Driven Brands
Sr. Instructor - Mechanical
RemoteUnited States only
- Experience
- Senior
$105.2k–$187.9k/yr
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No BS summary
Senior mechanical/general repair industry instructor for US remote role, with occasional travel. Needs credible shop-operations expertise, strong live/virtual teaching experience, and ability to mentor other instructors.
What you'll do
- Deliver ATI curriculum to independent mechanical and general repair shop owners and their teams across live, virtual, and on-demand formats.
- Translate business concepts — financials, sales, leadership, succession, and operations — into practical, shop-floor applications for a mechanical/general repair audience.
- Adapt delivery style and content to the format, audience, and experience level of each session, including advanced and owner-level cohorts.
- Serve as lead or anchor instructor for flagship courses, multi-day events, and higher-stakes sessions as assigned.
- Partner closely with curriculum and instructional design staff to keep mechanical-relevant content accurate, current, and credible.
- Provide subject-matter review and feedback on new or revised mechanical curriculum prior to broader rollout.
- Identify content gaps and emerging mechanical-industry topics, and recommend new course or session development.
- Dedicate regular, structured time to researching developments in the mechanical/general repair industry, including evolving technologies (EV service, ADAS, diagnostics, telematics), labor market shifts, parts supply dynamics, and changing shop economics.
- Actively monitor industry publications, trade associations, OEM technical resources, and peer research to maintain current, credible subject-matter expertise across ATI's mechanical curriculum.
- Review existing course materials on a defined cycle to assess continued relevance, accuracy, and alignment with the realities participants are facing in their shops today — recommending updates, retirements, or new content as warranted.
- Synthesize industry research into actionable insights and translate those insights into curriculum recommendations, new session concepts, or in-course examples that reflect what is happening on the shop floor right now.
- Collaborate with ATI's curriculum, instructional design, and market intelligence functions to ensure research findings move efficiently from discovery into updated course content.
- Bring participant feedback from the classroom — questions asked, confusion surfaced, real-world situations raised — back into the content review process as a primary signal for curriculum improvement.
- Mentor and onboard newer or less experienced instructors, including classroom observation and constructive feedback.
- Model exemplary classroom presence, facilitation of discussion, and member engagement for the broader instruction team.
- Support the Department Leader in calibrating instructional quality standards across the mechanical instruction team.
- Actively seek out and participate in skills-building opportunities — including ATI-provided training, industry conferences, instructional development programs, and peer learning — as an ongoing professional responsibility, not a periodic exception.
- Engage fully with ATI's instructor development initiatives, including cohort debriefs, feedback sessions, and any formal development programming offered by ATI's Training & Development leadership.
- Pursue continuous growth in instructional craft, facilitation technique, adult learning principles, and subject-matter depth.
- Model a genuine growth orientation for the broader instructor team — demonstrate that learning is an active, lifelong practice expected at every level of the organization.
- Represent ATI professionally with members, partners, and at industry events.
- Contribute mechanical-industry insight to the broader Training & Development team.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of ATI's mechanical-member experience.
What they require
- Substantial mechanical/general repair industry experience with a record of credibility among shop owners and operators.
- Demonstrated, sustained track record instructing or presenting to groups in live and/or virtual settings, including more advanced or experienced audiences.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the judgment to guide discussion among experienced business owners.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, or develop other instructors or team members.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment and to travel occasionally for live events and meetings.
- Demonstrated personal commitment to ongoing professional growth and skills development.
- Candidates who are not actively invested in their own learning are not a fit for this role, regardless of experience level.
- Prior mechanical shop ownership is welcomed but not required. Demonstrated industry expertise and instructional ability take precedence.
- Preferred: Demonstrated knowledge across several of the following mechanical/general repair domains is strongly preferred: Shop financials, KPIs, and performance management; Service advisor performance, sales process, and customer experience; Technician productivity, scheduling, and labor management; Marketing, customer retention, and local market positioning; Leadership development and succession planning for independent shop owners.
- Preferred: ASE certification(s).
- Preferred: Prior mechanical shop ownership or senior operations/management experience.
- Preferred: Prior experience training, mentoring, or developing other instructors.
- Primarily remote work environment.
- Occasional travel is required for live training events, industry conferences, and company meetings.
- Extended periods of computer and video-conference use.
- Occasional work outside standard business hours to accommodate member schedules and events.
Benefits
- Driven Brands offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay.
- Get early access to 50% of your earned wages at any time through our myFlexPay program.
- Supplemental pay types may include commissions or bonus incentives, depending on the role.
Driven Brands is North America's largest automotive services company with a portfolio of iconic brands including Take 5 Oil Change®, Meineke Car Care Centers®, Maaco®, 1-800-Radiator & A/C®, Auto Glass Now®, and CARSTAR®. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC.
$105.2k–$187.9k/yr