Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sargent & Lundy is forming a new team within its Training & Development group to support instructor-led training initiatives for its Nuclear Power Group. The Instructor-Led Training Specialist designs, develops, and facilitates in-person, virtual, and hybrid courses and labs for technical and regulated environments while managing projects and consulting with stakeholders and subject-matter specialists.
Responsibilities
- Defining and refining learning objectives
- Gathering, validating, and refining content
- Translating objectives and source content into a learning solution proposal (i.e., a course outline) that reflects adult learning principles and training best practices
- Designing evaluation plans and measures to assess training effectiveness
- Designing meaningful activities and practical exercises that align with learning objectives, promote engagement/retention, and simulate realistic tasks
- Leveraging available technology and equipment (e.g., MS Teams meeting features, lab equipment) in course designs to enhance interactivity where appropriate
- Developing polished final deliverables (e.g., presentation decks, facilitator guides and scripts, participant guides, worksheets, job aids, infographics, assessment questions, etc.) that contain clear instructional copy, reflect visual communication and learning principles, and adhere to brand/style guidelines and team standards
- Synthesizing and analyzing data to identify trends and form insights/recommendations for continuous improvement and revisions
- Overseeing periodic audits of existing training material to validate content accuracy and alignment with standards
- Assembling organized final training packages
- Partnering with Training Implementation Admins to configure and assign courses in the LMS
- Facilitating engaging, interactive training sessions (with support from subject-matter specialists who will address technical questions)
- Facilitating “train the trainer” sessions to prepare subject-matter specialists for co-facilitation
- Serving as a primary point of contact for internal and external project stakeholders
- Applying project management skills to lead your assigned projects to through the entire development cycle
- Creating and managing schedules
- Adapting team processes to establish project-specific review and approval workflows
- Providing status updates to various stakeholders
- Managing scope
- Managing and prioritizing quick-turn development requests, including last-minute updates to training materials
- Maintaining accurate version control
- Leading workshops with internal and external stakeholders to collaboratively work through design and development
- Guiding project team members to align training materials with instructional best practices
- Gathering and implementing feedback from Training & Development group peers, NPG stakeholders and subject-matter specialists, external clients, and learner audiences (via deliverable reviews, interviews, focus groups, surveys, etc.) throughout design, development, and implementation
- Coordinating with subject-matter specialists to validate technical accuracy and approve training content before release
Skills
- 5 or more years of experience as a Training Specialist, Technical Trainer, Instructional Designer, Content Developer, or similar position
- Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Learning Sciences, Instructional Design, Adult Education, Engineering, or related field
- Strong written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong organizational, time management, and project management skills
- Strong relationship-building skills
- Ability to work with templates and adhere to style guidelines
- Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word
- Proficiency facilitating with MS Teams
- Proficiency in ADDIE, SAT, or performance-based models of training development
- Experience facilitating for in-person, virtual, and hybrid audiences
- Experience working with highly technical, complex, regulated content
- We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position
- Experience in the nuclear energy industry or another regulated, engineering, or safety-critical environment
- Proficiency in graphic design and/or video editing software (e.g., Adobe Creative Cloud)
Benefits
- Health Plans: Medical, Dental, Vision
- Life & Accident Insurance
- Disability Coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Back-Up Daycare
- FSA & HSA
- 401(k)
- Pre-Tax Commuter Account
- Merit Scholarship Program
- Employee Discount Program
- Corporate Charitable Giving Program
- Tuition Assistance
- First Professional Licensure Bonus
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Bereavement Leave
- Flexible Work Arrangements
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