Overview

About UsAlexRenew is one of the most advanced wastewater utilities in the United States, serving over 300,000 customers in Alexandria, VA, and parts of Fairfax County. Each year, our facility processes and treats approximately 13 billion gallons of wastewater received from area homes, schools, and businesses to protect public health and the environment. If you are interested in working for a leader in the wastewater industry, we invite qualified candidates to apply for our Learning and Talent Development Technical Specialist position. What we do and how we do it is driven by our five Goals: Operational Excellence: Taking proactive steps to meet current and future challenges.Thriving Workforce: Investing in our staff and fostering a culture of belonging.Strategic Partnerships: Promoting watershed-level thinking.Environmental Sustainability: Being good stewards of our resources to minimize our impact.Commitment to the Community: Strengthening connections with the public and providing affordable service. Summary:The Learning and Talent Development Technical Specialist designs, implements, delivers and evaluates employee training programs that develop workforce capability, strengthen technical competency and improve organizational performance. This position supports learning and talent development initiatives including onboarding, career development, leadership and professional development, apprenticeship coordination, licensing and certification support, and cross-training, while also providing hands-on and theoretical technical training for Operations and Maintenance employees. The role works closely with departments, supervisors and subject matter experts to assess training needs, create curriculum and training materials, coordinate schedules, track completion and evaluate program effectiveness.Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Develop and implement learning and talent development strategies using adult learning methods.Coordinate with various departments to schedule relevant employee training, including technical and non-technical programs.Support the overall AlexRenew Apprenticeship program, including coordinating instructors, schedules, employee registration, completion tracking and related learning activities.Assess training needs and feedback to improve programs related to leadership and career development, mentor development, knowledge transfer, change management, onboarding, technical training and cross-training.Assist employees with preparing for licensing and certification exams by providing one on one mentoring, coaching and customizing training to individual needsMaintain accurate and up-to-date training data in ADP Workforce Now employee Talent Profile and Learning module, learning management systems and related tracking tools.Evaluate feedback, analyze training results and recommend improvements as required.Recommend, create, coordinate and update training materials, job aids, presentations, assessments and learning resources to continuously improve course content and delivery techniques.Serve as a hands-on and theoretical trainer for assigned Operations and Maintenance training topics, including one-on-one, small group and recurring training sessions.Support technical training related to operations, maintenance, facilities, process modules, SOPs and other assigned training materials to ensure content reflects current operational conditions.Organize and maintain training materials and technical resources in SharePoint or other approved systems so files are accurate, accessible and available as needed.Identify appropriate subject matter expert trainers and coordinate delivery of technical and non-technical training programs.Develop links between individual training, learning plans and talent development plans; assess participants for knowledge and behaviors learned and applied.Support relationships and contracts with external training vendors for technical and non-technical resources.Initiate own daily assignment