Technical Training Specialist II

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Hillsboro, OR

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This role will be site based in Hillsboro, OR - 5350 NE Dawson Creek Drive. Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue over $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, or other relevant field) and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with limited experience; or equivalent work experience.
2+ years as a Facilitator and organizer of on-the-spot training; or field service engineering experience.
Ability to build out-of-the-box solutions to deliver training.
Hands-on mentality; love high-end technical sophisticated tools and problems.
Proficient in English (verbal and writing).
People-skills, know how to bring colleagues, learners and engineers to work together in a multifaceted environment.
Understand how people learn and capable of imagining yourself as the learner.
Self-starter, who is also highly productive when not supervised.
Highly communicative and ability to explain difficult material.
Able to present in front of a larger audience.
Ability to energize, empower, encourage, convince and motivate learners.

Nice To Haves

Other language skills are an asset.

Responsibilities

Development and delivery of Electron Microscopy training for internal and external customers.
Deliver technical training to a broad audience, empowering learners with highly technical content to identify, repair, and improve the use of Electron Microscopes at Thermo Fisher.
Train Field Service Engineers, R&D specialists, Operation Engineers, and users with varying knowledge levels.
Develop the newest technologies into specialized job skills that need to be translated into learning opportunities for the company via classroom training, remote instruction, hands-on practice, or e-learning material development.
Utilize a skills-passport for individual skills learning.
Develop close relations with colleagues from Global Tech Support, Customer Service, R&D/PG, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Product Management, and Customer training.
Coordinate and handle ad hoc learning solutions, either in our own training lab or on-site at customer sites.
Delivery of skills-based classroom training and interactive hands-on training delivery.
Manage the learning curves of trainees through individual interactions or classroom activities.
Utilize different didactic skills to transfer knowledge, through teacher-centered approaches or facilitating appropriate learning environments.
Translate high technical information into clear and understandable information.
Transform teacher-centered classroom training into e-learning.
Mentor trainees using appropriate skills with hands-on exercises on live tools.
Provide work instructions to aid during field work and training exercises.
Use skills-based training to accelerate trainee learning.