Manager, Training

Manager, Training – Build & Develop Teams for Exciting New Data Center Start-Ups!

Location: South Metro Atlanta, GA (Fairburn, Union City & Palmetto)

 

Travel Required | Multiple Locations

 

Are you an experienced training leader who enjoys developing people, building effective training programs, and preparing teams for operational success? This is your opportunity to play a key role in launching new data center operations with a global logistics leader!

We are seeking a dynamic and hands-on Manager, Training to lead training and workforce development initiatives for traveling teams responsible for receiving, handling, assembling, and placing data towers at new data center locations. This role will oversee the development and delivery of training programs, establish consistent work standards, evaluate employee competency, and ensure teams are fully prepared to execute operational activities safely and efficiently.

If you're passionate about employee development, enjoy building training programs from the ground up, and thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments — we want to hear from you!

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Lead training and workforce readiness initiatives for new data center start-up projects

• Develop training programs, materials, and work instructions that directly impact operational success

• Work closely with Operations, Safety, Quality, and Engineering leadership

• Build consistent training standards and employee competency programs across multiple locations

• Play a critical role in preparing traveling teams for successful project execution

• Support hands-on learning, employee development, and continuous improvement

• Travel to new locations and lead training initiatives as projects launch

• Join a growing global organization with opportunities for professional growth

What You'll Do

• Lead training and workforce readiness activities for traveling teams supporting new data center start-up projects

• Develop and implement structured training plans, role-based curricula, standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and instructional materials

• Partner with Operations, Safety, Quality, and Engineering to identify training needs and ensure programs align with operational and customer requirements

• Coordinate employee onboarding, orientation, classroom instruction, and hands-on training for receiving, handling, assembling, and placing data towers

• Establish competency assessments and verify employees are qualified to perform assigned tasks independently

• Develop and maintain training matrices, certification records, and employee competency documentation

• Implement Train-the-Trainer programs to build internal training capabilities and ensure consistent instruction across locations

• Monitor training effectiveness through employee assessments, observations, leadership feedback, and operational performance metrics

• Identify skill gaps and implement targeted training initiatives to improve safety, quality, productivity, and employee performance

• Maintain accurate and audit-ready training documentation, ensuring compliance with company policies and established standards

• Collaborate with Operations and IT teams to support systems training and employee readiness for operational technology

• Provide regular workforce readiness updates to site leadership, including training progress, competency levels, and areas requiring additional support

• Support continuous improvement by updating training materials and processes based on operational feedback and lessons learned

• Coordinate the transition of training responsibilities and documentation to local operations teams following successful site launches

• Travel to subsequent data center locations to lead training and workforce readiness initiatives as each project begins

What We're Looking For

• Experience in training management, learning and development, or operational workforce development within logistics, distribution, manufacturing, or similar operational environments

• Proven ability to develop, implement, and manage structured training programs for frontline employees

• Experience delivering hands-on operational training and evaluating employee competency

• Strong understanding of training standards, safety procedures, quality requirements, and standardized work practices

• Experience developing SOPs, work instructions, training materials, and competency assessments

• Ability to manage training priorities and coordinate multiple initiatives in fast-paced environments

• Strong leadership, communication, presentation, and organizational skills

• Experience partnering with Operations, Safety, Quality, HR, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams

• Ability to evaluate training effectiveness and connect learning outcomes to operational performance

• Experience maintaining training records, employee certifications, and compliance documentation

• Willingness and flexibility to travel to new project locations as business needs require

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Education, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field preferred

• Experience supporting new site launches, operational start-ups, or project-based workforces

• Background in data center operations, equipment handling, assembly, or technology infrastructure environments

• Experience implementing Train-the-Trainer programs or Training Within Industry (TWI) methodologies

• Familiarity with ADDIE, adult learning principles, and instructional design methodologies

• Experience with Learning Management Systems (LMS), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), and operational training technologies

• Knowledge of ISO standards, audit readiness, and training documentation requirements

• Experience developing training matrices and competency-based certification programs

• Lean, Six Sigma, or training-related certifications are a plus

Join DP World and Help Build Something Great!

At  DP World , we are transforming global logistics through innovation, teamwork, and operational excellence.

This is more than a Training Manager position — it's an opportunity to build the skills and capabilities of the teams responsible for launching new data center operations, establish training standards, and help create a culture focused on safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

If you're ready to develop talent, lead impactful training initiatives, and make a lasting difference across multiple projects, apply today!

About the Role

Responsible for establishing, governing, and executing a comprehensive training and competency framework that enables both new site launches and steady-state operations to achieve and sustain operational excellence. This role may be site-based or traveling/launch-focused, depending on business need, and ensures consistent application of DP World’s training standards across locations.

The position owns the end-to-end development, standardization, and delivery of training—covering process documentation, instructional design, systems readiness, and trainer capability—to ensure operational processes are effectively taught, embedded, and transitioned to local teams once required competence is demonstrated.

Through robust standards, role-based curricula, and a scalable Train-the-Trainer (TTT) model, the Training & Standards Manager ensures audit-ready compliance, high adoption of systems and processes, and long-term site sustainability. The role links training effectiveness to operational KPIs to ensure each site is equipped to operate independently beyond launch or stabilization.

Key Responsibilities

1) Training Standards & Governance

• Own and govern the Training & Launch Standards framework, including role-based competencies, certification requirements, documentation standards, and evaluation cadence aligned to DP World’s launch blueprint and operational model.
• Establish and maintain a Train-the-Trainer (TWI/TTT) methodology grounded in adult learning principles (andragogy) to scale internal capability and ensure consistency across sites.
• Apply ADDIE and ISO principles to curriculum and material development (SOPs, SWIs, job aids, visual standards, simulations, microlearning).
• Identify operational training needs through job task analysis, performance data, audits, and regular consultation with Operations, Quality, Safety, and HR.
• Partners with site leadership and functional leads to ensure training aligns with operational requirements and business objectives.

2) Process Documentation & Enablement

• Lead development and maintenance of SOPs, work instructions, and job aids for launch and steady-state operations, ensuring clarity, version control, visual management, and exception handling.
• Build and maintain role-based training matrices for direct and indirect labor, ensuring audit-ready documentation of competency and certification.

3) Training Delivery & Trainer Excellence

• Deliver training directly (classroom, on-the-job, and systems-based) and/or oversee delivery through certified site trainers.
• Recruit, certify, coach, and evaluate trainers; conduct TTT bootcamps and facilitation practicums.
• Monitor trainee progress and training effectiveness through assessments, observations, manager feedback, and performance outcomes.
• Evaluate training impact by linking learning outcomes to operational metrics (safety, quality, productivity, SLA adherence).

4) Systems & WMS Readiness

• Coordinate and deliver systems/WMS training (receiving, putaway, picking, sequencing, inventory control, reporting, etc.).
• Embed UAT scenarios, simulations, and role-based quick reference guides to drive adoption and data integrity.
• Partner with Operations Launch Managers/Specialists and IT to align system configuration, test cases, and training environments.

5) Launch Support & Transition (as applicable)

• Support site launches through structured training deployment, ramp-up support, and post-launch stabilization.
• Ensure effective transition of training ownership to site leadership once competency and certification requirements are met.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally. 

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures – not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity, drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what’s possible.

The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.