Ford Dealer Technical Training Instructor
Universal Technical Institute
- Brentwood, CA
- $85,000-90,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- $85,000 - $90,000 per year
- Paid Training
- Tuition Waiver: Enjoy a tuition waiver after 6 months of employment for you AND your immediate family offered at UTI and Concorde campuses
- Paid Time Off: Competitive paid time off programs for employees (Vacation, Sick, Flexible, Holiday)
- Retirement Matching: 50% match on the first 6% of your contributions after 90 days
- Paid Parental Leave: 4 weeks of paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents to bond with a new baby
- Competitive Insurance: Health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your dependents
- Pet Insurance: Competitive coverage for your furry family members through ASPCA
- Health Plan Enrollment: Eligibility starts first of the month following completing one full month of employment
- Inspire and Educate: Create an engaging and inclusive learning environment where technicians can flourish, fostering their passion for the OEM, while imparting your expert knowledge.
- Hands-On Training:
- Follows the instructor’s guide’s learning objectives and outline for every course
- Utilize strong OEM technical knowledge to teach dealer technicians and enhance their automotive skills.
- Instructor will be asked to use classroom instruction along with a workshop environment to meet curriculum requirements.
- Instructor delivery must be lively while observing the OEM course delivery requirements
- Curriculum Development: Helps to develop classroom ready curriculum from original equipment manufacturer products and service manuals. (Develops and creates lesson plans, visual materials, evaluations, practical applications, and demonstrations).
- Mentorship: Presents and coaches technicians during workshop exercises.
- Safety First: Ensures that all Safety Regulations and OSHA requirements are met and adhered to. Reports unsatisfactory conditions immediately and/or takes immediate action to resolve them.
- Administrative:
- In cooperation with the OEM training department, ensures the complete availability of training handouts, required tools and equipment items and records the training outcomes as directed by OEM management.
- Completes assigned administrative tasks in a timely manner.
- Adhere to all the guidelines of the OEM Corporate Travel Policy
- Other duties as assigned.
- Expected Travel: 25%
- Education: High school diploma or GED
- Experience:
- Prior history as an automotive technician required.
- Technical experience with OEM vehicles required
- Prior OEM instructional experience preferred.
- Five years’ experience as an instructor in technical field preferred.
- Prior history as an OEM technician preferred.
- Communication Skills: Strong communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to effectively connect with technicians/students, fellow staff and OEM dealer personnel
- Organizational Skills: Planning, prioritization skills, time management skills and deadline oriented, can adapt to face changing environment
- Computer Skills: Knowledge of MS Office, i.e. Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Ability to manage OEM software applications and curriculum on UTI and OEM computers
- Technical Skills: Must be able to set-up, deliver and remove invasive and non-invasive vehicle faults.
- Professionalism: Problem solving and decision making skills, using good judgment