Heavy Equipment Instructor - South Texas

• Job Description

  Job Title
  Heavy Equipment Instructor - South Texas
  
  Agency
  Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
  
  Department
  Infrastructure Training And Safety Institute
  
  Proposed Minimum Salary
  Commensurate
  
  Job Location
  Brownsville, Texas
  
  Job Type
  Temporary/Casual Staff (Fixed Term)
  
  Job Description
  
  Agency Instructor I - South Texas
  
  2 positions to be filled
  
  Temporary/Casual Position
  
  Within 300 Miles of Brownsville, TX
  
  $40.00 per hour
  
  The Agency Instructor I, under direction, assists in training various specialty skilled and/or semi-skilled courses within a specified program. Utilizes knowledge of adult learning theories and learning styles to help maximize learner success and ensure overall effectiveness of the course instruction. Performs online and/or classroom instruction, field-based skills training, and/or may provide technical assistance in a specialty area. Uses a variety of media to present course material. May assist in creating new and/or updating curriculum content, when necessary, to meet learner needs.
  
  This position reports to the Training Manager, Transportation & Heavy Equipment.
  
  Required Qualifications:
  

  • High School Diploma or GED.
    
  • Four years heavy equipment operations to include experience on two or more of the following: Aerial Work Platforms, Backhoe, Bulldozer, Dump Truck, Excavator, Forklift, Front End Loader, Maintainer, and Skid Steer.
    
  • One year of adult education and/or training.
    

  
  
  Required Licenses/Certifications:
  

  • Must have a valid motor vehicle operator’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days of employment.
    

  
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  

  • Associates degree from an accredited college or university.
    
  • Fluency in both English and Spanish, with excellent written and verbal communication.
    
  • Ten years heavy equipment experience in 3 or more of the following: Asphalt Distributor, Backhoe, Dozer, Maintainer, Excavator, Front End Loader, Skid Steer, Forklift, Aerial Work Platforms, Crane, Roller, Dump Truck.
    
  • Knowledge of and/or certifications in Highway Safety and Traffic control.
    

  
  
  Physical Requirements:
  

  • Ability to lift and/or move heavy objects and/or wear personal protective gear during instruction.
    
  • Ability to work in adverse weather conditions during instruction.
    

  
  
  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  

  • Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
    
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
    
  • Ability to work with sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.
    
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
    
  • Ability to actively demonstrate the TEEX Values - Safety, Teamwork, Adaptability, Respect, and Stewardship.
    
  • Demonstrated positive attitude and work ethic.
    
  • Ability to exhibit punctuality by arriving at work and scheduled events on time.
    

  
  
  Equipment:
  

  • Standard office equipment: computer, keyboard, multifunctional printer, telephone.
    
  • PPE if needed.
    

  
  
  Notifications:
  

  • This position is security sensitive.
    
  • This position may require work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.
    
  • This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TEEX regulations and procedures.
    
  • All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and Agency safety requirements.
    
  • Ability to travel independently to other and/or remote locations by driving a personal or TEEX vehicle and/or flying on commercial airlines.
    
  • This position allows telecommuting per TEEX guidelines.
    
  • This is a wage position established to accommodate a temporary organizational need. As such, TEEX does not guarantee any set number of hours or length of employment in this role.
    
  • Candidates must reside within 300 miles of Brownsville, TX.
    

  
  
  Essential Duties, Tasks, and Percentages:
  
  Classroom Instruction - 80%
  

  • Instructs courses and provides technical assistance when needed.
    
  • Prepares training materials, training aids, and/or equipment prior to course.
    
  • Ensures classrooms are ready for participants.
    
  • Ensures concerned parties, points of contacts, host organization, agencies, are contacted and notified of schedules, locations, and times.
    
  • Ensures participants have achieved terminal objectives of the course.
    
  • Ensures training materials, training aids, and classrooms are secured upon completion of the course.
    

  
  
  Program Support - 20%
  

  • Ensures class documentation is completed in an accurate and timely manner in accordance with Division Guidance, Agency and Contractual requirements (if applicable).
    
  • Assists the Training Manager/Coordinator with Customer Interactions.
    
  • Assists in the marketing of Division programs and events to potential customers and students.
    
  • Ensures requests for travel and post travel claim documentation are completed in an accurate and timely manner in accordance with Division and Agency guidance.
    

  
  
  Additional Program/Division Responsibilities:
  

  • Participates in professional development opportunities.
    
  • Involvement with Agency Initiatives (CoP’s, etc.)
    
  • Maintains and safeguards assigned divisional equipment and property.
    
  • Maintains a clean and neat appearance.
    
  • Maintains orderly and clean workspace.
    
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
    

  
  
  All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
  
  Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.

• ABOUT THE COMPANY

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  • TEEX Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service

  It comes down to saving lives. From providing emergency responders to disasters across the state and nation to developing training and practical workforce solutions, TEEX makes a difference worldwide. More than 174,000 people representing every U.S. state and 109 countries are served annually through on-site and online resources for specialties from homeland security to economic development and workforce training.

  Home to some of the world’s top training facilities, the emergency preparedness campus in Bryan/College Station includes the Brayton Fire Training Field, Disaster City® and the Emergency Operations Training Center. Customized TEEX training programs develop practical solutions for each client’s need through hands-on instructional facilities for public utilities, law enforcement and unexploded ordinance training at the home campus or at customer-specified locations worldwide.

  Texas A&M Task Force 1 and Texas Task Force 2, the state’s elite urban search and rescue teams, are sponsored by TEEX. Throughout its existence, TX-TF1 has served the state of Texas and the nation by participating in over 100 deployments, completing search and rescue missions with highly trained and qualified personnel.

  As part of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and home to the National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center, TEEX has been leading homeland security training since 1998.

  The major TEEX programs include fire and rescue, infrastructure and safety, law enforcement, economic and workforce development, and homeland security. As a member of The Texas A&M University System, TEEX is unique in its ability to access a broad range of emerging research and technical expertise. Beginning with course design and development all the way through hands-on instruction and national certification testing, TEEX delivers comprehensive training through both classroom and hands-on instruction and as online courses. Hosting services for online courses, technical assistance and technology validation, and bilingual training and translation services also are available.

  By placing safety and well-being above all and by focusing on prevention and response, TEEX has become a comprehensive training provider through more than 80 years of extension training. Working with other agencies and encouraging involvement has led to better fire safety and emergency response, cleaner drinking water, better roads and infrastructure, improved homeland security, safer workplaces, heightened public safety and security, new therapeutics manufacturing and the evolution of cybersecurity.

  Through innovative programs and adaptive outreach, TEEX services are created to train the people who expand the security, occupational and economic development of Texas and beyond.​​​

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