Industrial Maintenance SME (Consultant)

Interplay Learning sits at the intersection of EdTech, Virtual Reality, and Enterprise Software as it modernizes Learning Management & Content Systems throughout the skilled trade industries.
Since 2016, Austin-based Interplay Learning has been building better training, better careers and better lives for its customers and their employees.
Our award-winning online and VR training for the essential skilled trades, including HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Solar, Multi-Family Maintenance and Facilities Maintenance workforces, is scalable and more effective than traditional training methods. By leveraging immersive learning technology, Interplay’s customers are able to train and practice hands-on learning from a desktop, phone, tablet, or in virtual reality. The result is a highly trained employee who is job-ready in weeks, not years. 
Our digital experiential learning platform, SkillMill, conveniently turns any space into a training lab with its short video courses, 3D simulations, knowledge checks, coaching, community, and connectivity. 
Awards & Recognition: 

• Backed by best-in-class VC’s, we are positioned for exciting growth
• Forbes 2024, America's Best Startup Employers
• Built-In, Best Midsize Places to Work In Austin 2023 & 2024
• Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards in the Education, General Excellence, and On the Rise categories

 Position: SME Consultant (Industrial Maintenance) This SME position will be a critical advisor to Interplay and a key part of our growth, helping us build industry-leading training content to advance the industrial maintenance trade. Specifically, we are looking for subject matter experts with the following expertise:

• Maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing industrial equipment like: forklifts, pallet jacks, conveyor systems, industrial hoists, cranes, tow tractors, automated guided vehicles, stackers, reclaimers, order pickers, overhead doors, etc. 
• Hydraulics, pneumatics, motors, power transmission equipment, and automation.

 You will play a critical role on the Production Team, working with designers & developers to create and review content for skilled trades training. Please note this is an hourly contract position with variable hours and is not eligible for the "Company Benefits" listed below. Work is 100% remote.  Some availability during business hours is needed to attend scheduled Zoom meetings. Why this position:

• Flexible work hours, remote work
• Use your expertise to make an impact and provide education
• Collaborative, supportive team

 What you'll do:

• Advise internal teams on industry dynamics and best practices
• Use your expertise to support content development for VR simulations and eLearning videos
• Advise on malfunctions for simulations
• Develops and assists in the creation of  procedure guides
• Write and record voiceover scripts and screencasts for videos 
• Generate valid and reliable test questions/knowledge checks
• Develop fault scenarios
• Review courses for accuracy

 Who you are:

• Extensive knowledge of industrial maintenance
• Teaching or training experience is preferred
• Organized and communicative with the team
• Desire and ability to collaborate with designers and developers and respond to queries and feedback within 1-2 business days

 Requirements:

• Extensive knowledge of skilled trades subject matter
• Systematic approach to troubleshooting
• Research skills
• Teaching, training or mentoring experience is ideal
• Computer skills - G-Suite (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides)
• Camtasia (video tutorial and presentation software), will teach
• Writing skills for knowledge checks and procedure guides
• Availability during business hours to attend scheduled Zoom meetings
• Willingness to work as a 1099 Independent Contractor and provide your own computer, internet, etc.
• We may ask you to record a video intro for the hiring team if your application looks like a potential match. Instructions will be sent. 

 Pay: $50-75/hr (1099)





Interplay Learning Ethos:At Interplay, we love what we do. We embrace our daily challenge to push technological limits to invent better ways to make learning easier and training more powerful. We attract passionate people and invite spirited discourse. We celebrate that our jobs fit our lives, not the inverse. We are uncompromising in our belief that together: we can build better training, build better careers and build better lives for cu