Instructional Designer II

Join the world's largest HVAC company, named by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers 2025!

Make your mark at the world’s largest HVAC company 

Daikin Applied is seeking an Instructional Designer II.  Daikin Learning drives business value by providing excellence in learning to our external and internal customers. We provide technical HVAC education to our sales and service organizations. We are on a mission to modernize the way we teach by enhancing our designs and leveraging technology to engage with our learners. The Senior Instructional Designer is responsible for designing and developing learning content that delivers performance outcomes. This role will lead design projects and will be expected to direct external instructional designers on project deliverables and day-to-day duties. Strong knowledge on a variety of learning modalities is highly desirable. The content in Daikin Learning is highly technical engineering topics and would require someone with experience on highly technical topics. Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor!

Location: Plymouth, MN, Hybrid

What you will do: 

Curriculum Design and Development

• Create and revise curriculum materials, lesson plans, assessments, and instructional resources aligned to organizational standards and objectives
• Create large-scale training programs for sales and service audiences
• Design learning experiences that incorporate best practices in pedagogy, adult learning theory, and instructional design
• Analyze learner performance data to identify gaps and recommend improvements
• Develop assessments that measure business and learning outcomes
• Provide guidance and coaching to instructors/facilitators on curriculum implementation
• Recommend innovative tools, methods, and resources to improve learning experiences

Instructional Design

• Leverage high impact instructional design methodology to create engaging learning content and interactive learning experiences aligned to business results
• Develop solutions that create powerful targeted learning experiences in a variety of modalities: virtual classrooms, eLearning, video, learning pathway, instructor-led, etc
• Contribute to the evaluation and selection of learning technologies for the organization
• Apply ADDIE to create learning assets
• Must be proficient with creating design documents, storyboards, etc  

Project Management

• Responsible for the management of multiple simultaneous projects directing the work of internal and external resources
• Leverage standard learning project management practices and tools including: charter, scope, schedule, budget, risk and dashboard
• Accountable for projects to be delivered on-time, within scope and budget
• Manage multiple projects, from end-to-end training, including deployment and collaborating with operations and program managers

Performance Consulting

• Partner with leaders, sponsors and subject matter experts to identify opportunities where training can enable and drive business results
• Produce needs analysis, high impact learning maps and learner personas that deliver innovative, performance-based learning outcomes
• Conduct needs assessments to determine curriculum opportunities and priorities

What’s in it for you:  

• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Learning, Education, or Technical Communication, or Human Resources
• 6-8 years Instructional Design experience
• Experience with Design & Development of ILT, VILT, and eLearning
• 1-3 years project management and building learning and design project plans
• Experience with highly technical training topics
• Proficient with these authoring and delivery tools: Adobe Suite, SnagIt, Canva, Camtasia, Learning Pathway (Intrepid), Cornerstone, SharePoint
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree

Benefits:

• Daikin Applied offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: 
• Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance  
• 401K retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% on the next 2% of employee contributions
• Company provided life insurance + optional employee paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage and voluntary accident coverage
• Short term and long-term disability
• 3 weeks of paid time off for new employees + 11 company paid holidays
• Vacation accrues monthly, unless applicable federal, state and local law requires a faster accrual
• Paid sick time in accordance of the federal, state and local law
• Paid parental leave and tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service

The typical annual base salary for this position ranges from $80,400k- $132,800K and 10% bonus.  The range displayed represents the pay range for all positions in the job grade which this position falls. Individual base pay will depend on a wide range of factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.  

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