Learning and Development Manager

Learning & Development Manager

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) is seeking a Learning & Development Manager to join our team in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. This is an opportunity to lead and enhance learning and talent development programs that support more than 1,000 employees across a growing, employee-owned consulting firm.

As part of our Human Resources team, you'll partner with executives, business leaders, and HR professionals to build programs that strengthen leadership capability, support career growth, and help prepare employees for long-term success. You'll have the opportunity to influence development initiatives across engineering, environmental, scientific, and corporate functions while helping shape the future of learning at CEC.

Our Moon Township office serves as CEC's headquarters and is home to many of the firm's operational and leadership teams. This role offers significant visibility across the organization and the opportunity to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels while supporting strategic talent initiatives that impact employees nationwide.

If you're looking for a role where you can combine program leadership, organizational development, and employee growth while making a lasting impact across a growing organization, CEC offers the platform and support to do just that.

Responsibilities:

• Manage learning and development programs from strategy through delivery, including onboarding, manager and leadership development, mentoring, compliance training, professional exam preparation, skills development, and other business-aligned learning initiatives
• Lead program planning, facilitation, evaluation, and continuous improvement for recurring development programs and learning experiences
• Collaborate with HR business partners, business leaders, operations teams, and other stakeholders to assess learning needs and align development solutions with business priorities
• Develop and maintain learning materials for instructor-led, virtual, and e-learning experiences
• Deliver learning sessions, program kickoffs, cohort discussions, and other professional development experiences
• Source, evaluate, and manage external vendors, coaches, facilitators, learning platforms, and development partners
• Measure program effectiveness using participant feedback, completion data, business insights, and other evaluation metrics
• Support succession planning, talent reviews, competency frameworks, career development initiatives, onboarding programs, and change management efforts
• Manage leadership coaching programs, including coach selection, participant matching, engagement oversight, and program evaluation
• Identify opportunities to improve learning processes, stakeholder communication, participant experience, and program scalability
• Provide guidance and oversight to administrative resources supporting learning and development programs, as applicable

What We Offer:

• 100% employee-owned company with access to ownership opportunities beginning within your first year
• Competitive compensation with multiple income streams, including performance bonuses and employee ownership
• 55% of company profits distributed back to employees through bonuses
• Opportunity to influence learning and development programs across a nationwide organization
• Direct collaboration with executive leadership, business leaders, and HR partners
• Opportunity to shape leadership development, succession planning, onboarding, and career development initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid work schedule options
• Comprehensive benefits beginning on day one, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) with company match beginning the first of the month following your start date
• Collaborative environment that supports innovation, continuous improvement, and professional development

Qualifications

Required:

• 7-10 years of progressive experience in learning and development, talent development, organizational development, HR program management, or a related field
• Experience implementing succession planning, nine-box talent assessments, or similar talent review processes
• 2+ years of experience managing an individual contributor, including coaching, development, and performance management
• Experience planning and executing enterprise-wide or multi-stakeholder development programs
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Education, Business, Psychology, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Preferred:

• Instructional design experience
• Facilitation, coaching, change management, or related certifications
• Experience with learning management systems (LMS) and learning technologies
• Experience supporting consulting, engineering, scientific, or technical employee populations

About Us

We have experts! CEC is consistently ranked as a Top 500 Design Firm and Top 200 Environmental Firm by Engineering News-Record. We are looking for people who enjoy using their education and experience to solve difficult technical problems and work on interesting projects. You can accomplish this while working with a team of professionals who are equally motivated to provide high levels of service to our clients and to teach you along the way.

We have support! We have a variety of Employee Resource Groups, including CEC Community – focused on giving back to the communities in which we work; CEC Ignite – focused on helping professionals early in their careers to develop their pathway; CEC iDEA – focused on inclusion, diversity, equality, and acceptance; and CEC Women – focused on creating internal and external opportunities for women to network and leverage professional experience!

We care about our people! People and Culture are two of the five elements of our strategic plan. When you care about your people, they will want to grow a career with you – that is our goal. CEC offers you a small-firm work environment with large-firm opportunities. Not only will we help you develop professionally, but we will also provide an opportunity to become an owner of the firm and share in its success.

CEC offers a matching 401(k); profit sharing; a performance bonus; company stock; medical, dental, and vision insurance; short and long-term disability; tuition assistance; professional development; and work-life balance.

CEC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

THIRD PARTY RECRUITERS

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