Technical Trainer – Utility Design Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Provide comprehensive training consultations for both internal Qualus personnel and external clients.

• Oversee technical training programs and facilitate training sessions.

• Offer subject-matter expertise to instructional designers and learning scientists.

• Collaborate on training projects, including defining scope, success metrics, milestones, and ensuring alignment with safety, quality, and operational objectives.

• Convert design workflows and job responsibilities into educational objectives, scenarios, labs, and assessments.

• Evaluate and authorize storyboards and modules for technical correctness and practicality.

• Act as the technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) for topics related to substation design engineering, encompassing protection and control, physical layout, documentation, and QA/QC.

• Conduct QualU’s Engineering Boot Camp, which includes Protection & Control, Physical Substation, Settings, Transmission Line, and Distribution Engineering tracks.

• Engage with stakeholders to identify skills gaps, prioritize curriculum development, and outline career progression pathways.

• Assist in change management training for new tools and processes.

• Utilize data and analytics to assess training effectiveness and propose improvements.

• Organize internal and client training seminars, mentor coaches, and facilitate train-the-trainer programs.

• Manage training logistics in partnership with the Training Operations team.

• Represent Qualus in client-facing scoping, Statement of Work (SOW) inputs, and stakeholder communications.

• Integrate human performance principles into all training programs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.

• More than 5 years of experience in protection and controls and/or physical substation design engineering.

• 1–2+ years of experience in mentoring, coaching, or leading technical training initiatives.

• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification is required.

• Professional Engineer (PE) certification is preferred.

• Knowledge of power studies, settings file creation, transmission line design, and/or distribution design.

• Strong understanding of electrical theory, protection and control principles, and relevant industry standards (NEC, NESC, IEEE).

• Proficiency in reviewing electrical drawings, relay/IED settings, and client design standards.

• Familiarity with substation design workflows.

• Experience in delivering both in-person and virtual training sessions.

• Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% as required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Short-term disability.

• Long-term disability.

• 401(k) matching.

• Flexible Spending Accounts.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Parental leave.

• Paid time off.

• Holidays.