Technical Trainer(Industrial Controls)

IS International Services; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

IS International Services in Alpharetta, GA, is seeking a Technical Trainer to deliver and maintain customer-focused learning content within its DCS portfolio. The role involves in-person and remote training, developing design documents, and helping set delivery milestones for engineering software and hardware.

You will lead labs, record progress, ensure equipment readiness, and tailor materials for power plant and automation contexts.

Qualifications

• AS/BS in engineering or engineering technology or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with technical training for software and/or industrial automation systems.
• Experience documenting operational, safety, and environmental procedures in an industrial setting.

Responsibilities

• Conducts individual and group technical training courses for employees and customers.
• Identifies training needs to support Learning Needs Analyses.
• Supports sales functions of Portfolio Consultants.
• Revises existing course materials.
• Assists in developing new course materials.
• Participates in departmental meetings and team activities.
• Experience with cyber security is a plus.

Skills

Technical training

Customer-focused learning

Course delivery

Education

AS/BS in engineering or engineering technology

Tools

DCS software & hardware

Siemens PLCs & Drives

Industrial automation software

Job description

This person will be a key member of the startup and baselining of the well-established DCS Training curriculum. This person will be responsible for the delivery, maintenance and development of customer-focused learning content, tools, and concepts within the assigned portfolio elements. The Technical Trainer assists course developers in the creation of design documents and helps to set delivery milestones. The Technical Trainer will deliver courseware in person and remotely at times.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

A Technical Trainer is principally charged with presenting prepared materials, supervising organized laboratory activities, displaying classroom leadership, recording student progress, and assuring the presence of appropriate equipment and materials to conduct the laboratory and classroom activities in a safe and effective manner.

Such typical duties and responsibilities that the Trainer is charged with, but not limited to are as follows:

• Conducts individual and group technical training courses and activities for employees and customers utilizing corporate DCS Engineering software & hardware Equipment
• Identifies customers’ training needs to support the completion of Learning Needs Analyses.
• Supports sales functions of Portfolio Consultants.
• Completes appropriate revisions of existing course materials.
• Assists in the development of new course materials.
• Participate in departmental meetings and team activities
• Experience with cyber security is a plus

Required Education and Experience:

• AS/BS in appropriate engineering/engineering technology area or equivalent
• A minimum of 5 years of experience with technical training for software and/orindustrial automation system training
• Experience documenting operational, safety, and environmental procedures in an industrial setting

Preferred Experience:

• Experience operating and maintaining industrial processes using standard distributed control systems, to include experience with PLC and DCS equipment, and associated electronic automation equipment and associated software packages.
• Background/experience in the Power Plant sector
• Experience with Siemens PLC's and/or Drives
• Significant recent experience working successfully in a field related to the Power Plant sector, or in an area directly related to industrial instrumentation and/or process control operations.