Part-Time Aviation Instructor - Onsite - Renton

Come make an impact in the Public Sector! Join our team to do meaningful work and support high-impact government missions.

GP Strategies Government Solutions, Inc. Government Training Solutions | GP Strategies, a wholly owned subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, focuses on helping every public sector team unlock its full potential through people performance solutions.

Our work directly supports mission critical government agencies, including:

• 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)

• State & Local Governments

Our Mission is meaningful and powerful: 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 of GP Strategies Government Solutions, is a global leader in talent transformation, dedicated to empowering organizations to unlock their full potential. We help businesses enhance workforce performance and achieve strategic goals through innovative, technology-enabled learning solutions. For over 50 years, with a proven track record of supporting over 6,000 global organizations worldwide, we combine human expertise with AI-driven insights to deliver customized strategies that upskill talent, drive technology adoption, and optimize critical processes.

GP Strategies Government Solutions is seeking multiple Part-Time Aerospace Instructors to support a major aerospace manufacturing client in the Puget Sound region. These instructors will deliver established training content at onsite locations in Renton.

We are hiring 7 instructors for 1st shift (typically 6:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m.) and 5 instructors for 2nd shift (typically 3:00 p.m.–11:30 p.m.). Weekly hours may vary based on training demand, generally ranging from 8 to 16 hours per week.

All course materials are already developed, so instructors will focus solely on delivering the training vs. creating content. We are looking for individuals with an aviation or aerospace background who also bring presentation and instructor skills.

Typical Courses include the following:

• Alodine Application
• Safety Cable and Lockwire Installation
• Assembly and Installation Drawings Basics
• Insertion and Removal of Electrical Contacts for Connectors
• Document Navigation
• Fabrication Drawings
• Product Standards Data System (PSDS) and Process Specifications

Job Summary:

• Utilize teaching aids such as training handbooks, demonstration models, multimedia visual aids, computer tutorials and reference works.
• Apply learning techniques to ensure student retention and prove competency in specific tasks and behaviors.
• Manage the course training environment to enable the course content to be delivered as designed.
• Delivers training sessions covering specified areas of technical specialty.
• Deploys learning assessments to measure progress and to evaluate effectiveness of recommended training.
• Travels to client sites as needed.
• Participate in and prepare to deliver other courses within expertise domain knowledge areas

Qualifications:

• Aviation experience in a general, business, commercial, defense or an MRO environment
• Experience teaching/instructing or presenting
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

We are seeking candidates with the following abilities:

• Ability to understand Adult learning principles – recognize the dynamics and behavioral styles of the participants to effectively guide the discussion
• Ability to challenge learners’ assumptions to expose gap between knowledge, action and beliefs
• Facilitate dialog that helps learner make sense of content and build confidence
• Flexible and resourceful to solve immediate problems and get help when needed
• Ability to adapt in challenging circumstances

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

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

Assignment Location – Renton, WA

• 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.

At GP Strategies Government Solutions culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

GP Strategies Government Solutions is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.