About the Role
Thrust Institute of Maintenance (TIM) seeks a Site Lead to serve as the senior on-site leader for its maintenance training campus. This role is responsible for the delivery of a measurable, repeatable, and compliant maintenance-training program, including academic quality, student outcomes, FAA Part 147 operational compliance, and delivery capacity.
About the Employer
Thrust Institute of Maintenance (TIM) is dedicated to delivering high-quality maintenance training programs.
Location
On-site at a TIM campus.
About the Role
The Site Lead is the first-line leader for the site's instructional team, accountable for academic quality, student outcomes, FAA Part 147 operational compliance, and delivery capacity. This position is the entry point for TIM's operational leadership track, with opportunities for advancement based on instructional achievement, mentoring, curriculum ownership, and cross-campus coordination.
Responsibilities
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Serve as first-line leader for the site's instructional team, owning instructor scheduling, teaching evaluations, coaching, and day-to-day academic quality.
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Deliver assigned course sections and labs to standard, modeling expected teaching quality.
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Maintain consistent, on-target student pass rates and learning outcomes.
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Own the site's operational compliance with FAA Part 147.
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Maintain continuous audit readiness, ensuring zero-critical-finding standards for records accuracy and documentation.
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Ensure requirements for tools, equipment, and training aids are met and maintained.
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Manage instructor scheduling and site capacity to meet enrollment and completion targets without compromising quality.
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Monitor time-to-completion and throughput, identifying and clearing bottlenecks.
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Partner with the Site Coordinator on reservations, facilities, tooling, and equipment uptime.
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Hire, onboard, evaluate, and develop instructors, building bench depth against the TIM instructor career-pathing model.
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Coach Instructor I and II staff toward Senior Instructor and Lead-track readiness, and own site retention.
Requirements
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FAA Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) certificate.
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Meets FAA Part 147 instructor eligibility requirements.
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First-line leadership experience (formal or informal), including scheduling, coaching, and holding a team to standard.
Preferred Qualifications
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Inspection Authorization (IA).
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Subject-matter depth in avionics, powerplant, or structures.