Instructional Designer (Education)

Would you like to be part of a focused, dedicated team? Do you want to work and grow with other motivated, ambitious people?

Wagner Equipment Co. offers challenging career opportunities, extensive training and employee development along with an opportunity to grow your career and thrive under Wagner's reputation for excellence. We offer excellent benefits and supply you with the tools you need to maximize your potential and grow within Wagner.

Benefits include:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) Plan - Up to 96 hours of PTO in your first year + 8 company paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance 
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Retirement Plans -  401K and Roth 401K , eligible employees can receive a company contribution up to 7%
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• CEFCU- Citizens Equity First Credit Union - Employees have access to services include payroll deductions savings, accounts, loans, VISA card, and more.
• Additional Benefits include: Unum Supplemental life Insurance, Aflac Critical Illness + Accidental Insurance, ID WatchDog and discounted employee phone plans.

The Instructional Designer designs and develops training programs, curriculum, methods, and materials for various audiences. This position will consult with subject matter experts to define learning objectives and to design appropriate course content and training curriculum. Supports training utilization and effectiveness strategies by maintaining web-based platforms used by the training department, while working as one professional team delivering quality solutions to every customer.

Pay Rate: $61,665.61-$84,845.04 annually. 
Pay is based upon education and experience. 

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Authors online courses that represent the company's values, goals, and brand
• Adapts eligible instructor led training for asynchronous online learning under the guidance of the training manager
• Collaborates with marketing and other departments to maintain the Wagner Training Institute's (WTI) web-based resources, including file sharing and websites
• Supports the optimization of LMS architecture and administration
• Recognizes, understands, and utilizes adult-learning theory
• Coordinates curation, selection, and scheduling of training assignments with department managers and employees, particularly for new hires
• Markets WTI live classes/virtual courses internally by sharing relevant class offering information to all employees
• Conducts training needs assessments and identifies skill for development and existing knowledge gaps
• Reviews outside training programs and evaluates them for company use
• Assesses the effectiveness of training through aggregated employee performance data, feedback from participants, and their supervisors
• Organizes and coordinates various training events
• Other duties as assigned by manager

Physical Demands and Competencies:

• Advanced instructional design skills across all modalities
• Familiarity with needs assessment techniques and program evaluation
• Advanced knowledge in LMS architecture and administration
• Advanced skills in course authoring software and publication best practices
• Data Entry
• Telephone Skills
• Safety Knowledge
• Reading/Writing Skills
• Reasoning Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Product Knowledge
• Curriculum Design and Facilitation Skills
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing but may require occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 25 pound

Additional Eligibility Requirements:

• Franklin Covey and other training certifications preferred
• Must pass all required pre-employment screenings which may include but are not limited to background checks, drug/alcohol testing, fit for duty testing, and any other job-related tests/screenings

Required Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, or a training related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years' experience in a training and development position
• 3-5 years administrative/clerical experience
• 3-5 years customer service experience
• 3-5 years training program management experience
• 3-5 years classroom management experience

Work Environment: 

• Noise: Quiet
• Indoors

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 25%

Other Duties:

Job Offers are contingent upon all required pre-employment screenings which may include but are not limited to background checks, drug/alcohol testing, fit for duty testing, and any other job-related tests/screenings.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing 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 notice.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.  

Wagner Equipment Co. is an EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabled employer

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Service