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Senior Director, Technical Training

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Reworld

Grand Rapids, MI (In Person)

Full-Time

Posted 3 weeks ago (Updated 2 weeks ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/18/2026

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Who we are For more than 40 years, Reworld has been a leader in sustainable waste solutions, providing our customers with innovative solutions that help them achieve carbon-negative outcomes. Our Vision Reworld is leading the charge to a carbon-negative future through revolutionary sustainable materials management solutions that reduce, reuse, recycle and reimagine waste for the benefit of society and the environment. Our Business Reworld partners with businesses by offering cutting-edge engineering and innovative solutions, to help customers reduce, reuse, recycle and recover value from waste streams and meet or exceed their sustainability goals. Our Value Reworld's differentiator comes from our ecosystem of technology, facilities and partnerships, trusted by the world's largest organizations to reimagine waste management for a smarter, more sustainable world. All that we're missing is you. Apply today! About the role The Technical Training Senior Director will lead the design, planning and implementation of an organization-wide strategic technical training program. A significant component of this role will be to build a comprehensive structured on the job training program that can be effectively and repeatably deployed to departmental leaders and trainers. This position interfaces with senior leaders and cross-functional business process owners and secures resources necessary to create and execute an effective training strategy. They act as a team lead and mentor for training colleagues to help orient, develop and grow talent. They may serve as the sponsor for special/innovative/complex projects. They act as an enterprise leader. They lead a team of training professionals primarily responsible for executing a standardized approach to training across the fleet of operations enabling new hires to learn the business from end to end. Create and execute the strategy for technical training for employees in Waste to Energy, Transfer Stations, Environmental Solutions and Profiled Waste. Prepare the curriculum for new entry-level employees, starting with Safety, that enables them understand how their role interacts with other roles and contributes to the sustainable impact that Covanta has on the environment. Additionally, this role creates the training approach that enables the current workforce to attain the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to advance their career. This role is a key enabler to transform training and knowledge management for all operations employees. ROLE RESPONSIBILITIESProvide organizational support for curricula development that is role and activity based. Develop site training capabilities using a train-the-trainer approach.

Monitor learning maturity and ensure a continuous improvement for training systems and programs. Responsible for working with enterprise resources to align approach and systems as well as to enable just-in-time or real time instructional training using innovative technologies.

Leads a team of colleagues with responsibility for training and knowledge management.

Serves as the business process owner for all technical training including technician level qualification related training for operations and maintenance technicians.

Maintains training infrastructure that allows for safe and standardized role-based training that is compliant with applicable regulations (e.g., ASME,/QRO State operator certification requirements, and any local licensing requirements.)Develops innovative, immersive, simulative training methodologies enabling accelerated knowledge transfer and transferable skill buildingEnsures learning objectives are tied to business outcomes with clear measurement criteria and methodologiesWorks cross-functionally with enterprise level and site training leads that have responsibility for training and ensure consistent application of training methodology, process, systems and toolsDevelops material and training for plant employeesPerform data analysis and gather information for new training; prepare and maintain training materials and coordinate the development of new training materials and training aids.

Coordinate training content with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).Analyze current operating problems and future operating requirements to identify training needs and develop training programsActively interfaces with responsible groups in support of regulatory training, reporting, and inspections as needed.

Works with the QA team to translate policies and procedures into appropriate training materialsEnsures strong connections between subject matter experts and training leads to enable consistent and compliant technical training delivery.

Demonstrates expertise in multiple knowledge areas, maintains a wide breadth of knowledge, and stays up to date on current industry trendsCreates standard work for the following training: Safety, Environmental, technical and procedural training on equipment, business conditions, regulatory and updated processes/procedures.

Manage the GPiLEARN+ Training... For full info follow application link. Covanta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability EEO is the Law Poster (The poster can be found at https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf). Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting us at careers@covanta.com.