Technical Training Manager

Sandvik has an opportunity for a Technical Training Manager in Alachua, Florida USA (greater Gainesville, FL area). 

About Sandvik 

Sandvik is a global engineering leader with over 41,000 employees worldwide. We’re proud to be ranked among Forbes’ Top 100 Global Employers. At our Rotary Drilling Division headquarters in Alachua, Florida, we design and build world-class surface mining drill rigs used across the globe. Our culture is driven by innovation, collaboration, and a passion for solving real-world challenges — all in a fun, inclusive, and rewarding work environment. 

The Technical Training Manager for Rotary Drills is responsible for technical competence development on the Sandvik Rotary drills. This person will be responsible for the development of technical training material and delivery of technical training both in-person and through virtual platforms. The Technical Training Manager will also develop new training methods and tools to ensure continuous training on Rotary Drills, enabling training to be executed virtually, remotely and by the Sandvik frontline organization. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead the technical training team, responsible for training the Supply Team, developing eLearning and training operators internal and external in the field. 

• Manage all technical competence development for Rotary Drills; assessments and reporting processes, systems, training support personnel, training tools, policies, and practices to ensure current and future requirement of the business is met.  

• Deliver training on Rotary Drills to ensure safe service and maintenance of the drills. 

• Mapping and identifying technical competence in the Sales Areas and the Divisional technical support team. This will be done through assessments, identification, and prioritization of learning needs. 

• Technical competence development of the Technical Services team, Design and Development team and the Supply team. 

• Develop technical training material to cover all aspect of the Rotary Drills to ensure support personnel for both the frontline team and the customer, to safely troubleshoot technical issues, resolve technical issues and maintain the drill to the highest standards. 

• Supplying the Sales Area aftermarket staff with product training courses and product training tools on all products. 

• Develop new training methods and tools, e.g. eLearning, Webinars, Simulators, by working closely with internal resources and preferred suppliers.  

• Keep up to date with the latest training tools and introduce new methods to improve our training systems. 

• Complies with Sandvik safety policies and applicable government, customer or industry regulations or requirements. 

• Responsibility to identify and report any unsafe work habits. 

• Ensures that all activities are carried out in accordance with Company Values and current Company Policies and Procedures. 

• Comply with policies, guidelines, regulatory requirements and meet objectives per Sandvik Alachua Integrated Management System. Demonstrate respect and commitment to the IMS System (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & OHSAS 18001) taking accountability for its effectiveness and continual improvement. 

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