Avionics Instructor in Yeovil

We are recruiting a passionate and motivated Avionics Instructor/Analyst to work within our outstanding Training Academy, based in Yeovil. The main purpose of your position will be to deliver training, in support of our products, to meet the requirements of the customer (both internal and external) ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction. In addition to this, you will also be responsible for developing training material by researching and evaluating content from technical documents and for providing subject matter expertise for the development of high quality, complex, synthetic training devices developed for Leonardo Helicopters and/or external customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop training material with due regard to the agreed look, style and presentational form and standards.
• Deliver training (to the customer and internal workforce) to the required standard to meet fully the requirements and needs of the customer.
• Through training development and delivery, ensure you always achieve the highest standards of customer satisfaction, seeking to identify opportunities for improving training material and customer satisfaction where possible.
• Keep your technical/professional knowledge up-to-date in support of business activities and share this knowledge with other team members as appropriate.
• Provide subject matter expertise for the development of high quality, complex, synthetic training devices developed for internal/external customers.
• Support training in the UK and at customer locations overseas.
• Undertake the collation and evaluation of engineering documentation in order to create and develop specific aircraft system training material within the Learning Content Management System.
• Lead subject matter expert (SME) for your nominated systems.
• Provide back up for the lead SME for those systems where you are nominated as deputy SME.
• Deliver system training, in a practical environment (skill of hand and on job training), to the customer and internal workforce adhering to all required legislation.
• Deliver system training on an occasional basis with the customer in aircraft trial scenarios either in the UK or overseas.
• Ensure compliance with appropriate legal and regulatory requirements including Health and Safety, COSHH and Security regulations that relate to you or your students during both theoretical and practical training evolutions.
• Carry out tasks within the designated budget and report any potential overspends against those agreed budgets with your team leader/line manager.
• Identify any area of potential cost saving within your area of activity/operation.
• Create student examination questions in your area of expertise in support of customer specific student examinations.
• Invigilate student examinations.

Qualifications

• Exceptional communication skill both verbal and written to be effective primarily in training instructional delivery and in the internal correspondence with training department stakeholders.
• An understanding of the Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) and modern training analysis systems.
• Hold a formally recognised teaching qualification or be willing to study towards achieving a qualification.
• Educated as an aeronautical engineer to HNC level and/or served a recognised Aeronautical Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent.
• At least 5 years’ experience relevant to the helicopter industry or in a military helicopter environment.
• Computer literate and competent to use computerised multi-media training packages including primarily the Learning Content Management System (LCMS), training emulations and presentation suites.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC).

Why Join Us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance.

• Time to Recharge: generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led championing inclusion and diversity.
• Rewarding Performance: bonus scheme for employees at management level and below.
• Never Stop Learning: free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part-time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

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