Aviation Engineering Training Instructor – Soft Skills

Ryanair Ltd.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An aviation company in the UK is seeking a Soft Skills Instructor for its Engineering Training department. Responsibilities include delivering soft skills training to engineering staff, preparing instructor materials, and improving existing courses. The ideal candidate has a LEVEL 4 teaching qualification, experience in soft skills training or an engineering environment, and excellent communication skills. This role offers the opportunity to shape training standards while engaging with a diverse team in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in soft skills training or aircraft engineering environment.
• Effective communicator with diverse age groups.
• Ability to provide constructive critique and work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Deliver soft skills training to engineering staff at industry standards.
• Prepare training materials and develop course outlines.
• Maintain and improve training centres for enhanced learning.

Skills

Soft skills training

Communication

Organizational skills

Interactive teaching

Adaptability

Education

LEVEL 4 teaching qualification

Tools

Office 365

Job description

Due to our continued growth, we are recruiting for a Soft Skills Instructor to join the Engineering Training department. Within this job role, we are looking for someone who is passionate about aviation and is interested in teaching a wide range of Soft Skills topics to our staff working in the field either at the start of their career or at the top of their profession. We are looking for someone who will promote training and be an ambassador to support the highest standards that we already maintain to the company.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of all soft skills to engineering staff to the highest industry standards; includes:
  • Delivery of all soft skills training associated with business needs across all airlines.
  • Delivery of soft skills specific training.
• Preparing soft skills training and improvements to our current courses
• Development of instructor materials (course outlines, lesson plans, background material, instructional materials, and training aids)
• Must be conversant with EASA/CAA regulations primarily and ensure regular review of all procedures/ regulations relevant to the training course being delivered (training will be provided)
• Extensive ability to develop and approve training material using various training delivery methods (classroom, eLearning, virtual etc.)
• Be capable of delivering soft skills training in a practical manner
• Fully able to maintain and develop the training centres for further learning enhancements across all levels of training
• Strong capability to demonstrate a “hands on” attitude.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to build and deliver effective training programs to meet the above-mentioned training requirements
• Clear communication (written & oral) and presentation skills

Requirements

We are looking for someone to join our team that has experience in soft skills training or within an aircraft engineering environment. We want the successful candidate to be keen to learn, provide new ideas to the training team and interact openly to the wider network.

You must also be a great communicator as you will be working with different nationalities, diversities and ages! We are looking for someone to join the team who is meticulous, has a good attitude and most important is a fun, positive and open-minded person!

The below details the requirements further:

• LEVEL 4 teaching qualification or equipment experience
• Experience in reviewing regulations/ compliance base procedures (preferred)
• A keen eye to detail and ability to escal… issues to the management team
• Ability to plan and work to deadlines laid out by the management team
• Good working knowledge of Office 365, and keen to learn new programs/ software tools to enhance working ways
• Ability to scrutinise and supply constructive critique where non-compliance may be found to the management team
• Be an effective communicator and interact with the team through all types of communication (verbal, face-to-face, virtual)
• Applicants must be open minded eager to learn new skills and bring new ideas to the team
• Must have a strong work ethic and show responsibility to their own work and completion in a timely manner.
• Must be flexible and able to adapt to change quickly
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to seek and find solutions and address them to the management team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Must hold a valid UK/EU passport and happy to travel where the business requires.