Trainer - Onboarding & Culture Development

DLB Associates Holmdel, New Jersey, United States

DLB Associates is a premier engineering and consulting firm specializing in innovative, mission‑critical solutions across hyperscale data centers, advanced infrastructure, and high-performance building systems. With over four decades of expertise, we partner with some of the world’s most influential companies to design and optimize environments that demand precision, scalability, and resilience.

Join us and be part of a team where your voice matters, your work makes an impact, and your growth is a shared priority.

Position Title: Employee Trainer
- New Hire Onboarding & Culture Development

Position Location: Hybrid – DLB-LAB at Bell Works, Holmdel, NJ (primary); remote on non-training days

SALARY

DLB recognizes salary ranges from job boards do not necessarily reflect our pay ranges. In many instances we out-compete those ranges for well-qualified candidates.

JOB SUMMARY

The Employee Trainer
- New Hire Onboarding & Culture Development will communicate and operate in alignment with DLB's organizational goals and values, as well as departmental objectives set by Design leadership.

The Employee Trainer – New Hire Onboarding & Culture Development is responsible for delivering a consistent, engaging, and high-quality onboarding experience for every new hire joining DLB Associates’ Design Department. Based primarily at the DLB-LAB in Bell Works, Holmdel, NJ, this individual serves as the face of DLB culture during a new employee's most critical first months. They facilitate multi-day in-person orientation sessions, build cohort community among new hires, serve as a sustained resource throughout each employee's first year, and act as the key liaison between DLB's department-level onboarding program and corporate-level training initiatives.

The ideal candidate is an energetic, highly organized communicator who is passionate about people development, thrives in front of a room, and is committed to fully learning and authentically representing the DLB way of working. Experience in education or professional training is strongly preferred.

This person will be self-directed on day-to-day work and independently perform all responsibilities. Will lead multiple training programs and onboarding initiatives of moderate complexity. Develops and maintains onboarding standards, content, and procedures.

The Employee Trainer – New Hire Onboarding & Culture Development will communicate and operate in line with organizational goals and values, as well as departmental objectives.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Facilitate multi-day, in-person new hire orientation sessions at the DLB-LAB (Bell Works), delivering non-technical content across all cohort groups throughout the year.
• Deliver sessions covering DLB culture, company values, operating norms, communication standards, tools, and expectations with deep, authentic knowledge of each topic.
• Coordinate session logistics including scheduling, room setup, AV equipment, presenter management, screen and workstation protocols, and participant communications.
• Manage cohort size to maximize engagement and learning quality; maintain target group sizes per session and coordinate overflow or alternative dates as needed.
• Issue and manage cohort virtual communication channels to foster peer connections that outlast orientation week; actively encourage cohort community‑building.
• Ensure all participants are properly prepared for each session day (logistics, travel guidance, schedule distribution, pre‑reads).
• Enforce LAB norms during sessions (workstation locking, presenter movement, acoustic awareness) and coach presenters on room engagement best practices.
• Conduct regular…