Aviation Manufacturing Instructor -Flight Line - FOFA - C-130 - Onsite

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About the role

GP Strategies Government Solutions has an immediate need for a Flightline Instructor – C 130 (FOFA) to support a large aerospace client in Marietta, GA. This is a full-time benefitted position.

Plans, designs, and delivers aircraft maintenance training for C 130 Flightline personnel, supporting factory production employees and field support teams. Conducts training and develops criteria for evaluating effectiveness of training activities; continuously improves programs based on data analysis and operating requirements. Executes and maintains company-wide training programs and a comprehensive training and qualification record system.

Responsible for instilling and maintaining process discipline through classroom instruction, shop/lab sessions, hands-on Flightline exercises, and simulator training (as required). Prepares classrooms, sets up training materials and equipment, and maintains all courseware, training aids, and audiovisual tools. Collaborates with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to ensure accurate, current training content; updates lesson plans to reflect technical changes and emerging requirements.

Interfaces with supervisors to determine training and certification requirements; recommends decertification when performance is substandard or tasks cannot be completed within established parameters. Identifies training gaps by analyzing present and future operating needs; develops new training materials and supports production operations by determining training needs and delivering effective instruction.

Responsibilities

• Deliver aircraft maintenance training for C 130 Flightline personnel
• Develop and evaluate training effectiveness criteria
• Maintain training programs and qualification record systems
• Conduct classroom, shop/lab, hands-on Flightline, and simulator training
• Prepare and maintain training materials, equipment, and courseware
• Collaborate with SMEs to ensure accurate and current training content
• Update lesson plans to reflect technical changes and requirements
• Determine training and certification requirements with supervisors
• Recommend decertification for substandard performance
• Identify training gaps and develop new training materials

Qualifications

Aircraft maintenance experience on the C 130. Instructional/classroom training experience delivering C 130 maintenance training. Proven ability to design and deliver both classroom and practical training programs covering technical aspects of the C 130 aircraft.

Skills

Required Knowledge:

• AFTO 781 Forms
• C 130 Engine Run certified
• Towing, jacking, fueling
• Egress
• Power on procedures
• Flightline safety
• General ground support equipment
• Flight controls
• General aircraft servicing
• Hydro Mule
• Pre-flight / Post-flight
• Safety wire
• Non-powered AGE
• Refuel/Defuel
• Landing gear FAM
• Foreign object damage prevention

Desired Skills:

• Comprehensive knowledge of aircraft systems related to military fighter or airlift aircraft (U-2, F-16, F-22, F-35, C-130J/H)
• Experience in aircraft manufacturing training, including Instructional System Design (ISD) concepts
• Understanding of installation, operational checkout, troubleshooting, and maintenance of aircraft systems (fuel, hydraulics, landing gear, flight controls, electrical, propulsion)
• Ability to establish and deliver training systems
• Conduct classroom and practical instruction on installation/removal of components, testing, analysis, rework, adjustment, modification, and troubleshooting of aircraft systems
• Military engine run certification (a plus)
• Familiarity with DCMAI 8210.1C for certification course development
• Strong instructor skills, including classroom lecture and lab presentations
• Strong verbal, written, and computer skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (a plus)
• Experience as an aircraft manufacturing instructor with strong lecturing and hands-on coaching skills
• Prior personnel management or leadership experience in an aircraft production environment
• Background in instructional system design (ISD) for aviation training
• Military aviation maintenance or C 130 production experience
• Experience as a C 130 Crew Chief
• Ability to write, edit, and produce technical instruction materials
• Flightline Driver experience (a plus)
• F-22 experience (a plus)

Physical Requirements

General physical requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job may vary based on location of assignment.

• 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
• Fingering (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 – Marietta, GA