Trainer Adjunct -Diesel Technology Workforce Training and Continuing Education

Job Summary

Responsible for the advancement of customized education and training programs for the corporate environment, specifically designing and delivering fundamental diesel technology, preventative maintenance, and heavy equipment mechanics training courses for continuing education and the transportation, logistics, and manufacturing workforce industry. The adjunct trainer is a project-based role responsible for delivering customized, short-term workforce training for business, logistics, and commercial fleet maintenance partners. This position is industry-facing and flexible by design, with instructional assignments driven by employer demand, contract timelines, and workforce initiatives. Adjunct trainers serve as subject matter experts who translate industry knowledge into practical, skills-based learning experiences for adult learners in a classroom, laboratory, or live shop environment. Assignments may vary by duration, schedule, modality, and location, and do not carry an expectation of ongoing or semester-based employment.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Instructional Delivery: Serve as a project-based adjunct trainer delivering noncredit workforce training aligned to employer needs and contractual requirements.
• Prepare and teach departmental courses, developing learner-centered lesson plans and employing teaching strategies for different learning styles.
• Deliver engaging instruction in corporate, classroom, laboratory, mechanical shop facility, virtual, or hybrid environments based on program scope.
• Curriculum & Materials : Collaborate with employers and college workforce staff to customize curriculum, materials, and instructional approaches for specific training engagements.
• Update and revise curriculum to maintain currency and develop new courses as needed to support the instructional mission.
• Prepare, distribute, and utilize instructional support materials, including course syllabi and supplementary materials.
• Assessment & Compliance: Administer assessments, evaluations, and feedback tools after each training. Develop, conduct, and document appropriate assessments of student learning outcomes. Document attendance, completion, student records (e.g., grades), and data outcomes accurately and within established deadlines.
• Operational & Facility Oversight : Maintain classroom and diesel laboratory shop spaces, including the upkeep of assigned training equipment, heavy-duty diesel engines, diagnostic scan tools, hydraulic mock-ups, brake systems, electrical system trainers, hand/power tools, and shop management software, providing for the security of facilities, and maintaining safe, organized, and clean working conditions.
• Professionalism & Morale: Attends the workplace regularly, reports to work punctually, and follows a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite. Adapts teaching strategies to adult learners with diverse experience levels and learning styles. Promotes positive morale and teamwork, provides exceptional customer service, and models key employability skills such as adaptability, communication, and responsibility.
• Institutional Alignment : Completes duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies, guidelines, and applicable local, state, and federal EPA / OSHA rules. Supports the values and institutional goals as defined in the College’s Strategic Plan and mission. Completes all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College (TSC).
• Scheduling: Working hours are flexible and may include teaching day, evening, holiday, or weekend hours depending on deadline requirements, program scope, and contract timelines and special events.

Physical Demands

• Long periods of standing and extensive walking; frequently required to stand (up to 6 hours).
• Regularly required to walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs/ladders, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl beneath heavy machinery.
• Lifting Requirements : Must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move between 20 to 50 pounds (such as heavy components, toolsets, or equipment components).

Mandatory Compliance & Training

• College-sponsored orientation, standards, and guidelines
• Anti-Discrimination/Harassment & Title IX
• Safety/Active Shooter on Campus
• Personal Information Protection Training (PIP)
• Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Canvas Certification (if teaching online or hybrid)
• Criminal history check with acceptable results.