<p>Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) designs, develops, and manufactures advanced composite components in order to help our customers push the frontiers of innovation. Our core strength is our ability to produce highly tailored, complex composite components. With our unique blend of products - including 3D woven structures, traditional and non-traditional 2D composite structures, and discrete through thickness reinforcement technologies, to name a few - AEC is able to produce composite components and products which meet performance and cost specifications often beyond the reach of metallic or conventional laminated composites.</p> <p>Our composite design and fabrication expertise can be found on many commercial platforms such as Boeing's 7-series family, the Airbus A380 aircraft as well as Sikorsky S-76 helicopter. For defense programs, AEC provides a wide range of products including complete structural assemblies, flight critical components, primary and secondary structural elements for platforms such as the F-35 Lightning II, the CH-53K Heavy-lift Helicopter and the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM).</p> <p>AEC is committed to delivering high-quality, economical composite solutions to our customers. Significant investment in infrastructure and automation ensures AEC is positioned to maximize that value, offering the right processes to meet our customer's needs.</p> <p>The Training Specialist will create, develop, implement, and conduct training and development programs for employees, including manufacturing operations, support functions, and team leaders.</p> <p>Primary Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Assesses training and development needs through surveys, interviews, focus groups, and communication with managers, instructors, and customer representatives. </li><li>Reviews existing training programs; suggests enhancements and modifications to improve engagement, learning, and retention and/or to meet the changing needs of clientele, the organization, or the industry. </li><li>Creates, organizes, plans, and presents various forms of onboarding, orientation, and skills training for employees. </li><li>Develops unique training programs to fulfill workers' specific needs to maintain or improve job skills. </li><li>Creates and/or acquires training procedure manuals, guides, and course materials. </li><li>Presents training and development programs using various forms and formats including group discussion, lecture, simulations, and videos. </li><li>Maintains records of training and development activities, attendance, results of tests and assessments, and retraining requirements. </li><li>Assesses training materials prepared by instructors. </li><li>Evaluates program effectiveness through assessments, surveys, and feedback. </li><li>Maintains knowledge of the latest trends in training and development. </li><li>Prepares and implements training budget; maintains records and reports of expenses. </li><li>Performs other related duties as required </li></ul>