Location: Belfast, United Kingdom
In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow’s possible.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Job title: Courseware Designer & Trainer

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• In depth Knowledge of Thales IAS (Belfast) products.
• Strong proficiency within standard Microsoft office packages/Authoring tools.
• Excellent standard of written and spoken English.
• Engineering knowledge/experience.
• Thales IAS product knowledge.
• Good understanding of engineering standards and processes.
• Ability to turn technical information into easily understood text.
• Good communicator and presenter and capable of instructing and delivering technical information to Customers to a high level of quality.
• Assertive but approachable with good interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.
• A good degree of organisational ability.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in the development of training needs and requirements to recognised military standards.
• Technical experience, including significant direct interface with customer personnel and end users across the customer organisation.
• Ability to adapt the training and instruction approach and methods when confronted with changing circumstances e.g. varying technical competence of trainees, language difficulties, poor training facilities, etc.
• Creation and maintenance of online learning content.
• Assessing the outcomes of learning and learners achievement.
• Physically mobile with 20:20 vision (use of vision aids is acceptable).

Desirable:

• Experience in the design, delivery and validation of operator and maintainer training with formal qualifications in an engineering or technical discipline.
• Engineering Product Lifecycle.
• Technical Authoring in an engineering environment.
• Writing in a structured environment (e.g. XML to S1000D, DITA).
• Sufficient experience to conduct practical training on system operation, equipment maintenance, detailed testing, trouble shooting and setting to work procedures. Practical experience gained during training exercises on a firing range would be desirable.
• Knowledge and experience of products within Air Defence and the Force Protection sector.
• Simplified Technical English.

• Enjoy the autonomy to undertake training-related activities independently, allowing you to showcase your competence and initiative without the need for day-to-day supervision. This fosters a strong sense of ownership and responsibility over your work.

• Gain valuable experience in managing training authoring and delivery work packages, contributing to both personal and professional growth.

• Be part of an inclusive and supportive environment that values diversity and encourages every team member to flourish.