.
• Background/experience in one or more of the following platforms preferred: C-17, 747, or KC-46.

Desired Skills

• Engineering Drawings/Interpretation Experience (Blueprints, Drawings, Specifications, Repair Manuals).
• NACES School Ejection Seat Experience.
• Flight Controls - Rigging.
• Engineering - Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTO).
• Flight Controls/Avionics (APU, avionics, brakes, propulsions/engine runs, hydraulics, jacking, landing gear, and doors).
• Background/experience in one or more of the following platforms: F-18, F-15, or F-22.

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Typing, communicating, and repetitive motions.
• Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors, and read.
• May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.
• Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.

Benefits

This is a full-time, benefitted position. GP Strategies Government Solutions culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our people, valuing unique perspectives and approaches to foster innovation.