A&P Instructor – Site Lead

Thrust Flight Group•Newport News, VA

18d•Onsite

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 is responsible for delivering a measurable, repeatable, and compliant maintenance-training program at the assigned 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 based on instructional-track achievement and demonstrated mentoring, curriculum ownership, and cross-campus coordination, with academic leadership opportunities within TIM. The Site Lead leads the instructional team, manages instructor scheduling and teaching evaluations, coaches instructors, and oversees day-to-day academic quality. They also deliver assigned course sections and labs, maintain student pass rates and learning outcomes, ensure FAA Part 147 operational compliance and audit readiness, and manage site capacity and training throughput. The role includes hiring, onboarding, evaluating, and developing instructors, building bench depth, and coaching staff toward senior and lead-track readiness.

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

Lead the site's instructional team, including instructor scheduling, teaching evaluations, coaching, and day-to-day academic quality.
Deliver assigned course sections and labs to standard, modeling expected teaching quality.
Maintain consistent, on-target student pass rates and learning outcomes across site programs.
Own the site's operational compliance with FAA Part 147.
Maintain continuous audit readiness, with accurate records and documentation meeting 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 training-pipeline bottlenecks.
Partner with the Site Coordinator on reservations, facilities, tooling, and equipment uptime.
Hire, onboard, evaluate, and develop instructors; build 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.