Heavy Equipment Instructor

Heavy Equipment Instructor

Bilingual in English and Spanish

Adaptive Construction Solutions | Full-time

$75,000–$80,000 base salary + benefits

Every other week at a project site; alternate weeks working remotely from home.

Bring your equipment experience and teaching skills to ACS.

Adaptive Construction Solutions (ACS) is hiring a Heavy Equipment Instructor with hands-on operating experience and experience teaching or training others. You will help apprentices develop safe operating habits, understand equipment care, and build practical jobsite skills through onsite and virtual instruction.

Pay and travel support

• $75,000–$80,000 annual base salary, plus full benefits.

• Approximately $5,000–$15,000 annually in combined per diem and travel incentive pay, depending on travel. These payments are separate from base salary.

• Company credit card provided to book and pay for business travel expenses.

Your schedule

• Travel to a project site every other week, approximately 50% travel. Choose an early Monday morning or late Sunday evening departure and return Friday.

• Teach apprentices during the day on travel weeks. Weekends are off; Sunday evening travel is optional based on your departure preference.

• Work remotely from home during alternate weeks, delivering virtual instruction and preparing for upcoming classes.

What you will do

• Deliver classroom instruction, equipment demonstrations, and hands-on training in safe operation, pre-use inspections, and equipment care.

• Use established NCCER curriculum and ACS presentation slides to deliver onsite and virtual lessons and prepare apprentices for training assessments.

• Evaluate apprentice knowledge and practical skills, provide clear feedback, and maintain accurate training and progress records.

• Develop hands-on exercises and practical examples, adapt instruction to different experience levels, and work with other ACS instructors to improve training.

What you bring

• At least three years of hands-on heavy equipment operating experience and a strong construction background.

• Ability to deliver instruction and explain technical concepts in both English and Spanish is required.

• Previous experience as an instructor, equipment trainer, or workforce trainer delivering structured classroom or hands-on instruction.

• Ability to lead a class, demonstrate operating procedures, assess learning, and coach apprentices with patience and clear feedback.

• Knowledge of equipment inspections, safe operating procedures, jobsite hazards, and routine equipment care.

• Comfort using computers, presentation materials, and virtual instruction platforms; ability to travel every other week.

• NCCER Instructor, Proctor, or Coordinator credentials and experience teaching apprentices or adult learners are preferred.