at Liberty Utilities (Canada) Corp in Joplin, Missouri, United States
Job Description
Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.
At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.
Purpose
This position is responsible to design, develop, deliver, and evaluate technical training programs that ensure full compliance with the Company's safety policies and procedures, Corporate Operating procedures, and all applicable governmental codes and regulations. Responsible for supporting the development, documentation, and maintenance of Electric Operating Procedures, Substation Electricians program, transformer reclamation shop training, advanced Journeyman training, Metering training and hands on compliance training.
This individual needs to be an expert in field operational procedures with the ability to instruct trainee's and evaluate knowledge transfer and knowledge retention. The role requires providing input and guidance to Operations Management and Human Resources during resume evaluations. This input is to ensure that new employees within the apprentice training program understand the requirements in reference to their required skillset, training requirements, on-going performance evaluations and peer reviews as part of their apprenticeship training and development (gating) process. This role also requires undertaking documented performance evaluations, assessing candidates progress through Liberty's Training and Apprentice programs which, in some cases, leads to an employee's dismissal from the program.
This role would also include participation in testing and evaluation of new tools, materials, and equipment; the ongoing revision and maintenance of standards, operations procedures, and training materials; as well as participate in incident investigation and implementing SIR remediation plans. This role needs to be able to develop and lead training in the classroom, in a hands-on lab, and on-the-job site while exhibiting safe work practices, identify risk, and safely increasing production efficiencies.
Accountabilities
Able to Identify hazard and professionally present safe alternatives
Assess training needs to develop and maintain relevant training to support safe work practice(s)
Conduct field inspections to identify and implement corrective actions though training
Has a strong operational understanding and is able to transfer that knowledge to others
Strong organizational skills and self-motivated
Develop a method to consistently measure training result and document to an auditable level
Interpret state and federal code for field personnel and develop training in accordance
Be the Subject Matter Expert for development and delivery operational training
Able to work and perform in a team environment, collaborate with others, handle multiple projects, and meet deadlines
Work well with other teams such as standards, tool committee, and engineering
Manage electrical apprenticeship program from hiring to Journeyman including documentation of progress and deficiencies
Routine meetings with Operational Management about apprentice progress and current training needs
Track and schedule training needs for apprentice progression and promotions
Work through annual budgeting process and manage budget throughout the year
Evaluate, select, and purchase all training curriculum
Oversees the maintenance of the training yard and training labs
Establish and maintain a consistent measurement for apprentice progression for the Central Region
Develop remediation plan for sub performing apprentices
The lead on all apprentice peer reviews
Facilitates decisions on who is accepted into the electrical apprenticeship
Has strong influence on decisions during the apprenticeship gating process
Helps with other regions training needs when asked (BELCO training assessment, accident investigation, apprenticeship development)
Build or modify hands-on training as the industry changes with new tools, equipment, and technology
Build specialized training to remediate risk identified by SIRs or... For full info follow application link.
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to building a diverse workforce as it values the knowledge, diversity and performance of our employees to make us a great company. Our Company strives to provide equal opportunity to qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. As part of our commitment, we work to ensure our application process is accessible to all candidates. If you require special assistance or accommodation during the hiring process, please notify the HR Representative.
