Training and Development Specialist

Location: Atlanta, GA (RDA) - Welding equipment rental

About the role

Primarily responsible for managing company training initiatives by partnering with subject matter experts, line and executive management staff and corporate training leaders to identify training needs; develop and conduct training courses and capture training records using WorkDay. This position is a mix of instructor-led training (both remotely and on-site), developing professional-level training videos, assigning the correct content to applicable users, and developing/implementing the annual training plan.

Responsibilities

• Work with management and field to assess ongoing training needs, make training recommendations and develop training curriculums to fit those needs.
• Communicate annual training plans and budget for review and approval.
• Develop and communicate strategic training plan, provide quarterly training updates to selected groups.
• Design instructional material and training classes for subjects.
• Deliver using various learning methodologies while aligning with and leveraging the corporate learning management system (LMS). Examples include webinars or other video training, instructor led programs, on-line, etc.
• Evaluate training effectiveness.
• Responsible for initiating new associate training in the company ensuring it reflects both company wide and position specific curriculum for operations and non-operations based positions as well as management and non-management.
• Coordinate the Learning Management System (LMS) updates and/or perform administration directly – create sessions and events, assigning training, fielding LMS questions, tracking and reporting of specific training (i.e. Code of Ethics, Workplace Harassment, new hire curriculums, etc.) in WorkDay.
• Travel when and where necessary to deliver training (minimum of 4-6 trips annually to provide advanced user training for seasoned employees)