A&P Instructor

Thrust Flight LLC; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrust Institute of Maintenance is seeking a qualified Airframe and Powerplant Instructor to join our faculty. You will teach aviation maintenance theory and hands-on labs, guiding students through practical competencies and safety standards.

Responsibilities include delivering clear lessons, developing assessments, and updating curriculum. The role supports diverse learning modalities, including online, remote, and on-site instruction, with an emphasis on real-world aviation proficiency.

Qualifications

• Three years of proven aviation maintenance experience across GA/Part 121/135/145
• Hold a current FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate
• Computer literacy for classroom and lab instruction

Responsibilities

• Deliver clear instructional content and foster an effective learning environment
• Design and implement diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments
• Develop and update department curriculum to stay current with pedagogy and industry
• Maintain office hours, submit grades on time, and manage classroom facilities
• Adapt teaching modalities to online, remote, in-person, and hybrid formats

Skills

Student engagement

Instructional delivery

Curriculum development

Assessment design

Education

FAA A&P certificate

Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Maintenance

Job description

Description

Airframe and Powerplant Instructor

Thrust Institute of Maintenance (TIM) is seeking a highly skilled and knowledgeable Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Instructor to join our esteemed faculty team. As an A&P Instructor, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of aviation by imparting your expertise and passion for aircraft maintenance to aspiring professionals.

Requirements

• Interacting with students to provide opportunities to learn, creating conditions that facilitate learning, and using techniques and methods that create a high probability that learning will occur.
• Instructional Delivery: Providing clear communication of information and promoting learning through an effective learning environment.
• Instructional Design: Designing, sequencing, implementing, and presenting experiences which promote student learning, and designing, developing, and implementing tools, technologies, and procedures for assessing student-learning outcomes.
• Collaborate in the development and implementation of diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments of learning for students.
• Provide effective and high-quality instruction of subject being taught.
• Apply learning-centered educational practices such as creating and communicating clearly-defined outcomes for student learning.
• Provide a diverse array of learning activities that directly tie to those defined outcomes.
• Use assessment data to improve instruction and learning, and participate in an ongoing Campus-Wide dialogue about teaching and learning.
• Develop and refine department curriculum as necessary to maintain currency in pedagogy and content
• Adopt new teaching methodologies as appropriate.
• Implement department, division, and/or institutional goals as assigned.
• Maintain office hours, turn in grades on time, meet assigned classes.
• Submits course syllabi and other required documents on time.
• Manages the classroom facility.
• Keeps accurate attendance and grade records.
• Other Duties as Assigned
• Demonstrate a willingness to embrace and apply the provisions of the school’s mission statement, purpose, philosophy and commitment to diversity.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Three years of proven Aviation Maintenance experience, to include any combination of General Aviation, Part 121, Part 135, or Part 145 Experience.
• Hold a current FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate.
• Computer literacy and the ability to use computer technology in classroom/lab instruction.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Aviation Maintenance or another related field.
• Private Pilot’s License or higher with Current 3rd Class Medical or BasicMED.
• Inspection Authorization with Previous General Aviation Experience.
• A demonstrated aptitude for developing course content and teaching in varied modalities: online, synchronous remote, traditional face-to-face, and blended (hybrid) versions of each.

++Required Documents:++

• Resume
• Current FAA Part 65 Airframe and Powerplant certificate

If you are passionate about aviation, possess the necessary qualifications, and are eager to make a difference in the lives of aspiring aerospace professionals, we invite you to join our team at Thrust Institute of Maintenance.