Belcan Workforce Solutions are recruiting for a Training & Competency Advisor for our client, a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewable and food & beverage markets.
Our client enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs and have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.
THE ROLE
To support the strategy & services of the training and competency function and to ensure compliance with training and competence requirements, in accordance with company and client processes and procedures.
OPERATIONAL
- Proactively ensure compliance (corporate & legislative) in process, documentation, policy and behaviour
- Responsible for accurately maintaining personnel training and competency records to ensure full compliance with company procedures
- Liaise with other business support areas to ensure they provide, and are provided with, all relevant information to support business activities
- Collate findings from audits on personnel records/process and communicate outcomes to appropriate parties. Work with stakeholders to make improvements.
- Lead the monthly reporting and administration process for obtaining training grants, to maximise returns.
- Support in coordinating in-house training, where applicable.
- Be a Super User of the Company training system and provide support to users, when required.
- Support regional operations teams with Trade Assessment process and employee personal development plans.
- Report within the business, the status of mandatory training across the regions and regular visits to sites required.
- Identify competence gaps and develop gap analysis plans and perform regular audits and gap analysis on personnel training records.
- Support the business and participate in the continuous review and development of competency related systems and processes to ensure they remain robust and fit-for-purpose.
- Liaise with the Company's external training partner on behalf of the regional operations teams, to ensure all training requirements are met.
- Provide management and internal stakeholders on a regular basis, training and competency related reports, as agreed.
TEAM
- Contribute to the team, sharing best practice and building a "one team" culture.
- Ensure participation in performance through the relevant processes and initiatives ensuring the appropriate knowledge and skills are in place.
- Liaise and support the Training & Competency Manager in supporting management, operations and employees to ensure awareness and involvement in key competency issues/initiatives.
- Take the lead in projects and initiatives as directed by the Training & Competency Manager and participate in external working parties as required
COMMUNICATION
- Support smooth interaction between intercompany departments as appropriate.
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience and understanding of technical Competency processes and quality checking incoming Competency information
- Previous experience in a T&C or L&D role
- Experience in a fast paced work environment
- Understanding of various industry Awarding Bodies
- Knowledge of the industry (desirable)
- Understanding of training levy grant recovery process (desirable)
- Able to work under own initiative & operate under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal & influencing skills
- Strong computer literacy, including use of Excel
- Ability to plan project to delivery
- Understanding of the training and competency function
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Problem solver
- Assertive
- Clear ability to lead and motivate a team
- Self starter and team player
- Highly personable
- High level of discretion and confidentiality
This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan.