Travel‑Heavy Commissioning Field Trainer

DLB Associates; United States; Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental and vision plans

401k with company match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Professional development & tuition

Job summary

DLB Associates is seeking a Commissioning Field Training Specialist to develop and deliver comprehensive commissioning training across electrical, mechanical, controls, and energy storage systems. You will lead hands-on labs, competency assessments, and field coaching, promoting safety, quality, and workforce readiness.

The role requires advanced knowledge of commissioning, adult learning, and instructional design, with the ability to collaborate with operations, EHS, and project teams for

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of the commissioning lifecycle, including inspections, pre-functional activities, system energization, functional performance testing, integrated systems testing, documentation, turnover, and project closeout.
• Working knowledge of electrical distribution, substations, energy storage systems, HVAC/R, mechanical systems, controls, metering, relay testing, and/or related mission-critical equipment and processes.
• Advanced knowledge of technical training methods, adult-learning principles, instructional design, blended learning, hands-on facilitation, and competency-based qualification.
• Working knowledge of applicable safety and regulatory requirements, including OSHA, NFPA 70E, lockout/tagout, arc-flash protection, hazard communication, and safe work practices.
• Skilled at translating complex technical information, procedures, drawings, schematics, and engineering requirements into clear, practical, and usable learning materials.
• Skilled at facilitating classroom, virtual, lab, and field-based instruction for participants with varied technical backgrounds and levels of experience.
• Skilled at developing practical assessments, qualification criteria, scoring standards, feedback methods, and remediation plans.
• Skilled at technical writing, procedure development, document control, course administration, recordkeeping, and maintaining audit-ready training documentation.
• Skilled at using Learning Management Systems, SharePoint, document-control platforms, and Microsoft Office tools, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical subject matter experts, field teams, managers, clients, subcontractors, engineering, EHS, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple training programs, schedules, deadlines, records, systems, locations, and stakeholder priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to evaluate training needs, identify performance gaps, use data and feedback to recommend improvements, and independently drive assigned work to completion.
• Ability to adapt training methods and materials based on audience needs, technology changes, project conditions, and operational priorities.
• Ability to work safely in office, classroom, laboratory, industrial, and active construction-site environments and comply with all required personal protective equipment and site-access requirements.
• Valid driver's license and ability to satisfy applicable background, driving, and site-access requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain comprehensive commissioning curricula, learning paths, modules, and materials covering safety, system energization, inspections, performance testing, troubleshooting, documentation, turnover, and handover processes.
• Create engaging learning resources, including presentations, instructor guides, participant manuals, videos, e-learning modules, simulations, hands-on labs, checklists, job aids, work methods, schematics, and technical documentation.
• Develop and update standardized procedures and training content for electrical distribution, substations, energy storage, HVAC/R, controls, metering, relay testing, and other systems supported by the commissioning organization.
• Incorporate project lessons learned, technical updates, new equipment, regulatory changes, corrective actions, and evolving industry best practices into training programs and procedures.
• Apply adult-learning principles and blended-learning methods to ensure content is practical, accessible, measurable, and aligned with the audience's experience and learning needs.
• Identify and incorporate new training technologies and tools that improve knowledge transfer, hands-on practice, assessment quality, and workforce qualification.
• Deliver classroom, virtual, field-based, and client-facing technical training for new hires, existing employees, subcontractors, and employees transitioning into new roles.
• Lead practical training using equipment mock-ups, simulations, and real-world scenarios that replicate commissioning tasks such as point-to-point testing, control logic verification, inspection, troubleshooting, system energization, and emergency response.
• Adapt delivery methods, pacing, examples, and practical exercises to match participant skill levels, learning styles, job responsibilities, and project requirements.
• Conduct train-the-trainer programs, coaching, and instructor qualification activities to expand internal training capacity and ensure consistent delivery standards.
• Provide on-site project support, field coaching, and targeted refresher training to address performance gaps, procedural changes, new technologies, and operational priorities.
• Coordinate course schedules, facilities, attendance, course materials, instructor support, equipment readiness, and employee follow-up for technical, operational, safety, and regulatory programs.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education, Training, Instructional Design, Engineering, Science, Operations, Business, or related field

Three years of technical training, instructional design, commissioning, operations training, workforce qualification, procedure development, document control, or related work

Six years of experience in technical training, instructional design, commissioning, operations training, workforce qualification, procedure development, document control, or related work

Tools

Learning Management Systems

SharePoint

Document-control platforms

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)

Job description

DLB Associates is seeking a Commissioning Field Training Specialist to develop and deliver comprehensive commissioning training across electrical, mechanical, controls, and energy storage systems. You will lead hands-on labs, competency assessments, and field coaching, promoting safety, quality, and workforce readiness.

The role requires advanced knowledge of commissioning, adult learning, and instructional design, with the ability to collaborate with operations, EHS, and project teams for