Fiber Optic Test and Repair (FOTR) Training Specialist, Navy Submarine School, Groton, CT

General Dynamics Information Technology•Groton, CT

17d•$76,500 - $103,500•Onsite

About The Position

Transform technology into opportunity as a Training Specialist with GDIT. A career here means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Training Specialist you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Training Specialist joining our team to deliver complex technical training to sailors enrolled in courses taught at Navy Submarine School, Groton, CT.

Requirements

Required Experience: Five (5) years of experience as a technician repairing military electronic systems which included maintaining or installing fiber optic components or technical manager with responsibility for teaching the applicable system or function/task to others in an apprentice level training environment. Experience as a Fiber Optic Installer or repair technician is required. Of the five (5) years, one (1) year of experience as an instructor or facilitator in a Navy Training Environment, to include curriculum maintenance, writing learning objectives, preparing test items, evaluating instructional materials and the results of instruction and counseling students on academic learning problems is required. Must be able to support training with extended periods on your feet while instructing.
Required Technical Skills: Fiber Optic Repair Technician
Security Clearance Level: SECRET
Required Skills and Abilities: Excellent communication skills and experience as a Navy instructor (NEC 805A/9502)
US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

Preferred Skills: Master Training/Afloat Training Specialist.

Responsibilities

Develops, organizes, and conducts training and educational programs for Navy students enrolled in the Fiber Optic Maintenance Technician course of instruction
Utilizes exceptional customer skills to conduct traditional classroom instruction and support technical laboratory training
Work as a team member to identify learning gaps and train maintenance technicians in the skills needed to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair shipboard fiber optic systems
Work as a team member to complete customer deadlines which may have competing/shifting priorities
Conduct dynamic assessment of the sailors’ abilities to comply with technical procedures and NAVSEA Shipboard Fiber Optic maintenance and repair standards