Description :
Location
Saint Louis, MO
Virtual Office/Telecommute?
(Things you should know about Virtual Office)
Virtual Work Not Available
Shift
First
Business Unit
Integrated Defense Sys
Division
Support Systems
Program
Training Systems And Services
Occupation Title
Customers Training
Skills Management Title
Fighter/Bomber/Rotorcraft
Job Classification
GGE1P4
Job Type
Non-Management
Experience Level
Mid Level (5-15 years of experience)
Exemption Status
Exempt
Union
No
Security Clearance Required?
(Security Clearance definitions)
Ability to Obtain Interim Clearance (Pre-Start) and Final Clearance (Post Start) - US Citizenship Required
Work Eligibility Required?
Yes
US Person Status Required?
Yes
Export Control Required?
Yes
Relocation Money Available?
Yes
Date Posted
02/26/2008
Closing Date
(Things you should know about closing dates)
04/07/2008
Position Description
Develops, delivers and conducts customer training events for combat specific trainees via highly interactive courseware in state of the art electronic classrooms and simulator training devices at company and/or customer facilities. Provides input for developing and modifying engineering data, flight manuals, defining training requirements, standards and curriculum, schedules and related documentation. Pursues continuous process improvement. Serves as training liaison with internal and external customers. Demonstrates extensive knowledge of the combat aircraft aircrew operations and training to resolve complex planning, coordination and development of requirements for multiple aircraft blocks, types and models. Oversees all phases of combat aircraft ground training delivery. Evaluates technical design features/changes to the operation of the combat aircraft systems and subsystems to assist the development of the physical/functional fidelity requirements to be incorporated into the applicable flight training devices. Participates and interfaces with operational level combat aircraft customers, customer test aircrews, company test aircrews and company engineering expertise via Technical Interface Meetings; Man-Machine Interface Meetings; Program Management Reviews, Program Design Reviews, and status meetings. Assesses participant learning and adjusts presentation to ensure successful understanding by all students. Mentors other team members. Works under minimal direction.
Competencies
General/Leadership
[ + ] Communication
Consistently clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Consistently keeps the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames even complex messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used; attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Advises fellow project leads and other internal employees in effective communication techniques.
[ + ] Customer Focus
Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions as a project team leader; develops and sustains productive customer relationships as they relate to project team leadership responsibilities; actively seeks information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; presents project level information to customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how project level actions or plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems; assists other project team leaders in implementing ways to monitor and evaluate customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.
[ + ] Decision Making
Consistently recognizes a wide range of complex, specialized issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed. Steadily identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities. Regularly integrates complex information from a wide variety of sources; detects complex trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships. Consistently creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes. Formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. Consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time. Regularly includes fellow project leads, employees across the organization, and external customers in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.
[ + ] Planning And Organizing
Identifies more critical and less critical activities and assignments; adjusts priorities when appropriate. Proactively determines project or assignment requirements by breaking them down into tasks and identifying types of equipment, materials, and people needed. Effectively allocates appropriate amounts of time for completing own work; avoids scheduling conflicts. Is an expert at taking advantage of available resources (individuals, processes, departments, and tools) to complete work efficiently; coordinates with internal and external partners. Uses time effectively and prevents irrelevant issues or distractions from interfering with work completion.
[ + ] Project Management
Extensive experience in creating comprehensive multi-tiered project schedules for significant Business Unit projects; identifies time frames for key project milestones and ensure alignment of sub tier activities for overall project visibility, tracking and completion. Directs and manages very complex project schedules requiring interfacing with multi regional or international activities. Independently identifies project resource requirements, integrate and direct multi project elements into a single collective overall project plan. Collaborates with others on the most complex projects assigned. Ability to direct, delegate and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of the overall large scale and complex projects. Identifies and resolves any issues and provide solutions and or recommendations to ensure the successful completion of the project.
[ + ] Quality Orientation
Accurately and carefully follows established procedures for completing work tasks. Expert in watching over job processes, tasks, and work products to ensure freedom from errors, omissions, or defects. Consistently initiates action to correct quality problems or notifies others of quality issues as appropriate.
[ + ] Systems Thinking
Consistently evaluates job tasks and processes on how well they help meet team objective(s); identifies non-value-adding components and barriers. Formulates change strategies; frequently seeks input from other project leads and internal employees to evaluate options for change and encourage buy-in. Makes appropriate changes to job/role structures and processes by communicating effectively and focusing on new skill development. Uses extensive measurement systems to monitor the implementation.
Technical
[ + ] Compliance Regulations
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of relevant laws and regulations impacting flight training and business processes. Routinely recognizes the need to research and investigate laws and regulations for applicability to flight training curriculum. Ensures company-training products are in compliance with laws and regulatory standards. May be identified as a focal for compliance audits of the training program and leads corrective action. Educates other trainers regarding compliance regulations.
Preferred -
[ + ] Engineering Drawings & Specs
Basic - Extensive and specialized ability to read and understand basic and complex engineering drawings and specifications. Assists others in understanding detailed drawings and specs.
Preferred -
[ + ] Instructional Systems Design
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of Instructional Systems Design (ISD) methodology (e.g., analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation).
Preferred -
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree and 10 to 14 years' related work experience, a Master's degree and 8 to 12 years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Other Job related information
Must be willing to travel for extended periods of time. Requires minimum of eight (8) years experience as a high performance fighter/attack aircrew with appropriate experience as Wingman, Element Lead, Flight Lead, Instructor Pilot, Weapons System Operator; Flight Examiner, Mission Commander or Pilot in Command. Requires minimum of four (4) years experience as an F-15E Pilot or F-15E Weapon System Officer (WSO) with appropriate experience as Mission Commander, Instructor, or Examiner. Platform instruction experience is required. Strong communication skills, knowledge of ISD processes and experience in courseware and Computer Based Training (CBT) development is highly desired.