Loadmaster Instructor C-130/L-100

CAE•Tampa, FL

About The Position

Plan, organize, and provide C-130/L-382 aircraft aircrew and maintenance instruction in classroom, fuselage trainer, flight simulator, and practical environments. Instruction includes aircraft cargo handling, airdrop operations, Crew Resource Management, and Night Vision Goggle Systems. Ensure instruction is conducted with safety as the top priority, and develop curriculum, syllabi, lesson plans, and courseware. The role also involves coordinating and leading aircrew student activity during simulator training, generating post-training evaluation reports, and maintaining current knowledge through training courses and self-study. The instructor must communicate procedures, physical processes, and concepts clearly to domestic and international customers, maintain the math skills needed for aviation cargo-handling and mission-planning computations, and evaluate and redirect students when necessary. The position requires a flexible schedule and operates in office, classroom, and simulator environments. Foreign travel for extended assignments may be required. This is an on-call, fixed-term position. Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, candidates must be U.S. citizens and eligible for a DoD Personal Security Clearance.

Requirements

At least seven years of experience as a loadmaster.
At least three years of experience as a C-130/L-382 Aircraft Loadmaster Instructor.
At least 2,000 hours of flight time as a C-130/L-382 Loadmaster.
Previous curriculum-development experience.
C-130 airdrop experience.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to clearly express procedures, physical processes, and concepts to domestic and international customers.
Detail oriented.
Proficient with Microsoft Office software.
Ability to work a flexible schedule.
Must provide US military or civil airline records of prior flight and/or simulator/fuselage trainer time.
Must be eligible for a DoD Personal Security Clearance.
Must be a U.S. citizen due to U.S. Government contract requirements.
Must be able to stand and conduct instruction for up to eight hours each day, tolerate simulator vibration and acoustic conditions, climb stairs to enter and exit the simulator, sit in an instructional aircraft chair, lift hands above the head, and reach controls as necessary.
Ability to travel abroad for extended assignments.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree.
Night vision goggle (NVG) experience.
Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

Provide instruction on C-130/L-382 flight manual and cargo handling manual subjects.
Teach Crew Resource Management and night vision systems.
Teach C-130 cargo handling, weight-and-balance computations, and loadmaster procedures.
Provide instruction on C-130 airdrop operations.
Conduct all instruction with safety as the number one priority.
Develop curricula, syllabi, lesson plans, and courseware.
Generate post-training evaluation reports.
Coordinate and lead aircrew student activities during simulator training sessions.
Maintain current knowledge by attending training courses and conducting self-study.
Clearly communicate procedures, physical processes, and concepts to domestic and international customers.
Maintain the math skills necessary for aviation-related cargo handling and mission-planning computations.
Evaluate students and redirect them when necessary.
Maintain proficiency with Microsoft Office software.
Work a flexible schedule.
Comply with company security and data-protection policies, including proper marking, handling, access, and storage of information and materials.
Provide US military or civil airline records of prior flight and/or simulator or fuselage trainer time.
Be able to travel internationally for extended assignments and perform the stated physical demands of instruction and simulator use.