Engineering Instructor

Princess Yachts are currently recruiting for a Engineering Instructor to work at our Newport Street site in Plymouth.

Engineering Instructor

Job Family: Learning and Development

4 day week

38hrs per week

(7.00am to 5.00pm Mon to Thurs)

Salary banding - £31k per annum

Main Purpose of Role

• To establish training programmes to be delivered in house, ensuring competency with hourly paid employees.

• To support the PY Apprenticeship scheme

Responsibilities/ Tasks

Construct, Organise and deliver Modules of training to new and existing employees in order to meet the training schedule.

Liaise with New Starters and introduce them to their 4 week Familiarisation Training programme to include training and assessing for competence.

Ensure Modules are structured in the PY format liaising with other departments as necessary.

During the trial period of new employees liaise with Departmental managers to review progress and to ensure continuity of best practice from training programmes to shop floor.

Liaise with Departmental managers with regard to organising training for existing employees in a modular format, in the training centre or via tool box talks.  Aim is to improve skills of employees and quality of boats.

Carry out induction training, trade tests and enhance existing programmes.

Recognise those that are poor performers, highlighting to HR so performance improvement plans can be drawn up and issued.

Liaise with areas such as Development, Engineering and quality to ensure modules are correct in technical detail, updated as and when required via Work Instructions and any trends that could lead to training identified.

Ensure records are completed and retained on completion of programmes/courses ensure copies to Training administrator for recording purposes.

Support the engineering apprenticeship programme as required

Maintain regular contact with the Lead Technical Instructor

Acting as an Ambassador for Princess Yachts, operating with integrity and drive appropriate to the Company’s values, to promote Princess as a market leader.

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you may be required to undertake other duties appropriate to your role.

KPIs

• Response time to meeting training requirements
• Successful completion of work Vs Schedule
• Health and Safety awareness
• Resource Utilisation – centre and your time being utilised to its full capacity
• Track and ensure the success of new starters
• Evaluation feed back
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Person Specification

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing to all levels throughout the business
• Have knowledge of the company and its manufacturing processes
• Have excellent Engineering knowledge both practical and written
• Presentation skills – be able to format and instruct confidently on generic modules
• Have already obtained Instructor status with formal qualifications or be prepared to undertake if required
• IT literate
• Must be able to work on own initiative and be self motivated/disciplined

Benefits

• Holiday – above statutory guidelines
• Pension – employer contributions
• Generous sick pay scheme
• Perkbox employee discounts nationally and locally
• Life Assurance
• Car Park
• Boat Trips
• Boat Shows
• Christmas Kids Party
• Training and Development
• Long Service Awards / Money / Badges / Letters
• Simply Health Cash Plan
• Family Days
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme – free counselling/Wellbeing advice)
• OH / Physio support
• Bereavement Leave – above statutory guidelines
• Retirement support / working days run down
• Private Health Care (dependant of level of position – Management level and above)

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