Professional Development Specialist

Wagner Equipment Co; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 67,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 96 hours

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

401K match

Tuition Reimbursement

EAP

Discounted phones

Job summary

Wagner Equipment Co. in Colorado is seeking a Professional Development Specialist responsible for training needs assessments, program design, and delivering classroom and web instruction for all staff.

The role requires a bachelor's in related field or equivalent, 5+ years training experience, and up to 50% travel to branches; benefits include PTO, health insurance, 401K, and tuition reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Education and experience align with HR, OD, or training fields.
• Bachelor's degree or higher with relevant experience.
• Minimum 5 years in training and development roles.
• Strong classroom management and program management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Proposes annual budget for training programs.
• Identifies training needs and develops programs.
• Schedules training across departments and branches.
• Markets classes internally and across the company.
• Conducts assessments and measures training effectiveness.
• Evaluates outside programs for potential use.
• Organizes company-wide training rollouts and events.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Data Entry

Telephone Skills

Safety Knowledge

Reading/Writing Skills

Reasoning Skills

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Math Skills

Product Knowledge

Curriculum Design

Facilitation Skills

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s Degree in HR/OD/Business or related field

5+ years Training & Development experience

3+ years Administrative/ clerical experience

3+ years Customer Service experience

3+ years Training program management experience

3+ years Classroom management experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Why Join Wagner?

At Wagner, our people are the driving force behind everything we do. We’re committed to helping our employees grow through meaningful work, career development, and opportunities to learn and advance. Join a team that values collaboration, innovation, and the people who make our success possible. We offer excellent benefits and supply you with the tools you need to maximize your potential.

Benefits include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan - Up to 96 hours of PTO in your first year + 8 company paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Retirement Plans - 401K eligible employees can receive a company contribution up to 7%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• CEFCU - Employees have access to services including payroll deductions, savings, accounts, loans, VISA card and more
• Additional Benefits include Supplemental life Insurance, Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance, ID WatchDog and discounted employee phone plans

The Professional Development Specialist performs training needs assessments, designs training programs, and facilitates classroom and web instruction for all company personnel. Working as one professional team delivering quality solutions to every customer.

Pay Rate: $66,697.52 - $91,768.39 Annually
Pay rate is dependent upon education & experience.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Proposes annual budget for training programs
• Recognizes, understands, and utilizes adult-learning theory
• Coordinates selection and scheduling of training participants with department managers and employees, particularly for new hires
• Markets WTI live classes/virtual webs internally by sharing relevant class offering information to all employees
• Conducts training assessments and identifies skills and knowledge gaps
• Reviews outside training programs and evaluates them for company use
• Assesses the effectiveness of training through feedback from participants and their supervisors
• Designs/ purchases and facilitates courses in all staff-development topics, to include but not limited to Enhancing the Customer Experience, Breaking Common Ground, Dealing with Difficult Customers, Conflict Resolution, Business Ethics, Communicate with Confidence, Managing Change, Insights, The Right Side of the Line, Email Strategies, and other vendor classes.
• Conducts company-wide training rollouts as needed to include traveling to all branches
• Organizes and coordinates various training events
• Other duties as assigned by manager

Required Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, or a training related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years’ experience in a training and development position
• 3+ years administrative/clerical experience
• 3+ years customer service experience
• 3+ years training program management experience
• 3+ years classroom management experience

Competencies:

• Data Entry
• Telephone Skills
• Safety Knowledge
• Reading/Writing Skills
• Reasoning Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Math Skills
• Product Knowledge
• Curriculum Design and Facilitation Skills
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Physical Demands:

• Standing
• Talking
• Sitting
• Use of Hands
• Hearing
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing but may require occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds

Work Environment:

• Noise: Quiet
• Indoors

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 50%

Other Duties:

Job Offers are contingent upon all required pre-employment screenings which may include but are not limited to background checks, drug/alcohol testing, fit for duty testing, and any other job-related tests/screenings.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

Wagner Equipment Co. is an EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabled employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.