Supervisor, Competency & Curriculum Development

NextDecade; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NextDecade in Brownsville, TX seeks a Supervisor, Competency & Curriculum Development to lead the design and operation of CAMS programs at the Rio Grande LNG facility. You will shape competency profiles, build assessment methodologies, and steer ABILITY LMS/CMS configuration to ensure compliant, safe and efficient LNG operations.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Training, you will manage instructional design activities, collaborate with subject matter experts, and drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

• 5+ years progressive experience in instructional design, training program development, or competency program management
• 3+ years experience in heavy industry, oil and gas, chemical processing, power generation, or similar regulated, high-hazard operational environments
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing competency-based training systems or competency management programs, including competency-based assessment approaches and training evaluation methods
• Experience developing technical training curricula for complex operational roles, including operators, technicians, and maintenance personnel, using instructional design methodologies (ADDIE, SAM, Agile Learning Design) and adult learning principles
• Proven track record facilitating workshops with Subject Matter Experts to extract technical knowledge and translate into effective training programs
• Experience with Learning Management Systems and Competency Management Systems
• LNG industry experience strongly preferred; other hydrocarbon processing (refining, petrochemical) or power generation experience considered
• Experience leading or managing instructional designers, curriculum developers, or training specialists
• Experience in interpreting training data and making data-informed program decisions
• Technical writing ability for training documentation, procedures, and standards
• Familiarity with regulatory training requirements (DOT PHMSA 49 CFR Part 193 knowledge preferred)
• Proven project management skills to manage multiple concurrent curriculum development projects

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the competency development lifecycle, including role analysis, competency identification, proficiency level definition, behavioral indicator development, profile validation, system implementation, and ongoing maintenance
• Design competency assessment methodology, including assessment standards, quality criteria, and assessor qualification processes for Sr. Director approval
• Provide technical expertise on competency assessment best practices, quality assurance processes, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Design training programs using adult learning principles and instructional design methodologies, working with Subject Matter Experts to develop technically accurate, pedagogically sound content
• Direct instructional design resources in tactical content development, ensuring alignment with instructional design standards and learning objectives
• Ensure training programs support progressive competency development and align with qualification requirements
• Maintain training matrix through requirements analysis, stakeholder coordination, and documentation
• Ensure training matrix requirements align with competency profiles and qualification plans
• Provide technical guidance to requirement owners on training requirement development and learning object selection
• Translate CAMS program requirements into ABILITY LMS/CMS functional specifications, defining how competency profiles, learning pathways, and assessment workflows should be configured to support program quality and operational effectiveness
• Conduct system quality assurance reviews validating configuration supports learning objectives, assessment methodology, and regulatory compliance
• Partner with Sr. Director, Training on strategic system decisions, major configuration changes, and vendor relationship management
• Provide direct supervision, work planning, quality oversight, and professional development for direct reports
• Manage training coordination workload distribution between program implementation tasks (system administration, matrix updates, program rollouts) and operational support for site-based training delivery
• Develop staff capabilities in training matrix management, ABILITY system administration, program coordination, and instructional design fundamentals
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions with operations leadership and Subject Matter Experts to gather requirements and validate program design
• Collaborate with Sr. Manager, Training to ensure programs are operationally feasible and aligned with site delivery capabilities
• Partner with HR Talent on alignment between competency-based training and talent management processes

Skills

Instructional design

Competency management

Learning Management Systems

Regulatory training

Stakeholder facilitation

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Education, Instructional Design, Industrial Technology, Organizational Development, or related field

Tools

Ability LMS/CMS

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Job description

It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!
We’re committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

The Supervisor, Competency & Curriculum Development is a technical specialist role responsible for developing and supporting NextDecade’s Competency Assurance Management System (CAMS) programs at the Rio Grande LNG facility. Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Training, this position develops competency profiles across all organizational job roles, designs assessment methodology and tools, leads curriculum development, and defines ABILITY LMS/CMS system strategy and configuration requirements. The Supervisor oversees the effective coordination between strategic program development and operational implementation, and works collaboratively with Subject Matter Experts, operations leadership, and the Sr. Manager, Training. Success requires deep expertise in instructional design and competency-based training systems, strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to translate complex operational requirements into effective learning solutions that support safe, efficient LNG operations while meeting regulatory requirements. The position will be in Brownsville, TX.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Competency Program Development & Management

• Facilitate the competency development lifecycle, including role analysis, competency identification, proficiency level definition, behavioral indicator development, profile validation, system implementation, and ongoing maintenance
• Design competency assessment methodology, including assessment standards, quality criteria, and assessor qualification processes for Sr. Director approval
• Provide technical expertise on competency assessment best practices, quality assurance processes, and continuous improvement initiatives

Curriculum Design & Training Program Development

• Design training programs using adult learning principles and instructional design methodologies, working with Subject Matter Experts to develop technically accurate, pedagogically sound content
• Direct instructional design resources in tactical content development, ensuring alignment with instructional design standards and learning objectives
• Ensure training programs support progressive competency development and align with qualification requirements

Training Matrix & Requirements Management

• Maintain training matrix through requirements analysis, stakeholder coordination, and documentation
• Ensure training matrix requirements align with competency profiles and qualification plans
• Provide technical guidance to requirement owners on training requirement development and learning object selection

ABILITY System Strategy & Learning Architecture

• Translate CAMS program requirements into ABILITY LMS/CMS functional specifications, defining how competency profiles, learning pathways, and assessment workflows should be configured to support program quality and operational effectiveness
• Conduct system quality assurance reviews validating configuration supports learning objectives, assessment methodology, and regulatory compliance
• Partner with Sr. Director, Training on strategic system decisions, major configuration changes, and vendor relationship management

Team Leadership & Coordination Management

• Provide direct supervision, work planning, quality oversight, and professional development for direct reports
• Manage training coordination workload distribution between program implementation tasks (system administration, matrix updates, program rollouts) and operational support for site-based training delivery
• Develop staff capabilities in training matrix management, ABILITY system administration, program coordination, and instructional design fundamentals

Stakeholder Engagement & Program Quality Assurance

• Facilitate workshops and working sessions with operations leadership and Subject Matter Experts to gather requirements and validate program design
• Collaborate with Sr. Manager, Training to ensure programs are operationally feasible and aligned with site delivery capabilities
• Partner with HR Talent on alignment between competency-based training and talent management processes

EDUCATION, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, & COMPETENCIES

Basic Requirements:

• 5+ years progressive experience in instructional design, training program development, or competency program management

• 3+ years experience in heavy industry, oil and gas, chemical processing, power generation, or similar regulated, high-hazard operational environments

• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing competency-based training systems or competency management programs, including competency-based assessment approaches and training evaluation methods

• Experience developing technical training curricula for complex operational roles, including operators, technicians, and maintenance personnel, using instructional design methodologies (ADDIE, SAM, Agile Learning Design) and adult learning principles

• Proven track record facilitating workshops with Subject Matter Experts to extract technical knowledge and translate into effective training programs

• Experience with Learning Management Systems and Competency Management Systems

• LNG industry experience strongly preferred; other hydrocarbon processing (refining, petrochemical) or power generation experience considered

• Experience leading or managing instructional designers, curriculum developers, or training specialists

• Experience in interpreting training data and making data-informed program decisions

• Technical writing ability for training documentation, procedures, and standards

• Familiarity with regulatory training requirements (DOT PHMSA 49 CFR Part 193 knowledge preferred)

• Proven project management skills to manage multiple concurrent curriculum development projects

Preferred Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Instructional Design, Industrial Technology, Organizational Development, or related field required

Site Working Conditions & Physical Expectations

Work Environment

• Must be able to wear all necessary PPE equipment to perform job functions.

• Operates in a complex construction environment.

• Exposure to indoor and outdoor weather conditions.

• Not necessarily protected from weather and temperature changes. Possible exposure to hot, cold, wet, humid, or windy weather conditions.

• Exposure to moving mechanical parts and electrical circuits.

• Exposure to constant or intermittent sounds of a pitch level sufficient to cause marked distraction.

• Routinely uses standard office and field communications equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers w/scanner and fax, and radios.

Able to meet the following physical demands of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations:

• Ability to drive to other Company work locations as required.

• Ability to move throughout all areas of the facility, including being physically capable of traveling to a designed muster point during emergency situations.

• Stand and/or sit continuously and perform job functions for a full shift.

• The incumbent is required to have fully mechanical motion and usage of all extremities.

• Physically able to walk, stand, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, twist, lift, push, pull, climb, balance, crouch, handle, and lift items weighing up to 20 lbs. without assistance.

• Visual acuity corrected to perform job functions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• Must be able to clearly communicate with others via radio, phone, and verbal methods.

• May be required to enter confined spaces.

• May be required to work at elevated heights and access elevated structures without assistance.

Other Duties

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.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

NEXTDECADE VALUES

• Safety – We make safety a priority. Everything we do relies on the safety of our people and the communities around us.

• Integrity – We do the right thing, and are open, ethical, and fair. We hold ourselves to the highest standards in all that we do.

• Honesty – We value truth and honesty in ourselves and others. We honor our commitments and take responsibility for our actions.

• Respect – We listen, and respect people, the environment, and the communities in which we live and work.

• Transparency – Transparency builds trust. We promote open communication with our people, our customers, and all our stakeholders.

• Diversity – We value diversity of people and thought. It takes people with different strengths, ideas, and cultural backgrounds to make our company succeed.

NextDecade provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. NextDecade complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.