McCarthy Holdings, Inc. (McCarthy), is the holding entity for McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., the oldest privately-held national construction company in America, and Castle Contracting. McCarthy provides the crucial business infrastructure for these entities and connects the day-to-day operations to ensure seamless operations across the business. Repeatedly honored as a great place to work and healthiest employer, McCarthy is a 100 percent employee-owned company.
At McCarthy, we are committed to sustaining a culture that delivers great experiences for everyone. This begins with developing high-performing individuals and teams through our award-winning learning and development programs, best-in-class Total Rewards benefits, and our inclusive culture aligned with our core values: Genuine; We, Not I and All In.
How do McCarthy partners define our culture?
We Live Our Core Values. We do whatever it takes to deliver on our promises with honesty and integrity.
We are Employee Owned. We are personally invested in supporting the success of the business.
We Feel Like a Family. We value genuine connections and help each other succeed in an inclusive environment.
We are Builders. We respect the work we do and everyone who helps make it happen safely.
Position Summary
The Learning Solutions Manager will strategically implement processes to ensure the business unit’s workforce has the knowledge, skills, and overall competency to meet their current and future business needs. Additionally, the role is responsible for the development and delivery of National training solutions in a manner that is effective, professional, and engaging, so that the business demands and learning requirements are met. This includes teaching courses, facilitating discussions, writing courses, coaching jobsite training champions, and partnering with subject-matter experts and leaders to create learning programs and assess learning needs. This individual works as part of the new Learning & Organizational Development Team to deliver Best in Class training programs for the Organization. This will be a high-impact position affecting nearly 3000 employees for a best-in-class national general contractor.
The position will report to the Sr. Learning Solutions Manager and will partner closely with the Regional Learning & Development Manager, Craft Training Instructors, and key stakeholders. This role requires travel to jobsites across the country as well as national meetings and training events. Expected travel for this role is 25%-50% of the time.
Key Responsibilities
- Design strategic unique learning solutions from start to completion following training best practices and aligned with the organizational needs.
- Drive solutions that focus on increasing core skills, capabilities, and proficiency in job roles
- Assess current training programs and suggest modifications that enhances the learners’ performance as well as the learning experience.
- Act as a learning consultant and trusted advisor to the business.
- Partner with functional areas at a national level for required trainings and development of solutions that keeps company in compliance with federal and state regulations.
- Develop and formalizes processes to gather learning data, analyze and communicate training effectiveness and impact.
- Partner with regional L&D managers and HRBPs to remove obstacles related to creation of content, programs, solutions, processes, and technology.
- Support the implementation of existing Workforce Development Programs to increase overall bench strength and capabilities.
- Support a culture of learning and growth by providing visibility and accessibility to learners on existing learning resources.
- Research and test various learning technologies and solutions to improve learning engagement, retention, and behavior change.
- Partner with TA team to develop incoming talent and understand skills lost/skills gained to develop team and individual capabilities.
- Build capability models that help ensure optimal talent development at an individual level.
- Partner with technical trainers to develop and drive solutions that focus on increasing core skills, capabilities, and proficiencies in craft roles.
- Research and test various and new learning technologies and solutions to support talent development including learning engagement, retention, and behavior change.
- Develop and formalize processes to gather learning data, analyze and communicate training effectiveness and impact in partnership with regional teams.
- Maintain an internal network of subject matter experts (SMEs) to effectively identify key business challenges and develop appropriate approach to improve learning effectiveness, support key roles, and address business needs.
- Partner with other regional L&D managers and national instructional design team to identify new and existing content in alignment with the business needs.
- Partner with regional learning and development managers to deliver Train-the-Trainer programs in the implementation of national learning and development solutions and programs.
- Understand and comply with all relevant regulatory programs, including federal, state, and local laws governing apprenticeship training, and reporting requirements preferred
- Demonstrate commitment to maintaining apprenticeship program compliance by following established procedures, participating in required training on regulatory updates, and promptly reporting any issues or concerns to supervisors or designated compliance personnel.
- Partner with the business to ensure programs are in compliance and/or provide opportunities to enhance programs with a focus on learner experience
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (HRD, Business Administration, Learning and Development, Education, or other related field) or relevant experience in lieu of degree.
- Knowledge of adult learning theories and learning and development best practices.
- 3-5 years related experience developing and implementing training solutions.
- 3-5 years of experience designing and developing instructional materials in a variety of media required (Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, and Adobe InDesign).
- Must be flexible to deliver training in a variety of formats: classroom, virtual, on-the-job, synchronous, asynchronous, etc.
- Ability to describe technical concepts in a way that makes them easily understandable, digestible, and relatable.
- Technical aptitude and demonstrated experience leveraging learning technologies and tools that integrate with and support learning activities.
- Experience demonstrating the effectiveness of learning solutions through measurement, analysis and reporting required.
- Strong communication and presentation skills with proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint and other course development tools
- Energy, enthusiasm and initiative to create new programs and drive national outcomes, balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Spanish Bilingual Preferred
McCarthy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
About Organization
With 160 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. (McCarthy) is committed to delivering superior results and creating great experiences for everyone.
McCarthy is the oldest privately held national construction company in America. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program in all phases of the project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-add technology to maximize outcomes.
We are true builders, surpassing client expectations on the most complex building challenges. McCarthy has built in nearly every state, with projects ranging in size from $1 million to over $1 billion in a wide variety of markets including healthcare, education, science & technology, commercial, government, renewable energy, mission critical, water & wastewater, and more.
McCarthy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
At McCarthy, our equal pay commitment is simple: fair and equitable pay for all employees. We review individual compensation adjustments using a bi-annual compensation analysis to ensure no disparities occur. We do the right thing, which means ensuring equitable pay for work done in comparable roles.
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is a McCarthy Holdings, Inc. company.
