Senior Instructional Designer

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac's history, we've been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

The Senior Instructional Designer (ID) creates and delivers an employee-based training curriculum that is focused on a variety of topics, including but not limited to onboarding, diversity and inclusion, professional skills, leadership skills, functional / technical skills, systems training, process training, and safety / compliance training. The Senior ID may occasionally be asked to support our Business Groups with product or skills training for their distribution partners. The Senior ID will also serve as a learning consultant with functions and business groups, advising on learning solutions as needed. They also partner with L&D leaders for vendor assessment and selection. The Senior ID is a peer mentor to the instructional design and other L&D team members and is an adult-learning subject matter expert. The Candidate must have demonstrable experience preparing content for various delivery options, including in-person, virtual, and online self-directed, and be comfortable with learning program facilitation. Candidates must also possess excellent computer and communication skills and work independently and collaboratively.

Major Responsibilities

• Attend meetings, gather specifications, and ask questions to understand and apply all requirements for deliverables.
• Recommend learning solutions based on intake and needs analysis data.
• Work with subject matter experts, at various levels of the organization to obtain objectives, content, and agreement with maximum efficiency and professionalism.
• Design and develop training materials using evidence-based adult learning principles / methodologies, established team standards, and best practices.
• Design comprehensive curricula to include facilitator guidance, meaningful visuals, elements to engage learners, exercises / practice elements, and learner guides / handouts / job aids, as appropriate.
• Build learning experiences that reflect current instructional design trends and techniques to optimize the pace and flow and achieve learning objectives.
• Manage and maintain curriculum and materials and process documentation as needed or requested.
• Oversee training program implementation and execution.
• Other responsibilities may include presenting curriculum to employees in a classroom or virtual setting.
• Serve as a peer mentor to other Corporate L&D team members.
• Act as a learning consultant to areas of the business and other core functions.
• Leverage project management skills, devising reasonable timelines with milestones and decision points.
• Create visually compelling and effective presentations for proposals, updates, etc.
• Assist in designing learning program evaluation methods and tools and analyzing evaluation data.

Minimum Job Requirements

Professional communication skills

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion, the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

Disclaimer

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.

Physical Demands : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law."