Senior Training Manager

Description

Title: Senior Training Manager

Department: Operation 1

Location: Ankeny, IA

Supervisor: Director of Operations

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Status: Full-Time

Work Status: Hybrid

SENIOR TRAINING MANAGER

Hanwha Qcells USA Corp (Qcells USA), headquartered in Irvine, CA, specializes in providing utility-scale modules, solar photovoltaic (PV), and battery energy storage systems (BESS) project development, along with Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services for solar and BESS projects nationwide. Qcells USA delivers comprehensive turnkey solutions encompassing the entire utility-scale project lifecycle. By choosing Qcells USA for turnkey solutions, customers can reduce uncertainty and risk, leading to enhanced investment returns and contributing to a more sustainable future.

Qcells USA’s complete turnkey solutions seamlessly integrate the expertise of our Module, Development, and EPC teams, while ensuring close coordination with other vital internal groups such as Project Finance, Systems Integration, and Legal. This collaborative approach ensures that Qcells USA projects deliver exceptional value and performance. With several multi-billion-dollar investments, Qcells is pioneering the establishment of the only complete module supply chain in the U.S., including the expansion of our Georgia module manufacturing facility, which stands as the largest in the Western Hemisphere.

As an integral part of the global Qcells brand, Qcells USA benefits from a legacy of excellence in photovoltaic manufacturing. Qcells is renowned worldwide for its high-performance, superior-quality solar cells and modules. With dual headquarters in Seoul, South Korea (Global Executive HQ) and Thalheim, Germany (Technology & Innovation HQ), Qcells operates under the umbrella of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 company and one of the top 8 business conglomerates in South Korea.

Summary

The SeniorTraining Manager will lead the creation, coordination, and delivery of corporate training

programs, with a focus on regulatory compliance and employee development. This position reports to the Director of Operations, or another management personnel that the CEO of the Company may designate. This position is located in Ankeny, IA and working hours are Monday through Friday, from 8:00am to 5:00pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm local time. This position is expected to travel up to 50%.

Essential Job Function & Responsibilities

• Sr. Training Manager works with EPC personnel to implement and manage a proactive behavior-based approach to operational training. This includes a strong emphasis on personal responsibility, incident prevention, and a management systems approach to compliance.
• Collaborate with the company management to identify training needs and schedule appropriate training sessions for employees.
• Consult with senior company management to identify training needs and schedule appropriate training sessions for all employees.
• Partner with Human Resources to align training schedules, discipline policies and reporting needs, ensures compliance with all regulatory bodies and standards (including OSHA, EPA, etc.).
• Assist with development and planning with tracking all employee training
  
  

Contractor Employers

• Continuously helps to evaluate contract employers and contract employers’ practices, procedures to assess and reduce risks for the benefit of employees and contractors.
• Evaluates contract employers’ training programs including qualifications of employees to confirm employees are meeting Qcells minimum standards
• Audits contract employers’ compliance to Qcells and regulatory standards.
  
  

Best Practices

• Reviews all current training and suggest necessary changes, additions or deletions.
• Continuously reviews all OSHA, federal, state and local laws, ordinances, and regulations and updates compliance DOT regulations training.
• Prepare and conduct training and presentations for health and safety matters and accident prevention.
• Visit work sites to conduct safety & training audits on personnel training completion.
• Interact cross factually with a wide variety of people and teams
• Create and maintain the “Train-the-Trainer“ program to continue to develop and deploy additional training resources to match the company growth goals.
• Assist with arc flash analysis evaluation.
• Regular attendance, in accordance with company's attendance policy and supervisory assignment, is an essential job duty requirement for this position
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, compliance, business administration,
• occupational safety & health or a related field.
• 10-15 years of training experience with a focus on compliance or
• regulatory topics, regulated certification, planning & execution.
• Proficiency in developing training programs across multiple formats (in person,
• e-learning, hybrid).
• Strong project management skills, with a focus on scheduling, tracking, and
• reporting.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work
• effectively across departments.
• Expertise in photovoltaic and battery storage installation codes and
• compliance standards
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in education, compliance, business administration, or occupational safety & health, or other related field.
• Experience with learning management systems (LMS), e-learning software, such as BAI.
• Detail oriented with strong analytical skills to interpret training metrics and compliance data
• Certification in corporate training, learning and development, or compliance are desirable or the ability to obtain one. (CCT, CIT)
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset focused on continuous improvement and training effectiveness
• Membership in nationally or internationally recognized code & standards developing organizations such as the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Institute of Electrical, & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), National
• Electrical Safety Code (NESC). International Code Council (ICC) or other recognized organizations.
• Technical member in NFPA, NESC, or IEEE or national or international organizations
  
  

EXAMPLE OF PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Stationary Position: frequently remains stationary up to 90% of the time and sitting up to 8 hours in a day
• Move/Traverse: infrequently bend, stand, stoop and/or walk
• Carry Weight: infrequently carry weight and/or lift objects (light to heavy) weighing up to 10 pounds
• Hearing and Speech: frequently communicates with the ability to hear and talk on a regular basis with employees, coworkers, and all personnel matters; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations
• Sight: frequent use of sight to detect images on computer, office documents, and office objects near and far
• Climb: occasionally ascends/descends on stairway to get to office upper and lower floors
• Travel: up to 50% as needed
  
  

EXAMPLE OF WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Regular professional, office business setting
• Noise level ranges from low to moderate (if in office setting)
• Noise level ranges from moderate to high (if on construction worksite)
  
  

Hanwha Qcells is proud to be an at-will Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

It is important to note that the job descriptions provided by Qcells USA Corp are not intended to be comprehensive lists of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the positions. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice, reflecting our dynamic and evolving work environment.

We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Hanwha Qcells will provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at [email protected].

Nothing in this statement shall imply implicitly or explicitly a guarantee of employment outside our at-will employment opportunity.