Training Specialist

Training Specialist

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of technical training development and/or competency management.
• Technical Training delivery experience in the Waste-to-Energy, Power Generation, or Chemical Industries including both operations and maintenance disciplines.
• In lieu of technical training/development experience, a bachelor’s degree in education, a supporting technical certification, Maritime academy degree, or suitable related military experience is required.
• ASME/QRO Certification preferred or achieved within 12 months of hire date.

Responsibilities

• Own, lead and perform technical training for Operation and Maintenance employees in facilities.
• Lead a competency management system at the assigned facilities and give regular reporting on qualification status, priority training and competency compliance.
• Evaluate technical competency for employees, identify areas needing improvement and accordingly develop an individual development plan with employees and their managers.
• Able to design and develop training materials to complement field training efforts and deliver training in groups or individually.
• Identify technical competency gaps and accordingly design and develop competency maps, training programs to close those gaps and assure competence.
• Manage and deliver training for Apprenticeship programs, Entry-level training programs and other technical programs to ensure employees’ competency compliance as per the company procedures.
• Maintaining and disseminating as required accurate employee training & qualification status matrices for assigned plants on SharePoint.
• Prepare for and participation in the regularly scheduled qualification status update calls with facility management, Training Director and associated regional management.
• Develop effective working relationships with Facility Manager (FM)/ Operations Manager (OM) /Maintenance Manager (MM) / Shift Supervisor (SS) at assigned facilities.
• Formal scheduling of individual/group field and classroom qualification training.
• Checking/assisting with monthly upkeep of ASME-QRO certification data and status in the ASME/QRO Certification Status site in SharePoint.
• Collaborating with the safety team and other functions to ensure completion of Safety/OpEx/ LEAN deployed training.
• Determine overall effectiveness of programs and training by listening to feedback and making improvements as necessary.
• Attend individual weekly status update/communication calls.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to convey complex information to a variety of audiences, and to identify, develop, organize, set-up and conduct interactive classroom and field training sessions.
• Proficiency in learning/ training management and designing technical course content.
• Possess excellent communicative and interpersonal skills, the ability to effectively influence up the chain of command, and the motivation to self-manage according to a set of stated goals and objectives.
• Strong organization, leadership, time management skills.
• Positive attitude with a team focus.
• Ability to delegate work, maintain a clean workplace and focus on continuous improvement.
• Self-directed, needs minimum supervision; possess the ability to plan and schedule individual work assignments in accordance with department and personal goals.
• PC skills – MS Office (Word/PowerPoint/Excel), Computer Based Training and Learning Management Systems.