About the role
Our goal at Meissner is not to be good, but extraordinary. Extraordinary performance comes from extraordinary people. The foundation for extraordinary people is an extraordinary culture where people can thrive, embrace challenges, be supported, and grow.
Based at the European Manufacturing site in Castlebar, Ireland, the Learning & Organizational Development Specialist has an exciting opportunity to be a part of an extraordinary culture by working with colleagues at Meissner to grow and develop. Working cross-functionally to understand the learning and development needs of various functions and departments, the L&OD Specialist will contribute to a team of experts to design, operationalize, and scale learning programs that align with our ongoing commitment to the growth of our people and continuous learning and improvement.
The L&OD Specialist most critical work will be focused on building our talent through in-person and virtual training experiences for European employees supporting instructional design, and coaching staff to greater effectiveness. The L&OD Specialist is a key partner for Meissner’s business leaders particularly when working through change management and managing enterprise-wide offerings for all employees at Meissner. This role will report directly to the Associate Director of HR at our Castlebar facility and indirectly to the L&D Manager in Camarillo, California.
Duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
* Understand the learning needs of our various departments in Europe and develop custom training and development strategies for those teams. Leverage internal and/or external resources to create professional and compelling learning experiences.
* Deliver training sessions for European employees through in-person and virtual training experiences.
* Lead the creation of online courses and learning modules within the LMS, ensuring content is accessible and engaging and maintenance of the LMS is current.
* Measure results of in-house training programs using Kirkpatrick’s model of evaluation or other relevant model.
* Contribute to Technical Training & Documentation across the organization. Operationalize and scale L&D programs for the Meissner team members.
* Determine and facilitate the best learning methods for various learning needs and cultural differences, including in-person/virtual instructor led training (ILTs), or digital learning tools.
* Lead need assessments to diagnose Meissner’s talent and technical needs by using professional consulting skills, such as utilizing surveys, focus groups interviews, direct job observation, and review of existing organizational data.
* Research, recommend, develop, and implement quality and productivity improvement programs to address employee morale, teamwork, and organizational effectiveness. Share process with team members to aid in the development of the team and department overall.
* Contribute to the overall Compliance and Training Documentation across the organization.
* Deliver a multi-level leadership development training program to support all experience levels within the Meissner European leadership teams.
* Monitor and measure the success and effectiveness of L&D European plans and initiatives while helping employees to extract maximum benefit from learning opportunities
* Disseminate experiential knowledge by assisting departments in standardizing and documenting processes and procedures. Develop and maintain learning materials that aide in disseminating tribal knowledge across the organization.
* Coach and support hi-potential employees, supervisors and managers in one-on-one and classroom settings in team leadership, employee learning and development, performance management (e.g. annual performance reviews and Performance improvement Plans), and career pathing.
* Contribute to major company changes and implementing initiatives by providing expert insights into the learning and adoption needs of employees. Develop and deliver training experiences that support the roll-out of new initiatives and platforms.
* Exemplify the desired culture and philosophy of the Meissner organization.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to successfully function in this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
* A minimum of 3 years’ experience facilitating, designing training content, and coaching employees at all levels.
* Skilled facilitator and communicator with experience leading objective-driven training.
* Ability to facilitate engaging group discussions with diverse audiences and creatively adapts to various learning styles.
* Experienced coach capable of engaging with leaders at all levels in a development process.
* Excellent interpersonal, presentation, planning, and communication skills. Influential partner with an ability to collaborate cross-functionally with all levels of management and across all geographies.
* Demonstrate strong critical thinking skills by identifying the root cause of learning needs and recommending high-quality, effective solutions.
* Inquisitive, self-motivated, strategic, and proactive, with an ability to see tasks through to completion.
* Effective project management skills and ability to adapt and learn quickly in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment.
* Strong understanding of the adult learner experience and ways to deploy a variety of learning methods and strategies.
* Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality when dealing with employee matters & information. Extensive knowledge of skills development and capacity building strategies.
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite of Products including, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Publisher, and SharePoint.
* Contribute as L&D’s representative on global projects including international database management. Analyze, plan, design and develop appropriate learning solutions as project teams deem necessary.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Occasional work may be done in an ISO Class 7 cleanroom environment. Powder free gloves, face masks, hairnets, gowns and shoe covers must be worn. Because smokers continue to shed thousands of smoke particles even hours after smoking a cigarette and these particles will damage our products, only non-smokers are permitted to enter or work in the cleanroom.
Meissner Filtration Products is Proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.