VDC Enablement Lead

Job Summary:

The VDC Enablement Lead serves as a senior-level subject matter expert dedicated to coordinating and executing the programs that support the VDC personnel lifecycle within the business. This role facilitates technical onboarding workflows and administers a robust skill assessment framework to ensure the seamless integration of 

all detailing staff. By working closely with the Enablement Team and Technical Instructors, the Lead ensures that training execution aligns with current organizational standards and technical requirements. This individual contributor role focuses on the optimization of standardized curriculums while providing vital support for technical instruction delivery.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Onboarding Execution: Facilitate the established technical onboarding workflow for all new VDC detailers. Track onboarding milestones, coordinate cross-departmental touchpoints, and ensure a consistent, seamless integration experience for every new hire.
• Skill Assessment Administration: Administer standardized technical skill assessments for new team members. Evaluate assessment results to identify knowledge gaps and provide data-driven recommendations regarding targeted training interventions.
• Curriculum Utilization & Collaboration: Leverage established VDC training curriculums and content packages. Collaborate with the broader Enablement Team to review training materials, participate in content updates, and provide field-level feedback for continuous improvement.
• Instructor Coordination: Prepare and provide the structured lesson plans, materials, and learning objectives to the VDC Technical Instructors for facilitation. Provide ongoing support to ensure they have the necessary context to deliver effective training.
• Process & Standards Alignment: Participate in reviews with VDC Process Leads/Managers to ensure that the training materials and onboarding programs being utilized remain perfectly aligned with the latest Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), software standards, and workflow upgrades.
• Program Feedback: Monitor the day-to-day effectiveness of the training materials and onboarding workflows. Gather feedback from instructors and trainees, sharing insights with the Enablement Team to continuously refine the learning experience.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Position Requirements (Work Experience, Skills, Licenses, etc.)

• High-level proficiency in industry-standard tools, including Autodesk Revit, Navisworks, and Autodesk Construction Cloud/BIM 360.
• Experience in coordinating technical training programs, administering professional assessments, and utilizing standardized corporate curriculums.
• Strong evaluative skills with the ability to administer objective technical assessments and accurately analyze the resulting data to identify talent gaps.
• Ability to clearly understand complex, highly technical concepts and translate them into actionable coordination plans for instructors and new hires.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to work independently, manage complex coordination tasks, and influence stakeholders.

Education and Experience: 

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Mechanical Engineering, Education, or a related field.
• 5+ years of extensive experience in mechanical construction VDC with strong technical knowledge spanning both sheet metal and hydronic/piping systems.

ACCO Competencies:

• Proactivity/Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one’s level/position and with minimal supervision.
• Perseverance: Shows wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
• Motivation/Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals. Initiates action with collective goals, takes responsibility, and shows personal humility.
• Technical Curiosity/Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feedback; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.
• Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
• Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.
• People Skills: Is approachable and gains the mutual trust and respect of others. Understands people’s strengths & weaknesses and actively seeks to understand other perspectives.
• Communication: Fosters open, honest, candid and respectful communication. Effectively assesses, defines and communicates issues in a timely manner, both written and verbal.
• Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.
• Big Picture: Understands and contributes to the organizations’ short- and long-term business strategy. On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems in support of personnel, group, department, or organizational objectives.
• Execution: Effectively takes a vision and translates into action by including the right people. Identify and remove barriers, when possible, to achieve results. Demonstrates appropriate compromise, effective time management, prioritization practices and holds team members (including themselves) accountable for their performance/conduct.
• Professionalism: Respectfully observes and challenges the status quo with intent for improvement. Can take direction, accept feedback, and take full responsibility for their actions. Lead by example through positive influence and ethical leadership with consideration of the entire organization.

 

Job Responsibility Level:

No direct reports

Travel Requirements:

Travel required 25-75% of the time to other office locations. 

Hours: 

This is an exempt position. Workdays are scheduled from Monday through Friday. Typically, work hours begin and end between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm as scheduled with the position's supervisor. Work outside of regular hours may occasionally be necessary to meet business needs.

Physical Demands:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl for project job walks and site inspections.

Competitive Wages: 

$106,000 to $143,000 annually. Applicants, please note that actual compensation is determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location, among others. The offered wage or salary is only one aspect of an employee's total compensation. We also offer educational, skill development, and leadership opportunities, as well as competitive benefit plans including, medical, dental, vision, 401K, and eligibility to participate in our 100% employee-stock ownership plan.
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Here at ACCO, we are a part of something bigger. Just ask our customers: California Academy of Sciences, L.A. Live, and San Francisco 49ers Stadium. While we have been around for 80+ years, we continue to grow at a dynamic pace. And we are looking for talented individuals to join our team.
What's great about working at ACCO is that we’re a big enough company to be the leader in HVAC mechanical contracting in California and the Southwest U.S., but as a 100% employee-owned ESOP, we’re a private company with a family-oriented feel. Several of our employees have worked at ACCO for twenty-five, thirty, and even over forty years! Together, the employees of ACCO are comprised of intelligent, dedicated, and entrepreneurial team members who put customers first and enjoy what they do.

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