Learning & Development Specialist

Recaro; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

RECARO Aircraft Seating Americas is seeking a Learning & Development Specialist II to design, coordinate, and deliver training programs that enhance employee capability across our Americas operations. You will partner with HR, leadership, and functions to ensure practical, compliant training aligned with business needs while building expertise across multiple learning disciplines.

You will lead curriculum development, instructional design, and facilitation, administer the training database/LMS,

Job description

As an international brand company with German roots, we at RECARO pursue the vision of improving the performance of people in motion like no other. In keeping with our tradition, Safety, Quality, and Ingenious Design are at the core of all that we do. This allows us to exceed the expectations of our customers every day and make performance something you can feel: Feel Performance.

In addition to RECARO Holding and RECARO Child Safety, our corporate group also includes RECARO Aircraft Seating headquartered in Schwäbisch Hall. We develop, produce, and market innovative seats for economy and business class, which meet the highest standards when it comes to comfort, lightweight construction, and design. As an internationally renowned brand, we are one of the world’s three largest suppliers of aircraft seats with our premium products. To enhance our team, we are looking to fill the following position at our site in Fort Worth at the earliest possible date:

Learning & Development Specialist

Overview

The Learning & Development Specialist II supports the design, coordination, and delivery of training and development programs that enhance employee capability and organizational effectiveness across RECARO Aircraft Seating Americas. This role performs a broad range of learning and development activities, including supporting training initiatives, facilitating programs, and contributing to cross-functional projects that align with business and workforce development priorities. The role partners with HR, leadership, and functional teams to ensure training solutions are practical, compliant, and aligned with operational needs, while building foundational expertise across multiple learning disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise learning programs
• System Administration of the Training Database and/or LMS System
• Partner with business leaders, HR, and subject matter experts to identify capability gaps and develop learning solutions that support business objectives
• Provide curriculum development, instructional design, facilitation, and project management for learning opportunities including leadership development, professional skills, and business-specific training
• Monitor learning trends, and best practices; recommend and implement learning solutions that support organization goals and employee development
• Establish metrics and reporting to evaluate training effectiveness, learner engagement and business impact
• Support the administration and delivery of the required annual compliance training program and other focused training initiatives
• Assign and activate users in the L&D systems
• Gather Training Requests from Americas business units
• Create annual budgets to ensure available resources
• Annual grant approval for the training items and any associated budget
• Lead implementation of global L&D initiatives rolled out by RECARO Corporate
• Coordination with Quality department to update and publish requisite policies and work instructions
• Create learning content and coordinate learning content
• Develop other facilitators within the organization
• Assists or prepares correspondence
• Support ad-hoc for other Human Resources Department projects
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Manage relationships with external consultants, including Leadership and Cultural awareness trainers.
• Act as the primary liaison for vendor communications, issue resolution, and service delivery.
• Monitor consultants’ performance against service level agreements (SLAs) and contractual obligations.
• Partner with TCC to identify training and grant opportunities that equals cost-saving opportunities.
• Prepare monthly reports and analytics related to Human Resource metrics for leadership review.
• Assist with internal and external audits related to training programs

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• 4–7 years of progressive HR experience, preferably in a generalist or HRBP role.
• Experience supporting multiple HR functions in a fast-paced environment.
• Manufacturing, operations, or multi site environment experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws (FMLA, ADA, EEO, wage and hour), and HR Best Practices.
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
• Experience with Paylocity, SAP, Workday, preferred but not required. and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams).
• PHR, SHRM-CP, or similar certification preferred.

You will be a perfect fit for our team if you are enthusiastic about innovative products, enjoy setting ambitious goals, love taking on responsibility, are motivated by an environment of appreciative, trusting collaboration, and have a strong creative drive. In return, we promise to give you the freedom to develop your potential with individual development opportunities and will provide you with the necessary competencies to increase your personal responsibility so that you can face the future together with RECARO.

Our recruiting team looks forward to receiving your application. Your personal information will be kept confidential. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business needs.