Aviation Maintenance Program Director​/Instructor

Become an integral member of a dedicated team focused on improving the quality of life among citizens in southeastern and south-central West Virginia. New River Community Technical College provides comprehensive, quality higher education, workforce training and community education programs and services. We aspire to make a difference in the communities in which we serve!

We are seeking an enthusiastic professional who is passionate about Aviation Maintenance for a full-time Program Director and Instructor position (typically 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday). This is an in-person, on campus position reporting directly to the Dean of Technical and Workforce Programs.

• Direct the overall operation, administration, and continuous improvement of the Aviation Maintenance Technician Program.
• Ensure the AMTS operates in accordance with current 14 CFR Part 147, approved operations specifications, institutional requirements, and other applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and policies.
• Establish, maintain, and oversee a curriculum designed to continually align with the Aviation Mechanic General, Airframe, and Powerplant Airman Certification Standards (ACS), as appropriate to the ratings held by the school.
• Coordinate course scheduling, instructional sequencing, laboratory activities, and delivery at the primary location and any FAA-approved additional training locations.
• Provide leadership to faculty, instructional specialists, and other assigned staff, including hiring support, onboarding, mentoring, scheduling, observation, development, and performance management.
• Ensure qualified instructors are assigned to all courses and shop/laboratory activities and that the student-to-instructor ratio in any shop class does not exceed FAA limits.
• Oversee student learning, attendance, grading, academic documentation, and graduation records to ensure accurate, timely, and auditable reporting.
• Monitor student preparedness for FAA testing and support continuous improvement efforts related to school outcomes, graduate readiness, and minimum FAA passage-rate expectations.
• Maintain facilities, aircraft, equipment, tools, parts, instructional materials, and shop inventory in a safe, serviceable, and instructionally appropriate condition for the ratings held and the number of students enrolled.
• Coordinate procurement, budgeting, asset stewardship, and expenditure tracking for aviation program operations in collaboration with institutional business and procurement offices.
• Support and document internal quality assurance, accreditation activities, corrective action processes, and any FAA-required inspections, reviews, or records requests.
• Serve as the primary or delegated program liaison with the FAA, institutional leadership, accrediting bodies, business and industry partners, secondary schools, community stakeholders, and economic development entities.
• Lead outreach, marketing, and recruitment efforts; participate in tours, presentations, and public engagement that promote aviation career pathways and program enrollment.
• Develop and sustain articulation opportunities, employer partnerships, apprenticeship or internship relationships where appropriate, and other initiatives that strengthen workforce alignment.
• Advise and support students, including civilian and military-connected learners, by helping connect them with institutional services, career opportunities, and pathways to completion.
• Participate in required institutional meetings, committee work, commencements, professional development, compliance training, and other duties consistent with the role.

• Maintain readiness for FAA surveillance, inspection, and review of the school's locations, records, curriculum, personnel qualifications, facilities, equipment, and materials.
• Ensure the school issues authenticated completion documentation and other authorized records in accordance with FAA requirements.
• Oversee the systems and procedures used for attendance, final course grades, recordkeeping, instructor sufficiency, credit issuance, graduation documentation, and corrective action for identified deficiencies.
• Coordinate updates to curriculum, policies, procedures, and operational practices when FAA regulations, guidance, standards, or institutional requirements change.
• Promote a culture of safety, documentation integrity, instructional consistency, and regulatory accountability across the aviation program.
• Based on institutional…