Technical Training Manager

At Aggreko, we provide energy solutions so communities can thrive, and businesses can grow. We bring power, heat and cooling to customers and communities wherever they need it.

Due to our growth across our North and South American regions, we are hiring a Sr. Manager in our Learning and Development division – looking for a technical capability manager who will lead and support the overall effectiveness of technical learning solutions provided by the learning team.

The Technical training manager will own the overall delivery plan for technical learning ensuring it matches the identified needs and business priorities gathered in consultation with the VPs of Operations, GM’s, People Business Partners and ensures competence is maintained across our operations teams via coaching, virtual and F2F training sessions.

For this role, they will work closely with our operational leadership teams and operational support functions to proactively schedule learning interventions; when and where they are needed across the regions and providing regular and timely reporting on attendance to ensure we are maximizing course offerings.

Why Aggreko?

Here are some of the perks and rewards.

- Competitive compensation

- Annual Bonus

- No cost medical plan option available

- Paid training programs and tuition reimbursement

- Sales career growth potential in expertise, leadership and across territories

- Safety-focused culture

What You’ll Do

Due to our growth in the North America Region, we are looking for a Technical Training Professional who will:

- To train, coach, mentor and develop technical trainers across North and South America.

- Defines the required learning plans and resources and ensures these are available across technical job families; to assure the development of skills and knowledge to the required level of competency to meet current and future needs.

- Ownership and management of the technical learning plan and via consultation make adaptations throughout the year to accommodate for changing business needs and priorities and reporting monthly to all stakeholders involved, including driving maximum attendance across all offerings.

- Effective leadership and development of Technical Instructors, proactively building their capabilities to undertake delivery of training related to existing products, new products, and technical / safety subject areas, ensuring we have the right level of competency to support planned business activities and implementation of new products/applications.

- Ensures that robust feedback loop into learning aids proactive lifecycle management and continuous improvement of technical training content / programs and feeds this back to stakeholders.

- To be seen as the trusted advisor on all matters relating to technical learning and competence and act as a focal point for advice and support in these areas across the Americas region.

- Manage internal and external suppliers and stakeholders to achieve the learning training objectives including local grants and funding accordingly.

- Experienced in technical development strategies and activities as well as prior experience in a technical / operational environment

We’re experts, which means you’ll have the following skills and experience:

- 8 to 10 years facilitating sales training and coaching.

- Extensive experience developing and delivering learning focused on technical resources

- 40% Travel (North and South America)

- Delivery focuses on individuals with the ability to work in a self-sufficient manner

- Strong planning, organizing and administrative skills specifically around learning needs analysis and scheduling of courses and learning events

- Innovator and managing multiple stakeholders.

- Experienced with working in matrix organizations

- Experienced at coaching and influencing

- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience)

- Ideally the ability to design and develop unstructured media content to facilitate learning

- You’ll have a general understanding of power generators, diesel engines, electrical distribution equipment, HVAC equipment and/or oil free air compressors.

We recruit the best talent. Apply now and help us keep the power on.

Equal employment opportunity

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.