Manager - Technical Training (62982)

Range: $145,000 - $175,000

This opportunity is available to both local / in-office (Lakewood, CO) and full-time remote candidates.

• Partner with leadership to establish the program’s operating model, priorities, governance, phased roadmap, and measures of success.
• Assess workforce capabilities, critical knowledge, existing development practices, talent gaps, and delivery risks to identify the areas of greatest business value.
• Develop business cases and implementation plans for the resources, technology, content, and technical participation needed to build and scale the function.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and provide program sponsors with clear updates, recommendations, risks, results, and decisions requiring leadership direction.

• Partner with technical leaders to define the capabilities, experiences, and performance expectations required across priority disciplines, roles, and career levels.
• Build progressive development pathways from foundational through advanced levels that combine technical instruction, practical application, project simulations, mentoring, field or project exposure, and demonstrated proficiency.
• Develop targeted onboarding and development programs for early-career professionals, experienced hires, internal transfers, technical specialists, and project leaders.
• Connect development pathways and readiness expectations to workforce planning, project staffing, career progression, retention, and succession needs.

• Capture specialized expertise, project experience, lessons learned, and effective practices in reusable curricula, playbooks, job aids, templates, simulations, and other knowledge assets.
• Establish and coordinate a network of technical instructors, mentors, reviewers, and program sponsors with clear responsibilities and manageable expectations.
• Partner with operations, quality, and project leadership to address capability gaps affecting technical quality, project coordination, consistency, avoidable rework, and overall delivery performance.
• Measure program impact through outcomes such as time to readiness, demonstrated proficiency, quality performance, staffing flexibility, retention, rework reduction, and increased capacity of senior technical experts.

• Identify internally proven programs that may address capability needs for utilities, developers, infrastructure owners, engineering organizations, and other industry partners.
• Support client discovery and partner with business development, marketing, finance, legal, and technical leaders to evaluate market demand, delivery requirements, business risk, and financial potential.
• Develop and coordinate controlled pilots such as client academies, applied learning cohorts, capability assessments, advisory services, licensed content, and industry partnerships.
• Help establish a phased commercialization model based on client value, differentiation, scalability, intellectual-property protection, delivery capacity, and financial return.

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• Six or more years of progressive experience in technical capability development, workforce development, organizational development, program management, business operations, professional services, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success building or significantly expanding a cross-functional program, operating model, or organizational capability from concept through implementation.
• Strong business acumen, program leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to translate complex technical and business needs into practical plans and measurable outcomes.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

• Experience in the power, energy, utility, infrastructure, engineering, construction, or technical professional-services industries.
• Experience supporting technical professionals through competency frameworks, role-based development pathways, applied learning programs, knowledge management, or structured assessment.
• Experience working in a rapidly growing, geographically distributed, newly integrated, or acquisition-driven organization.
• Experience supporting client-facing programs, advisory services, commercial learning solutions, licensed content, or other knowledge-based offerings.

• Hybrid or fully remote work model depending on location and project needs
• Travel typically ranges from 15–25% and varies by project
• Combination of office-based work and periodic field engagement

We believe that taking care of our team members is of the utmost importance.

We strive to foster a community of belonging, professional development, and industry involvement, providing our team with the benefits, tools, and support systems to excel in their roles.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• 100% Employer paid team member premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability

• 401(k) with employer matching; 100% immediate vesting
• Annual & discretionary bonus programs
• Paid time off
• Employer paid licensure (FE/PE), certifications, seminars, & conferences
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Eight (8) paid holidays including a floating holiday to use at your discretion
• Annual team building
• Hybrid work environment with remote flexibility
• Career development, training, and coaching opportunities
• Pet insurance

NEI Electric Power Engineering participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your completed Form I-9 to confirm your work authorization in the United States.