Sr. Engineer MAP

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:   

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.   
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.   
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Sr. Engineer MAP

The Sr. Engineer role is responsible for developing technical training material suitable for the operation and maintenance of the production equipment. This position facilitates the transfer of knowledge to those working in Niagara’s Apprenticeship Programs, including but not limited to the Maintenance Apprenticeship Program, Injection Apprenticeship Program, and Automation Apprenticeship Program. This position will support projects focused on the design and delivery of training.

Essential Functions

Training Delivery

• Deliver new and existing trainings to team members in Niagara’s Water Apprenticeship Programs
• Conduct pre/post training assessments and on-the-job certifications

Instructional Design

• Manage the development of instructor-led courses and ongoing support materials. Propose innovative and effective training methods with use of new technologies
• Ensure training materials are in line with overall training strategy and approach
• Identify Apprentice needs and create job aids and documentation to support according to defined standards
• Support periodic training needs assessment to ensure training needs are being met
• Collaborate with other Engineering Departments to write, or work with vendors to develop, written and demonstration-based Skills Assessments to determine baseline knowledge of maintenance personnel
• Teach equipment-specific root-cause troubleshooting methods. Expert in problem solving equipment and training challenges
• Lead in the curriculum design for training programs, activities including instructor led, online, and alternative. This person will assist in the responsibilities of the team for developing and writing content, both traditional and e-learning training and materials

Project Management

• Communicate effectively with training stakeholders and plant management regarding scheduling, needs and learner outcomes
• Participate and lead in data collection and project tracking to align with team KPIs. Seek ways to improve response times, assessment scores, and other KPIs through implementing new processes
• Collaborate internally and externally of our team to complete projects. Acts as a subject matter expert for technical information.
• Prioritize scheduling based off training requests to best fit business need
• Take a proactive approach to project management updates in order to anticipate new equipment and devise training approach. Communicate onsite process or method deviations back to training team. Assist in developing corrective actions at an early stage
• Coach plant partners to enhance their technical and training skills with opportunities for leadership development.
• Make decisions in high-pressure situations and properly escalate as needed

Technical Understanding

• Ability to explain function and troubleshoot production equipment including but not limited to:
  • Injection molding for caps and preforms along with its ancillary equipment
• Strong understanding of automation for production equipment
• Expert level knowledge of material in one or more technical areas
• Apply instructional design skills learned in ATD (Association for Talent Development) Certification (completed within first year) to build out new training materials and supporting documentation
• Apply facilitation skills learned in Train the Trainer Certification (completed within first year) to deliver training. Complete Advanced Train the Trainer course
• Adjust training content to meet needs of diverse audiences
• Confident in skills in the following platforms: PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams, Smartsheet
• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list 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 prior notice

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualif