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Aviation Maintenance Training Instructor

Moody Bible Institute

Spokane, WA

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$65,000–$75,000 Per Year
SKILLS
A & P Certificate, Aircraft Maintenance, Aviation Industry, Code of Federal Regulations, Communication Skills, Depth Perception, Diversity, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Laws and Regulations, Identify Issues, Industry Standards, Interpersonal Skills, Laboratory Equipment, Lift/Move 50 Pounds, Maintenance Services, Mentoring, Microsoft Office, Multicultural, Office Equipment, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Project/Program Management, Safety/Work Safety, Technical Leadership, Training/Teaching, Training/Teaching Curriculum, Training/Teaching Materials
LOCATION
Spokane, WA
POSTED
Today
Location: On-site, Spokane WA Campus

Job Type: Full-Time

Compensation Range: $65,000-75,000 Annually

The compensation above is the estimated hiring range for this position. Final offers are determined based on a variety of factors including skills, experience, qualifications, internal equity, and other job-related considerations.

To access a list of benefits for full-time jobs, please visit www.moodybible.org/careers/benefits/. Part-time benefits include a retirement savings plan, education discounts, and publishing discounts.

What You Will Be Doing

Moody Aviation is seeking an Aviation Maintenance Training Instructor for the 2026/2027 academic year, starting on April 1, 2026. This role is responsible to provide effective classroom, lab, and shop instruction, assist with the development and maintenance of curriculum, evaluate and encourage student development as a professional missionary aviator and provide occasional supervision of other projects as assigned.

It is important to remember that as we equip students with the tools of aviation technology, our core purpose is to invest in young men and women through mentorship and life on life discipleship, instilling within them a heart and passion honor the King with their lives. Therefore, mentoring co-workers and students in a manner that demonstrates the department's concerns of caring for people, achieving and maintaining excellence and increasing effectiveness, is a key component of the instructor's role.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

  • Exercise conservative judgment and safety awareness in all operations.
  • Provide strong spiritual, emotional, technical and professional modeling for students.
  • Model and abide by the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations and the Moody Aviation Operations Manual.
  • Prepare course materials and provide classroom instruction.
  • Provide practical lab instruction.
  • Upgrade curriculum, training aids, and lab components to maintain currency with federal regulations, industry standards, and mission organization requirements.
  • Demonstrate and supervise student use of specialized lab and shop equipment.
  • Demonstrate practical troubleshooting and repair of aircraft components.
  • Maintain proper condition, cleanliness and safety of work areas.
  • Provide technical guidance for lab assistants or assigned instructors, supervising to ensure technical accuracy, teaching methods and proper preparation of materials.
  • Maintain high standards in the completion of maintenance school documents for correctness and currency including but not limited to, student training records, logbooks, airman applications, finance reports and other 147 records.
  • Participate in departmental, school, and other assigned faculty meetings.
  • Provide feedback to assist with the development, implementation, maintenance, review and update of the maintenance training curriculum.
  • Within their capability and time constraints, Instructors are encouraged to be involved in students' lives outside of the classroom to provide a platform for mentoring and development of foundational life skills necessary of a missionary.
  • Participate in various committees as assigned.
  • Represent Moody Aviation to prospective students and various community events.
  • Additional responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree
  • A&P Certification
  • Strong communication, public speaking, and interpersonal skills
  • Strong instructional skills and teaching experience
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office software
  • Authorized to work in the US legally without sponsorship
Preferred Requirements
  • Master's degree
  • Ten years of aviation maintenance experience and/or mission aviation field experience
  • Inspection Authorization
  • FAA approved Flight Instructor (CFI) Airplane Single Engine Land (ASEL)
  • Ability to publicly represent Moody Aviation


Work Environment/Conditions

Moody Bible Institute is a Christian-based Higher Education and Media Ministry. We exist to equip people with the Truth of God's Word. If you are mission-minded, and have a servant's heart, join us as we look to further impact the Kingdom of God.

This job operates in both an office and aircraft maintenance shop environment. This role routinely uses standard office and aircraft equipment and tools.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and sit. This position will frequently stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle, finger or feel and reach with hands and arms. This position is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Occasional local and domestic air travel.

Additional Information

Moody Bible Institute is a Christ-centered, multicultural community that values and seeks faculty and staff who are committed to diversity, work effectively with diverse populations, and engage others in ways that honor our rich cultural mosaic and biblical foundation. Candidates must align with MBI's Christian identity. Employees are expected to sign a Statement of Faith and adhere to the Community Standards.

We comply with all applicable laws pertaining to nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and any other applicable legally protected category. As a religious institution, we have the right to, and do, require that employees hold beliefs consistent with our Doctrinal Statement and conduct themselves in a manner consistent with our religious beliefs, including as explained in our Community Standards.

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.
For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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