Technical Training Specialist

JDR’s Service Group in Houston is seeking a Technical Training Specialist to coordinate and assist in the training of offshore personnel. Some international and offshore travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the competence training framework, policies, and procedures to support high-performing service teams, including technical and behavioral competencies, identifying skill gaps, and ensuring relevance.
• Interface regularly with technical authorities, such as the Engineering team, to develop in-house training.
• Collaborate with HR to ensure training bookings and orders with external training companies align with the service competence framework.
• Coordinate and execute in-house training, ensuring materials, tooling, equipment, and resources are available as needed.
• Monitor, review, and manage the effectiveness of the service training and competence framework using established KPIs.
• Work with Operations Manager, Sales, and HR to shape the service training and competence strategy.
• Optimize processes for efficiency, balancing time, workforce needs, technology, and methods to achieve error-free, safe, and cost-effective outcomes.
• Analyze the effectiveness of learning and development interventions for benefit realization.
• Support the design of behavioral competency, technical, and other frameworks, and assist in designing internally run workshops.
• Liaise with the Training Coordinator in the UK to maintain accurate learning and development databases and provide reports (e.g., by training or qualification type) to analyze JDR’s bench strength.
• Evaluate and train Technicians in shop and offshore environments to develop required competencies.
• Maintain a professional demeanor and actively promote JDR products and services to customers.
• Perform technical tasks, including:
  • Mechanical assembly of termination parts with an understanding of limits and fits.
  • Application of thread lock, sealant, or anti-galling compounds as necessary.
  • Termination of electrical connectors, cable joints, and electrical junction boxes.
  • Proof testing of electrical umbilicals and associated terminations.
  • Swaging of hydraulic and pneumatic hoses, integration into stab plates, winches, etc., and proof testing/flushing as required.
  • Interpretation of JDR and customer-supplied drawings.

Requirements

• Technical qualification or time-served experience in a Mechanical and/or Electrical field.
• Strong time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage personal workload and the time of others.
• Clear communication skills, including the ability to understand written information, convey ideas accurately in writing, and articulate information verbally.
• Proactive problem-solving approach, with the ability to identify operational issues, assess information, and implement effective solutions.
• Valid driving license.
• Understanding of JDR’s services and products, particularly IWOCS (preferred but not essential).
• Knowledge of cables and umbilical equipment (preferred but not essential).