Specialist - Trainer Maintenance

**Description**

Specialist, Trainer Maintenance (P54)

Key Job Elements:

- Conduct the analysis, design, and development of training material for all maintenance training, associated with GDLS-C product lines
- Conduct training as maintenance instructor to our customer base in various military locations in Canada and Globally.
- Ensure proper documentation and updates are completed for site reports and Training Development Packages.
- Liaise and communicate with internal and external organizations on training related matters.
- Attend meetings with internal and external Customers as required
- Maintain compliance with ISO procedures, GDLS policies, regulatory requirements (ITAR) and Safety policies.
- Maintain safe work practices
- When required, perform as the lead trainer, provide team leadership, instruct, monitor and advise trainers on site.

Required Qualifications:

- Licensed truck & coach, automotive inter-provincial certification or Military equivalent
- Minimum 3 - 5 years previous instructional experience.
- Minimum 3 years previous experience in the operation and maintenance of armored vehicles for Land Combat Arms.
- Strong communication, organization and prioritization skills.
- Possess/be able to acquire and maintain a valid passport with ability to travel up to 50%.
- Willing to travel throughout the world and work in extreme environmental conditions.
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and documentation.
- Experience working with teams and/or customers.
- Ability to work independently and take initiative.
- Must possess or be able to obtain a valid Canadian Firearms Restricted Possession and Acquisition License (PAL).
- Capable of meeting physical demands of the job and Anthropometric Size Requirements for confined space.
- Valid Driver’s License and ability to qualify for DZ or AZ license depending on platform support.
- Possess/be able to acquire and maintain Level II Security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experienced in the maintenance of various military platforms.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Military School or Unit as an Instructor or Standards Cell member Canadian Forces Individual Training and Education System (CFITES) experience
- Qualification as a CF military instructor, TRADOC, or equivalent with experience as an Instructor in a CF or equivalent school or unit.
- Bilingual (English/French)

Physical Conditions and Hazards:
The conditions in which an individual or staff works, including but not limited to such things as amenities, physical environment, stress and noise levels, degree of safety or danger, temperature, location.

Nature of Supervision: Medium (Some Self-directed work)
Work Interruptions and Distractions: Minimal to medium
Physical Environment: manufacturing/shop floor, some office
Hazards: Heavy machinery including but not limited to fork trucks and cranes, noise, dust, paint, temperature fluctuations, hand tools

Physical Demands Description:
Typical postures may include standing, sitting, squatting, kneeling, crouching, bending, lying down and reaching at working heights ranging from below floor level to overhead. Tasks required on the interior of the vehicle will require working in a vertical space of 105 to 135 cm and may involve sitting, crawling, crouching, stooping, bending, twisting, kneeling and/or lying down to access some areas, as some tasks require working in areas with space constraints. The worker may also be required to lay on a creeper to complete work under the vehicle. Vertical clearance under the vehicle is approximately 65 cm.

Equipment Utilized:
Equipment a Sustainment shop floor employee is required to use
LAV’S
LVM
Crane
Hand Tools
Fork Truck
Computer
Phone

Medical Surveillance

May include: Inoculations, Respiratory Fit, Audiometric Testing, Designated Substance Surveillance, Vision, Anthropometrical Size Restrictions depending on task

Personal Protective Equipment:
Applicable when interacting with shop floor (safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection. extraction coveralls)