What Makes the Engineering Management Institute a Great Place to Work…
The Engineering Management Institute is the gold standard learning and development resource for engineers and technical professionals worldwide. EMI empowers technical professionals to become the leaders they need to be to solve the world’s biggest problems by providing highly relevant content and training that transfers back to their jobs.
EMI is a great place to work as we work with top engineering organizations globally, we are growing fast, and focus greatly on helping our team members achieve their personal and professional goals. We do this by following our guiding principles (give, guide, and grow). We ask all EMI team members to give their all, guide each other, and grow together. We also employ a quarterly profit sharing program, so that as EMI grows, all team members are rewarded monetarily for their contributions to EMI’s growth.
If you are interested in joining a dynamic team, and working on exciting growth-oriented projects, please consider this role. Joining the EMI team may be an avenue to fast-track the achievement of your professional and personal goals.
Learning & Development Team Leader
Role Description:
As the Learning & Development Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading a team of project managers to design, implement, and evaluate innovative learning and development programs that align with our organizational goals and objectives.
Typical Weekly Activities for this Position
Some of the tasks that you would perform in this position throughout a typical week might include:
- Meet with our L&D team members to ensure materials are prepared for our people leadership and project management programs,
- Review (QA/QC) materials for our L&D people leadership and project management programs and provide feedback based on your subject matter expertise (including instructor scripts/notes),
- Attend meetings with clients to ensure the design of the L&D programs accomplishes their goals,
- Manage/work on special projects which might include; industry surveys, white paper projects, our new AEC PM certification, facilitating mastermind groups, etc.,
- Attend conferences to help build the EMI brand.
- Thought leadership activities.
Key Skills/Responsibilities:
- Leadership/Communication Skills: Provide strong leadership to the learning and development team, guiding them in the design, development, and delivery of high-quality learning programs.
- Project Management: Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. This includes defining project objectives, creating project plans, allocating resources, monitoring progress, and mitigating risks.
- Program Design: Lead the development of custom programs that address the needs of various departments and levels within the organization, utilizing a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
- Content Development: Oversee the creation of engaging and impactful learning content, including e-learning modules, instructor-led training materials, job aids, and other resources.
- Client Collaboration: Collaborate closely with clients to understand learning needs, gather feedback, and ensure alignment of learning programs with business objectives.
- Performance Evaluation: Establish metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of learning programs, and regularly evaluate program outcomes to drive continuous improvement.
- Team Development: Coach and develop members of the learning and development team, fostering EMI’s culture: Give, Guide, Grow with continuous learning and professional growth.
- Instructors Management: Identify and manage relationships with instructors, ensuring that they deliver high-quality services that meet the organization’s needs.
- Attention to Detail: You’ll be reviewing slide decks and guidebook designed by our team. You’ll need to have extremely strong attention to detail in order for this to work, as formatting errors, spelling mistakes and poor grammar are costly.
- Compliance: Ensure that all learning programs comply with relevant regulations and industry standards, and stay up-to-date with emerging trends and best practices in learning and development.
Position Outcomes
It is expected that once you are fully trained and into this role, you would be involved with 2 to 3 client calls per week.
There’s an expectation you’ll respond promptly to all messages on Slack and Gmail within 24 hours.
You must be available between 8-5pm ET for client calls and team meetings.
It’s very important that you respect all given deadlines and finish tasks by their agreed completion dates.
And finally, it’s important you communicate all problems as they arise, ask questions as much as possible and be ready to do what it takes to keep everything running smoothly.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, architecture, land surveying or related field.
- Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in learning and development and project management.
- Amazing attention to detail is a MUST.
Benefits
- Work Location: Remote with 3 to 5 trips per year to Headquarters (Midland Park, NJ) plus travel to conferences if you are interested.
- Full -Time Hours: The position is full-time and requires 35 hours per week, but EMI is very flexible as to the time of day your work is conducted.
- Retirement Benefits: EMI offers a 401k retirement plan to all full time employees.
- Profit Sharing: You will have access to a quarterly profit sharing program, so that as EMI grows, all team members are rewarded monetarily for their contributions to EMI’s growth.
Job Type
Full-time
Expected Salary
$XX – $XX per year
Work Location
Remote with 3 to 5 trips per year to NJ Headquarters
