Flight Instructor

Leonardo Helicopters

paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

3050 Red Lion Road (Show on map)

Jan 21, 2025

Let You Career Take Flight, with Leonardo Helicopters!

At Leonardo, what we do has a purpose. We build, service, and maintain the world's finest helicopters, held to the strictest quality standards, for clients all across the globe. We value and retain our employees by offering generous benefits and a state of the art work facility. Made with pride, in Philadelphia.

Why Leonardo? Simple.

A free healthcare option
Tuition reimbursement
Paid holidays & generous PTO with a carryover and payout option
A referral program with no limits
Up to 6% match on our 401k plan
Bonus opportunity for all permanent employees

Summary of Position:

Helicopter Instructor Pilot. To conduct in-aircraft initial conversion and/or recurrent flight training onsite and at customer location. To complete course paperwork as required by Leonardo Helicopters and to assist in the development of course training material.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

* Deliver Pilot Type Rating and Recurrent Flight courses
* Deliver other training courses as applicable
* Study and train as needed to remain current as an instructor pilot him/herself, remaining informed and up-to-date on the latest standards, procedures and regulations as applicable
* Be responsible to complete all required training paperwork in a timely and accurate fashion
* Assist in the ongoing development of LHTA curriculum, products and services
* Maintain and update training materials and publications
* Perform other duties and fulfil other responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications for Position:

Education/Licenses/Certifications:
* FAA Rotorcraft Commercial Certificate, ATP Preferred
* FAA CFI/CFII, + EASA Preferred
* Valid FAA Medical, minimum Second-class, First-Class preferred.

Experience:
* Instructor background in helicopters
* A119 trained/150 hours as PIC on type preferred
* Strong IFR experience and knowledge
* 3,000 total hours Rotorcraft
* Twin turbine helicopter time. +500 hours preferred
* 200 hours instrument - actual/simulated

Competencies & Attributes:
* Excellent interpersonal communications skills and MS office Knowledge
* Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
* Must be able to travel both domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.
* Experience in the development of aviation training material
* IT skills: Microsoft Office

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disability