About the Role
VMD Corp is seeking a Training Manager at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to supervise Security Training Instructors (STIs), foster a positive team environment, and ensure the integrity of VMD and TSA security systems and training methods.
Responsibilities
- Direct oversight of Security Training Instructors (STIs).
- Foster a professional and collaborative training environment while ensuring fairness and consistency.
- Coordinate training personnel conducting security screening in checkpoint, baggage, and layered security operations.
- Coordinate and conduct new hire orientation; establish employee access to required systems, OLC, email accounts, and training platforms.
- Track New Hire Training Program (NTP) progress and ensure 100% completion of all required training milestones.
- Coordinate New Hire Training, including TSO Level I and Level II requirements, and ensure all prerequisites are completed prior to advancement.
- Ensure employees are trained on TSA SOPs, VMD best practices, general orders, policies, and procedures; coordinate recurrent training requirements.
- Develop, distribute, and maintain weekly training status reports for AFSDs, TSMs, TSs, STI staff, TSA leadership, and executive leadership.
- Maintain strong working relationships with TSA stakeholders at all levels, including TSS-E personnel.
- Coordinate training requests, specialized training initiatives, and operational training requirements with TSA counterparts and TSS-E personnel.
- Monitor, mentor, and develop coaches to ensure consistency in On-the-Job Training (OJT) delivery.
- Assign coaches to TSOs and monitor progress throughout the OJT process.
- Ensure all APRs, including OAAs, are completed accurately and within required timelines.
- Oversee classroom training on a day-to-day basis and ensure a consistent training message is delivered.
- Fill in as an instructor as needed.
- Maintain effective filing systems and training records.
- Schedule and coordinate meetings with the Training Team, Management, remote locations, and TSA counterparts.
- Maintain personnel training logs and training compliance records.
- Coordinate make-up training sessions and ensure personnel attendance.
- Track remedial training, return-to-duty training, OJT progress, and certification requirements.
- Track TIP data and covert testing remedial actions and follow-up requirements.
- Identify training gaps, operational misunderstandings, and areas of confusion on the screening floor and implement corrective training actions.
- Maintain communication with all levels of leadership and frontline personnel to ensure training objectives are understood and effectively executed.
- Track and monitor training compliance metrics and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Update and maintain the TSA Online Learning Center (OLC) for all employees.
Requirements
- Be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Ability to work any day, Monday – Sunday, and any shift between 12:00 AM and 11:59 PM
- Ability to work independently and possess effective decision-making skills.
- Must have the ability to obtain dual-function certification.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds
- Constant standing, lifting, twisting and bending.
Skills
- Training Management
- Supervision
- Team Leadership
- Security Systems
- Training Methods
- Security Screening Operations
- New Hire Orientation
- TSA SOPs
- Reporting
- Stakeholder Relations
- On-the-Job Training (OJT)
- Classroom Training
- Record Keeping
- Communication
Location
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- No prior experience required (on-the-job training provided)
Education Level
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED)
Salary/Compensations
- $110k-$125k
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Comprehensive benefits per CBA/SCA guidelines
- On-the-job training
- Career development opportunities
About the Company
- VMD Corp, a recognized leader in transportation security since 2002, provides advanced screening solutions.
- VMD Corp is an Xcelerate Solutions company.
- VMD Corp is part of the nation’s critical air travel infrastructure.
- The Transportation Security Services team helps protect travelers at home and abroad, providing security services at multiple airports across the United States.
- VMD and Xcelerate Solutions are trusted partners to the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, numerous law enforcement and civilian agencies, and the Intelligence Community.
Equal Opportunity
- Xcelerate Solutions and its subsidiaries are Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers.
- We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or expression of another protected characteristic.
- As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant's or an employee's disability.
- Xcelerate Solutions maintains a drug-free workplace.
