Technical Training Lead

We are looking for a Technical Training Lead to drive the strategy, delivery, and continuous improvement of technical training across our global organisation. This is a key leadership role responsible for managing a team of Technical Trainers, ensuring high‑quality training delivery, and developing innovative learning solutions that support employees, partners, and customers.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and developing a team of Technical Trainers, ensuring capability, performance, and resource planning align with business needs.
• Overseeing the design, delivery, and governance of technical training programmes across multiple product lines and competency levels.
• Managing and maintaining a comprehensive library of training materials, ensuring content remains current, accessible, and available in multiple formats and languages where required.
• Coordinating Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across the business to support specialist training delivery.
• Driving the adoption of modern learning technologies, including eLearning, video‑based learning, and emerging solutions such as VR.
• Monitoring training effectiveness, analysing skills gaps, and using insights to continuously improve learning outcomes.
• Ensuring accurate administration and reporting within the Learning Management System (LMS).
• Partnering with Sales, Service, Product Development, L&D, and external providers to support product launches, customer training, onboarding, and wider learning initiatives.
• Promoting training opportunities across the business and supporting the commercial delivery of customer training solutions.
• Representing the Training function in new product development, product improvement, and business‑wide capability projects.

• Proven experience leading technical training, learning, or capability development teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions.
• Experience designing and delivering technical training programmes in a complex or engineering‑based environment.
• Knowledge of LMS platforms, training analytics, and competency‑based learning frameworks.
• Passion for developing people and creating engaging learning experiences.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and project management skills.
• A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to shape the future of technical learning within a global organisation, influence capability development at scale, and lead initiatives that make a measurable impact on employee performance, customer success, and business growth.

• Experience in a technical training, Learning and Development (L&D), or instructional design role, ideally with prior management/leadership experience.
• Competency in using Learning Management Systems (LMS) and development of eLearning materials.
• Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into accessible, engaging educational content.
• Excellent presentation, coaching, and stakeholder management skills to work cross‑functionally.
• Experience leveraging data‑driven insights to define success metrics and drive continuous improvement in training programs.
• Appreciation of project management and resource coordination operating across a global workplace.
• HND/HNC (or equivalent) in Engineering, preferably electrical, electronic or mechatronics.
• Ideally in‑depth understanding of the relevant industries Rotork operates in (Petrochemical, Water treatment and Power industries).
• Ideally experience in Rotork products (Electric and/or Fluid power actuators, network systems) or equivalent technical product knowledge, allied with a good understanding and appreciation of their application.
• Prepared to travel, sometimes at short notice, both within country and overseas.