Senior Specialist, Learning And Development

Senior Specialist, Learning & Development Program

Location: 1801 California St., Suite 3500, Denver, CO 80202

Compensation Range:

Salary Range: $73,200 - $90,000

Short Term Incentive Plan eligible

Ready for a fast-paced job where you can provide the literal groundwork that connects communities together? Join Summit Materials - a construction materials company leading the industry - where we build the foundation for a better tomorrow.

Summit Materials has more than a dozen local companies that supply aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving, and construction services in the United States and western Canada. At Summit Materials, we support our teammates who lay the groundwork for our communities and live by our core values: Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, and Inclusivity. We are passionate about our teammates, our work, and our communities. Each of Summit's companies celebrates its individual legacies, but together - we are Summit Materials.

Benefits

We care for you and your family: We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to support the health of you and your family.

We prepare for the unexpected: We offer life insurance, long-term disability, and short-term disability coverage at no cost to you.

We invest in your career growth with Summit Materials and beyond: Get access to our Discover Learning catalog with thousands of available courses to support your professional and personal development. You can learn on-demand, at your own pace, and from any device.

We embrace your well-being: We know that your well-being is more than just physical. We are here to provide teammates with the resources and tools they need to stay healthy and feel supported, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free counseling, financial resources, and more.

We support your personal goals: We provide a financial foundation as you plan. Our programs, like our 401(k) plan where we match up to 4% of your annual income, are designed to help you prepare and reach your goals for you and your family.

We give you time to recharge: We offer our teammates Paid Time Off (PTO) so they can recharge and relax with family and friends.

Overview

Summit Materials is looking for an organized, independent individual responsible for supporting the transformation of Summit Materials into an organization known for its talent development and learning culture. While working with stakeholders and diverse groups across the company, this hands-on and agile program manager will drive the development and implementation of key learning and development solutions in support of our strategic business needs and initiatives.

The scope and breadth of the learning solutions include but are not limited to best-in-class face-to-face learning, eLearning, virtual delivery, simulations, communities of practice, social learning, gamification, pre-and post-work exercises, blended methodologies, and coaching and mentoring.

This program manager will have demonstrated excellent instructional design, facilitation, delivery, and change management skills, including the ability to think strategically and quickly translate business performance gaps into learning deliverables that add sustained value over time.

Roles & Responsibilities

Proactively identify, develop, and execute learning and development opportunities focused on enhancing Summit Materials' internal talent capabilities aligned with the business strategy. Lead and optimize the processes and platforms required to deliver best-in-class learning and development programs and experiences across Summit Materials.

• Meet with subject matter experts to analyze and determine training needs and appropriate modality.

• Collaborate with internal training team to identify solutions and drive project towards completion.

• Support the L&D needs of the business, including the following teams and functions: sales, operations, procurement, safety, commercial, legal, customer relations, onboarding, etc.

• Develop the L&D portfolio of curricula that brings the talent development vision and the business strategy to life for our organization.

• Design, develop, and deliver end-user training, incorporating a blended approach to account for varying learning styles.

• Leverage instructional design skills to develop instructor-led and virtual courses, simulations, and demonstrations, including training presentations, job aids, and gamification.

• Track L&D delivery through our Learning Management System (LMS). Use appropriate data to tell our L&D story and engage our audiences.

• Evolve and expand the curriculum, leveraging best practices and future-focused innovations.

• Conduct the analysis of learner feedback and other data to promote continuous improvement of development solutions, consistently moving development to the next level.

• Execute with strong project management skills, including monitoring work-plans and managing against milestones, adhering to project standards, quality assurance; knowing what to prioritize and why, knowing who to keep informed, why, and how often, and knowing when to escalate.

• Actively partner with a variety of stakeholders and key project resources to share ideas, leverage work, and provide leading-edge development for the modern learner.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree recommended; 3-5 years of demonstrated experience working as an Instructional Designer and/or Commercial Trainer.

• Experience in technology and process implementation.

• Demonstrated skills or expertise with instructional design and simulation software, such as Articulate, Camtasia, SAP Enable Now.

• Strong command of Microsoft Office skills and ability to produce deliverables that carry a "stamp of excellence."

• In Excel, aggregate data, complete complex analysis, and display results visually

• In PowerPoint, translate data into insights and tell a logically structured, succinct, and compelling story tailored to your audience; make clear and easily actionable asks.

• In Word, create clear, concise, professional written communications with a user-friendly layout that is conducive to cognition.

• Exceptional facilitation and training delivery skills both in-class and virtual environments

• Critical thinking and ability to design and deliver innovative learning programs with measurable business results that meet stakeholder needs.

• Resource for adult learning theories, leading-edge instructional design methods, communications, and change management.

• Project management experience in successfully planning, managing, and delivering concurrent work streams in a matrixed organization with aggressive timelines.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

• Outstanding interpersonal skills that build relationships at all levels across the organization with the ability to influence, collaborate, and build consensus.

• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and present data-driven insights and trends.

• Proven ability to communicate ideas and insights in person, virtually, and in writing, succinctly and with impact, understanding what is relevant vs. what is "noise" to the audience.

• Comfortable working in an environment in which business processes, tools, and structures may continually evolve.

• Ability to travel 10% - 25%.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in organizational development, training and development, human resources development, education, organizational psychology, or related field.

• Candidates must be able to clearly and succinctly describe their approach to the design process, preferred learning methodologies, and back up their experience with concrete examples and/or a portfolio of work.

• Experience working in the construction materials industry, or related, is a plus.

Build a lasting career with us. Apply now!

Thank you for considering a career with Summit Materials.

At Summit Materials, we provide the foundation to connect our communities today and build a better tomorrow. We value all our communities - including our diverse internal community of teammates that make us stronger. No matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, or anything that makes you who you are…you belong.

If you need accommodation or other assistance to apply for a specific job posted on the Summit Materials web site, please call Corporate Human Resources for assistance at (303) 893-0012.

Build a lasting career with us. Apply now! Thank you for considering a career with Summit Materials.

At Summit Materials, we provide the foundation to connect our communities today and build a better tomorrow. We value all our communities - including our diverse internal community of teammates that makes us stronger. No matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, or anything that makes you who you are…you belong.

If you need an accommodation or other assistance in order to apply for a specific job posting on the Summit Materials web site, please call Corporate Human Resources for assistance at (303) 893-0012.