Trainer Adjunct -Facilities Maintenance Workforce Training and Continuing Education

Texas Southmost College; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 20,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Texas Southmost College seeks an adjunct trainer to advance customized education and training programs for the corporate environment, focusing on facilities maintenance and trades workforce development. The role delivers short-term, non-credit workforce training in response to employer demand and contractual timelines.

You will serve as a subject matter expert, translating industry knowledge into practical, skills-based learning for adult learners in classroom, lab, or hybrid settings.

Job description

Job Summary

Responsible for the advancement of customized education and training programs for the corporate environment, specifically designing and delivering facilities maintenance training courses for continuing education and the construction/trades workforce industry. The adjunct trainer is a project‑based role responsible for delivering customized, short‑term workforce training for business, industrial, and industry partners. This position is industry‑facing and flexible by design, with instructional assignments driven by employer demand, contract timelines, and workforce initiatives. Adjunct trainers serve as subject matter experts who translate industry knowledge into practical, skills‑based learning experiences for adult learners in a classroom or laboratory environment. Assignments may vary by duration, schedule, modality, and location, and do not carry an expectation of ongoing or semester‑based employment.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Instructional Delivery: Serve as a project‑based adjunct trainer delivering non‑credit workforce training aligned to employer needs and contractual requirements. Prepare and teach departmental courses, developing learner‑centered lesson plans and employing teaching strategies for different learning styles. Deliver engaging instruction in corporate, classroom, laboratory, virtual, or hybrid environments based on program scope.

Curriculum & Materials: Collaborate with employers and college workforce staff to customize curriculum, materials, and instructional approaches for specific training engagements. Update and revise curriculum to maintain currency and develop new courses as needed to support the instructional mission. Prepare, distribute, and utilize instructional support materials, including course syllabi and supplementary materials.

Assessment & Compliance: Administer assessments, evaluations, and feedback tools after each training. Develop, conduct, and document appropriate assessments of student learning outcomes. Document attendance, completion, student records (e.g., grades), and data outcomes accurately and within established deadlines.

Operational & Facility Oversight: Maintain classroom and facilities maintenance laboratory spaces, including the upkeep of assigned equipment, electrical trainers, HVAC units, plumbing mock‑ups, hand/power tools, and maintenance management software, providing for the security of facilities, and maintaining safe, clean working conditions.

Professionalism & Morale: Attend the workplace regularly, report to work punctually, and follow a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite. Adapt teaching strategies to adult learners with diverse experience levels and learning styles. Promote positive morale and teamwork, provide exceptional customer service, and model key employability skills such as adaptability, communication, and responsibility.

Institutional Alignment: Complete duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies, guidelines, and applicable state and federal rules. Support the values and institutional goals as defined in the College’s Strategic Plan and mission. Complete all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College (TSC).

Scheduling: Working hours are flexible and may include teaching day, evening, holiday, or weekend hours depending on deadline requirements, program scope, contract timelines, and special events.

Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Activity: Long periods of standing and extensive walking; frequently required to stand (up to 6 hours). Regularly required to walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb ladders, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Lifting Requirements: Must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move between 20 to 50 pounds. Vision & Hearing: Ability to hear and see. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Work Environment: Typical instructional setting specific to a simulated maintenance laboratory space, mechanical room, classroom, or industrial facility environment. The noise level is usually moderate to loud. While performing duties in the lab, the employee may occasionally work near specialized machinery, electrical systems, pressurized piping, mechanical parts, and experience a 15‑30% environmental hazard exposure.

MANDATORY COMPLIANCE & TRAINING

• College‑sponsored orientation, standards, and guidelines
• Anti‑Discrimination/Harassment & Title IX
• Safety/Active Shooter on Campus
• Personal Information Protection Training (PIP)
• Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Canvas Certification (if teaching online or hybrid)
• Criminal history check with acceptable results