Description

Schnabel is an employee-owned, professional engineering and consulting firm that focuses on solving problems related to the earth and environment through specialization in dam, geotechnical, geostructural, and tunnel engineering. Schnabel’s high standards for quality, business ethics, and concern for the communities in which we live are a vital part of who we are. Schnabel is an ENR Top 500 Design Firm with over 575 employees in 26 office and satellite locations throughout the United States.

Recognized by CE News as one of the Best Engineering Firms to Work for, Schnabel provides employees with a competitive benefits package including maternity leave, tuition reimbursement for continuing education, health, dental, life and disability insurance and a wellness program. As an employee-owned company, through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Schnabel employees directly benefit from the success of our firm.

Job Description:

Are you looking for interesting and meaningful work, a fun atmosphere, and opportunities to learn, grow, and excel? If so, then welcome to Schnabel! We approach problems with creativity and innovation. The Dam & Levee Engineering Business Unit is seeking a Client-Focused Instructional Designer and Training Advisor with experience working at a professional services consulting firm with collaborative multi-disciplinary teams, as well as with external clients.

The Dam & Levee Engineering Business Unit of Schnabel focuses on the planning, inspection, evaluation, design, and construction of dams, levees, hydraulic structures, fish facilities, civil works facilities, and other water resource projects for clients throughout the U.S. We are one of a few leading engineering firms in the dam and levee industry. We are also recognized as being one of the largest, with about 235 employees primarily focused on dams and levees and as an ENR top ten provider in dams and reservoirs (based on annual revenues). As a technically focused, employee-owned firm, we prioritize and invest heavily in the development of our employees. This newly created role at Schnabel will help us enhance our commitment to our employees and support several of our strategic client training programs and related needs. The preferred location for this role is in our Chadds Ford (Philadelphia area), PA office; however, other office locations would be considered for the right candidate.

Benefit options include:

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Flexible spending accounts

• Employee life & ADD insurance (100% company-paid)

• Short-term disability (100% company-paid)

• Long-term disability

• Supplemental life insurance

• 401(k) and profit-sharing plan

• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)

• Bonus program

• Paid time off

• 9 Paid Holidays

• Wellness program

• Professional development and tuition reimbursement

Job Responsibilities:

In the role of Client-Focused Instructional Designer and Training Advisor you will work internally with our staff and externally with various strategic clients. Several of your responsibilities will be conducted in partnership with Schnabel’s corporate Learning & Development (L&D) team. Your responsibilities will include:

• Relative to supporting external strategic clients, the following will be required:

• Performing analysis of client training needs

• Conceptualizing and implementing training content in partnership with appropriate subject matter experts, to include:

• Developing training objectives

• Developing training content and appropriate interactivity for workshops, self-paced e-Learning, webinars, and blended learning

• Developing supplemental materials, such as test questions, facilitator and participant guides

• Demonstrating creativity, flexibility, efficiency, and innovation in course design

• Addressing client inquiries and feedback about trainings

• Interfacing professionally with clients

• Working with subject matter experts to ensure quality and accuracy of training content and delivery

• Relative to supporting internal clients, the following will be required:

• Working with the leadership of the Dam & Levee Engineering Business Unit to establish a framework and priorities for internal technical training and staff development.

• Working with the leadership of our internal Communities of Practice to identify appropriate subject matter experts and focused technical training topics to design and develop learning solutions and tools including workshops, job aids, facilitator and participant guides, self-paced e-Learning, webinars and blended learning.

• Working with Branch Leaders in the Dam & Levee Engineering Business Unit to establish technical learning needs for their staff and proactively communicate internal and external opportunities for those identified in each technical developmental area.

• Working independently and proactively reaching out to the leadership of the Dam & Levee Engineering Business Unit , the corporate L&D team, and other partners to keep assignments on track.

• In coordination with the corporate L&D team, tracking and documenting completed training by leveraging internal tools.

• Researching and making recommendations to leverage effective and technically appropriate learning principles, effective instructional design, and learning and training best practices in course material design and creation

• Addressing project management tasks at a level commensurate with project needs

• Collaborating and coordinating with the corporate L&D team to ensure coherence of approach and processes, and to optimize efficient and effective use of shared tools and data

• Perform other duties as needed

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Systems Design, Organizational Learning, Adult Education or closely related field

• A minimum of 5 years experience in an Instructional Design or similar-type role

• Experience using a Learning Management System (LMS)

• Ability to successfully multitask in a fast-paced environment

• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture

Other Requirements:

• Ability to pass a background check which may include criminal history, motor vehicle record and credit check.

• Ability to pass a pre-employment screening.

• Ability to travel frequently as needed

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)