Instructor-Led Training Specialist: Program Designer/Coordinator

Sargent & Lundy•Remote,

9d•$87,378 - $133,494•Onsite

About The Position

Sargent & Lundy is forming a new team within the Training & Development group. This team will complement our existing Instructional Design and Training Implementation teams, providing dedicated support to internal and external instructor-led training initiatives for our Nuclear Power Group. In this position, you’ll act as a client-facing learning consultant who partners closely with subject-matter specialists to uncover needs, define performance and learning objectives, design solutions that solve business problems, oversee development, and coordinate implementation. You’ll apply your expertise in how people learn to create strategic, programmatic solutions that enable your audiences to continuously develop their skills and perform confidently on the job. Solutions will primarily involve instructor-led training, but may also blend interactive labs, on-demand resources, coaching guides, and other modalities. Your work will target two primary learner audiences: 1) S&L personnel within NPG engineering and design disciplines and 2) S&L’s external clients within the nuclear industry.

Requirements

8 or more years of experience as a Curriculum Designer, Training Specialist, Instructional Designer, Performance Consultant, Training Program Manager, or similar position
Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Learning Sciences, Instructional Design, Adult Education, Engineering, or related field
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Strong organizational, time management, and project management skills
Strong relationship-building skills
Ability to work with templates and adhere to style guidelines
Proficiency in ADDIE, SAT, or performance-based models of training development
Ability to independently take vague/undefined performance problems, define a systematic approach to uncovering needs, and develop a solution vision
Experience working with highly technical, complex, regulated content
Experience designing large, multi-modality training solutions
Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word

Nice To Haves

Experience in the nuclear energy industry or another regulated, engineering, or safety-critical environment
Experience with course-level design and development

Responsibilities

Leading intake/scoping calls, workshops, focus groups, and other analysis activities to uncover and define training problems, audience profiles, performance objectives, learning objectives, and other key insights that will shape solution design.
Using analysis frameworks (like tasks/skills analysis, critical mistakes analysis, journey maps, etc.) to structure analysis activities and document insights.
Summarizing and clearly articulating key insights in client-facing reports and presentations.
Performing activities that help you develop a deep understanding of NPG and your learner audiences.
Designing strategic and achievable learning solution proposals (e.g., high-level designs, curriculum maps, course outlines) that define how to address the problems and objectives identified during analysis (i.e., define modalities, duration/scope, sequencing, instructional strategies and archetypes, etc.).
Mapping connections, scaffolding, and key themes across programs/courses. Designing solutions that fit seamlessly within the larger training framework.
Designing meaningful activities and practical exercises that align with learning objectives, promote engagement/retention, and simulate realistic tasks.
Leveraging available technology and equipment (e.g., MS Teams meeting features, lab equipment) in course designs to enhance interactivity where appropriate.
Designing evaluation plans and measures to assess training effectiveness.
Developing and presenting client-facing presentations that clearly communicate the core elements of the solution proposal.
Partnering with Training team leadership to define activity archetypes and create playbooks that enable consistent ILT design/development at scale.
Overseeing successful and sustainable program implementation.
Aligning and coordinating cross-team parties, such as implementation admins, facilitators, and other stakeholders.
Identifying and mitigating risks and error traps in execution.
Leading workshops with internal and external stakeholders to collaboratively work through analysis and design.
Guiding project team members to align solutions with instructional best practices.
Providing clear handoffs to Training team members who may own specific detailed design, development, and implementation activities. Collaborating with them to ensure alignment with the solution vision.
Gathering and implementing feedback from Training & Development group peers, NPG stakeholders and subject-matter specialists, external clients, and learner audiences (via deliverable reviews, interviews, focus groups, surveys, etc.).
Synthesizing and analyzing data to identify trends and form insights/recommendations for continuous improvement and revisions.
Coordinating with subject-matter specialists and stakeholders to validate solution appropriateness, alignment with business needs, and technical accuracy.
Serving as a primary point of contact for internal and external project stakeholders.
Applying project management skills to lead your assigned projects to through the entire project cycle.
Creating and managing schedules.
Adapting team processes to establish project-specific review and approval workflows.
Providing status updates to various stakeholders.
Managing scope.
Maintaining accurate version control.