TSA Training Manager
About The Position
Culmen International is seeking an experienced Training Manager to lead the airport screening workforce training program in Tupelo, Mississippi. The role leads the programs and personnel responsible for building screening readiness, developing instructors and coaches, and connecting training with operational needs. The Training Manager oversees Security Training Instructors (STIs), Assistant Training Instructors (ATIs), on-the-job training (OJT) coaches, and supporting training processes. The position ensures screening personnel complete required initial, recurrent, remedial, return-to-duty, and specialized training, as well as certification and professional development. It maintains alignment with current TSA standard operating procedures, directives, and nationally developed training requirements, while coordinating schedules with operational staffing needs. The role also assesses training and operational performance, identifies gaps, and reports metrics, compliance status, risks, and recommendations for improvement. The role is onsite at the assigned airport. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or U.S. nationals and able to satisfy applicable TSA background and suitability requirements. Culmen International describes its work as supporting international safety and security, homeland defense, humanitarian missions, and government operations, with experience in more than 150 countries.
Requirements
- Significant experience managing aviation security, transportation security, law-enforcement, military, or other regulated operational training programs.
- Experience supervising instructors and managing classroom, practical, and OJT programs.
- Demonstrated knowledge of adult-learning principles, training compliance, certification tracking, and remedial training.
- U.S. citizen or U.S. national with the ability to satisfy applicable TSA background and suitability requirements.
- Ability to work onsite at the assigned airport.
Nice To Haves
- Prior TSA SPP training-management experience.
- Current or prior STI qualification.
- Prior TSO/STSO or other TSA screening experience.
- Formal instructor-development or adult-learning certification.
- Experience with TSA training systems and screening certification requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead implementation and management of the airport’s TSA screening training program.
- Supervise STIs, ATIs, OJT coaches, and other personnel supporting training delivery.
- Coordinate new-hire, recurrent, remedial, return-to-duty, and specialized training.
- Track training, certification, OJT, and compliance requirements, maintaining accurate and complete records.
- Partner with TSA training personnel and Culmen operations leadership to coordinate training requirements and schedules.
- Ensure training aligns with current TSA SOPs, directives, and nationally developed training requirements.
- Analyze operational and training performance to identify recurring gaps and develop corrective training.
- Monitor instructor and coach performance and promote consistent training delivery across shifts.
- Integrate training requirements with operational staffing needs to minimize impacts on checkpoint and baggage operations.
- Provide management with training metrics, compliance status, risks, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with employee premiums paid 100% by Culmen and dependent coverage available at a nominal rate.
- 401(k) with immediate vesting and a 4% company match.
- Company-paid life insurance and disability insurance.
- Supplemental insurance available.
- Opportunities for training and continuing education.
- 12 paid holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
