Technical Trainer

Are you passionate about imparting knowledge and building other's competency / knowledge? Are you keen to work in a role where you can directly influence the businesses performance through the development of others? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Electro Motive Diesel team as a Technical Trainer. There is a role available in both Doncaster and Stoke on Trent.

Progress Rail - Electro Motive Diesel is a subsidiary of Caterpillar, specialized in manufacturing, maintaining and overhauling diesel-electric locomotives across the world. For more than half a century, Electro-Motive Diesel has hauled freight and passengers, powered ships, and generated electricity for over 100 countries around the globe. Becoming a part of the Electro-Motive Diesel means becoming a part of a challenging and bright future in our global marketplace.

As a Technical Trainer, you will work closely with other leaders across the business to expand overall competency levels and help future-proof the business through the development of our most important asset; our people. You will provide technical training and upskilling to new and existing employees, develop and enhance training materials and mentor apprentices.

The role will include:

Deliver trainings on a range of technical topics in both classroom and hands-on environments
Take ownership of the new starter training process, ensuring new joiners are signed-off and competent against each task
Develop and deliver meaningful on-loco learning activities to support classroom content
Proactively define and communicate a training calendar to main stakeholders, ensuring training sessions are deployed throughout all depots across all shifts in a cost-effective manner
Mentor / shadow all staff members on specific tasks where a gap is identified until deemed competent
Support in the creation of task or topic specific training material
Perform competency assessments as and when required
Coordinate all apprentice training across the business, acting as main point of contact for learners and training providers and ensuring apprentices are trained effectively and progress towards the timely completion of their End Point Assessment
Regular reporting of training activity to main stakeholders What we would love you to bring to the role:

This role will be ideal for an experienced locomotive technician with a strong appetite in developing others and imparting knowledge. Your technical experience, interpersonal skills and self-starter attitude will be key attributes to be successful in the role. You will ideally hold an Engineering degree and Assessor credentials. You will also need a valid driving license and flexibility to travel to other sites when required.
Demonstrable experience of locomotive maintenance and fault-finding
Understanding of the sequence of the build process of repower locomotives and overhaul for all heavy maintenance activities
Confident in reading and understanding engineering drawings and specs
In depth understanding of VMOs and VOIs
Solid communication and facilitation / presentation skills
Highly collaborative at all levels
Experience of stakeholder management and reportingWe can offer you:

£40,000 - £55,000 subject to experience
33 days holiday entitlement
Bonus scheme
5% pension contributions & life assurance scheme
Company sick pay & Medical benefit salary sacrifice scheme
Employee assistance program
Retail discounts & Fuel cardsTo Apply: Please press the 'apply' button, and shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 21 days. Thank you for your interest in the role.

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