Multi-Craft Technical Trainer - Huntsville, AL
About The Position
The Multi-Craft Technical Trainer develops, delivers, administers, and continuously improves the technical training and qualification program for Maintenance Multi-Craft Technicians in the Huntsville manufacturing environment. The role requires extensive hands-on industrial experience across mechanical, electrical, controls, instrumentation, and troubleshooting disciplines, along with the ability to teach technicians with varying levels of experience. The trainer serves as the primary administrator of the Maintenance department’s technician qualification program. Responsibilities include ensuring required training, demonstrated competencies, assessments, and practical qualifications are documented and tracked consistently. The role partners with Maintenance and Engineering leadership to ensure technician advancement is based on clearly defined, measurable, demonstrated competencies. The successful candidate combines technical credibility with strong organizational, communication, documentation, and administrative skills to manage a structured technical development program.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of demonstrated industrial maintenance experience as a Multi-Craft, Senior Maintenance, Controls, Electrical, or Industrial Maintenance Technician in a manufacturing, process, or similar industrial environment.
- Strong hands-on background in both mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex manufacturing equipment and production systems.
- Previous experience training, mentoring, qualifying, or developing maintenance personnel.
- Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, motors and motor circuits, motor starters, VFDs, control circuits, schematics, sensors and instrumentation, test equipment, and electrical troubleshooting.
- Advanced working knowledge of PLC fundamentals and troubleshooting, I/O, HMI systems, industrial communication networks, process instrumentation, and automated manufacturing equipment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree preferred.
- Advanced working knowledge of bearings and lubrication, gearboxes and power transmission, pumps and piping, pneumatics, hydraulics, alignment and mechanical installation, precision measurement, and preventive/predictive maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Develop, deliver, administer, and continuously improve technical training and qualification programs for Maintenance Multi-Craft Technicians.
- Administer the Maintenance department’s technician qualification program.
- Ensure required training, demonstrated competencies, assessments, and practical qualifications are consistently documented and tracked.
- Work with Maintenance and Engineering leadership to ensure technician advancement is based on clearly defined, measurable, and demonstrated technical competencies.
- Train, mentor, qualify, or develop maintenance personnel.
Benefits
- Retirement benefits with company contributions, including up to 5% match and 5% contribution.
- Medical and dental plan options.
- Disability and life insurance programs.
- Wellness programs.
- Maternity/paternity leave.
- Infertility and adoption reimbursement.
- Mentoring and development programs.
- Employee discounts.
- Pet insurance.
- Reasonable schedules and a family-friendly culture.
- Progression promotion framework with training opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
