A&P Instructor – Site Lead

Thrust Flight Group•Mesa, AZ

18d

About The Position

The Site Lead is the senior on-site leader of a Thrust Institute of Maintenance (TIM) campus. This certificated A&P mechanic and instructor owns delivery of a measurable, repeatable, and compliant maintenance-training program at their location. As the first-line leader for the instructional team, the Site Lead is accountable for academic quality and student outcomes, FAA Part 147 operational compliance, and delivery capacity. This role is the entry point of TIM's operational leadership track. Advancement is driven by instructional-track achievement and demonstrated mentoring, curriculum ownership, and cross-campus coordination, with academic leadership growth occurring within TIM. The Site Lead leads the site's instructional team and academic quality; owns operational compliance and audit readiness; manages instructor scheduling and site capacity to meet enrollment and completion targets; and develops the site's instructors and talent bench.

Requirements

FAA Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) certificate.
Meets FAA Part 147 instructor eligibility requirements.
First-line leadership experience, formal or informal, including scheduling, coaching, and holding a team to standard.

Nice To Haves

Inspection Authorization (IA).
Subject-matter depth in avionics, powerplant, or structures.

Responsibilities

Serve as the first-line leader for the site's instructional team, owning instructor scheduling, teaching evaluations, coaching, and day-to-day academic quality.
Deliver assigned course sections and labs to standard, modeling expected teaching quality across the site.
Maintain consistent, on-target student pass rates and learning outcomes across the site's programs.
Own the site's operational compliance with FAA Part 147.
Maintain continuous audit readiness, keeping records accurate and documentation at a zero-critical-finding standard.
Ensure Tools & Equipment and training-aid requirements are met and maintained.
Manage instructor scheduling and site capacity to meet enrollment and completion targets without compromising quality.
Monitor time-to-completion and throughput, and identify and clear bottlenecks in the training pipeline.
Partner with the Site Coordinator on reservations, facilities, tooling, and equipment uptime.
Hire, onboard, evaluate, and develop instructors, building bench depth against the TIM instructor career-pathing model.
Coach Instructor I and II staff toward Senior Instructor and Lead-track readiness, and own retention at the site.