Fleet Maintenance Training Instructor

Position: FLEET MAINTENANCE TRAINING INSTRUCTOR
Join Our Team and Drive Excellence in Fleet Maintenance!
Are you a skilled diesel or heavy vehicle maintenance professional with a passion for teaching and developing others? LYNX is seeking a Maintenance Training Instructor to lead, develop, and deliver engaging technical training programs that empower our maintenance team to keep Central Forida moving safely and efficiently.
In this impactful role, you'll combine your hands-on maintenance expertise with your ability to train, mentor, and inspire technicians at all levels. From developing training materials and conducting hands-on instructions to evaluating program effectiveness and supporting regulatory compliance, you'll play a key role in building a highly skilled workforce that supports one of the region's largest public transportation systems.
Day in the Life:
This position develops, coordinates, implements, conducts and evaluates training programs for maintenance personnel in the proper service, repair and maintenance of buses, support vehicles, and shop equipment.

This position is considered safety‐sensitive and subject to the provisions of the Substance Abuse Program Policy for Safety Sensitive Positions.

Essential Functions:

This list is intended to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification and is not designed to be interpreted as an exhaustive listing of all tasks required of employees assigned to the job. All employees will be expected to perform other duties as assigned. All jobs require regular and reliable attendance.
• Consults with Maintenance department leadership for input in developing maintenance training programs.
• Delivers effective training programs by applying strong presentation, training and facilitation skills, and delivering feedback to learners; develops action plans and measures the impact to the organization.
• Prepares, plans, organizes and conducts maintenance training needs assessments and analyses, lesson plans, course curricula, visual and mechanical aides, written materials and hands‐on instruction that complies with internal procedures and external mandates or regulations.
• Participates as a resource to maintenance management on safety, technical proficiency and productivity issues, and works with the safety division to develop and implement programs compliant with state and national regulations, to promote the safety and well‐being of Authority employees.
• Coordinates, evaluates and monitors internal and external vendor training programs.
• Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of training programs by measuring changes in skill levels and improvements demonstrated by maintenance personnel and modifies programs accordingly to improve effectiveness to the quality vehicle maintenance training programs.
• Ensures that all training materials are updated as needed, for new equipment, new procedures, technical information, etc.

Required Qualifications:

* Associate's degree from a regionally or nationally accredited institution in automotive or diesel technology or related field, plus four years of experience working in heavy vehicle maintenance to include two years of experience conducting training programs; or combination of related experience, education and training.
• Additional directly related experience beyond the minimum requirement may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
• Must possess and maintain a Florida Class "B" CDL with airbrakes and passenger endorsement, or be able to obtain one within 6 months, have an acceptable driving record, and the ability to pass a DOT physical examination and drug screen.

Desired

Qualifications:

* Experience as a presenter/facilitator of leadership and technical training, or previous training experience in a transportation or technical field.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) helpful.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

* Knowledge of training theory, methods of presentation, theories of learning, appropriate modes of presentation and other related training issues for adult‐learners.
• In‐depth knowledge of all heavy vehicle and facilities systems pertinent to the Authority's vehicles to include, but…