Aviation Composite Instructor (Trainer)- Presentation/Teaching Experience

About the role

GP Strategies Government Solutions is seeking an Aircraft Composite Instructor to support a large aerospace client in St. Louis, MO. This role involves conducting training covering a broad range of composite subject matter, supporting different shifts, and traveling up to 10% to remote US sites.

Responsibilities

• Conducts and performs training using the appropriate medium and method (classroom, computer-based training [CBT], distance learning, simulations, on-the-job [OJT], coaching, job-aids) to satisfy business needs and requirements.
• Assesses and tests the competence of employees in performing tasks requiring certification or qualification to comply with government and organizational standards and specifications.
• Expert in navigating technical documents related to manufacturing/repair documents and/or blueprints (detail, assembly, or installation drawings).
• Confers with management/client to understand work situation/requirements.
• Delivers training sessions covering specified areas of technical specialties.
• Evaluates training programs and reports on trainee progress.
• Maintains training programs and materials.
• Prepares training areas to be teach-ready.

Qualifications

• Education, training, and prior aerospace experience in composite manufacturing and repairs.
• Skills in aircraft composite manufacturing and repair, vacuum bagging process, wet layup, various bonding procedures, resins, cleaning process, inspection, material handling, and associated safety procedures.
• Prior demonstrated instructor delivery experience.
• Must be willing to support any shift (with prior notification).
• Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time to remote US sites.

Requirements

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, 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.

Assignment location: St. Louis, MO.

About Us

GP Strategies Government Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, focuses on helping public sector teams unlock their full potential through people performance solutions. Our work directly supports mission-critical government agencies, including the 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), and 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.

GP Strategies Corporation, the corporate parent, is a global leader in talent transformation with over 50 years of experience supporting over 6,000 global organizations. We combine human expertise with AI-driven insights to deliver customized strategies that upskill talent, drive technology adoption, and optimize critical processes.