Technical Trainer (Avionic) in Cambridge

Competitive salary, 27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy/sell), pension contributions up to 9%, healthcare cash plan for you and your family and extensive flexible benefit program.

Course delivery will be onsite in Cambridge. There will be an option for hybrid working when it comes to class preparation and development. We can offer flexibility around hours and working patterns.

Purpose of the position:

We have an opportunity available for a Technical Trainer (Avionic) to join a dynamic and resourceful team, that pride themselves on creating, delivering and assessing gold standard technical training within the individual's approval and skill set to meet MRO, customer & wider business requirements. The audience shall range from young adults to time served engineers on multiple learning routes (apprenticeships, part time education and short courses).

Responsibilities will include:

• Owning the success of training delivered.
• Adapting training where practicable, to meet the needs of individual learners using a range of learning resources.
• Supporting the team to develop new products, services, or capabilities to meet MRO & customer demands.
• Operating in full compliance with regulatory bodies.
• Reporting any Safeguarding, Preventing or Wellbeing concerns to the designated organisational lead.
• Ensuring the learning environment is safe and free from potential harm.

Tasks will involve:

• Creating Training Needs Analysis & utilise a range of technical and soft resources to deliver its outcomes.
• Maintaining own Continuous Professional Development records.
• Writing of Training Needs Analysis, lesson plans, learning notes, presentations, and examinations to meet the needs of the customer, regulator or awarding body.
• Marking of examinations (mid-point or final) or course work, providing thorough feedback to encourage learner.
• Continually seeking opportunities to improve learning quality/safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of delivery (Time & Cost).
• Other duties reasonably required by the organisation, within the individual skill set.

Skills:

• Delivering engineering hand skills training ensuring safety is never compromised - including training of detail fitting, sheet metal work and tooling/equipment operation.

Knowledge:

• Delivering engineering theoretical training ensuring safety is never compromised - including training of aircraft systems in both Part66 B1 and B2 trade groups, in a classroom and practical workshop environment.

Please apply if you have most of the following:

Experience:

• Experience in a Maintenance Repair Organisation, performing A-D checks. Line maintenance experience will also be considered.
• Creation & delivery of a range training materials for traditional delivery and effective self-guided learning.
• Competence assessment experience.
• Learning support for apprentices.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Proactive and able to self-manage, whilst recognising when additional support is required and being confident to request.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal.
• Conscious and adaptable.
• Prioritises safety, able to identify and mitigate hazards pro-actively and reduce to As Low As Reasonably Practicable.

Technical Competencies:

• Applied or technical knowledge and skills needed for effective performance in the role, i.e. commercial acumen, computer skills etc.
• Confident with Microsoft Office package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and use of eLearning platforms.
• Able to deliver with relatable industry context, the UK CAA Category A Syllabus (Essential, all modules) and Category B1 Syllabus (Desirable, all or individual modules) or the City Guilds equivalent Level 3 or 4 respectively, meeting the requirements of UK CAA CAP1814.

Skills:

• Able to create, interpret and instruct on use of technical engineering drawings to meet learning outcomes.

Knowledge:

• Able to create, interpret and instruct on aircraft systems schematics and technical data to meet learning outcomes within both Part66 Category B1 and B2 trade groups.
• Able to support basic hand skills delivery within both Part66 B1 and B2 trade groups, including basic structures, systems and electrical (not necessarily expected to lead delivery - for absence cover or support during peaks).

Education:

Essential:

• L3 apprenticeship in aviation maintenance or combination of higher education and hands-on maintenance experience.
• Mandatory regulatory training (HF, FTS, EWIS).

Desirable:

• Level 3 Assessor Qualification (TAQA) (Training can be provided).
• Level 3 Teaching Qualification (Training can be provided).
• Part66 Category A modules OR Part66 Category B modules.
• C-130J & C-130H Type Course Certificate (Training can be provided).
• IOSH Working Safely (Training can be provided).

Additional local needs:

Possible occasional domestic and international travel to meet business requirements.