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Waste Connections

Instructional Designer

🇺🇸 The Woodlands, TX 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Instructional Design 🗓️ April 13th, 2026
ADDIE Canva LMS

Edtech.com's Summary

Waste Connections is hiring an Instructional Designer. The role involves developing and designing instructional materials and training programs for front-line employees in operations such as safety, maintenance, post-collection, and hauling. The Instructional Designer collaborates with business leaders to customize learning content, ensures content quality and alignment, and manages multiple projects for effective onboarding and training.

Highlights
  • Develop engaging eLearning courses, instructor-led, virtual instructor-led, and blended training solutions.
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts, stakeholders, and training coordinators to gather requirements and improve learning solutions.
  • Create content using Canva, Articulate Storyline, Rise 360, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Suite.
  • Ensure cross-platform compatibility and LMS compliance (SCORM/xAPI).
  • Use 360Learning LMS for course management and tracking.
  • Evaluate training effectiveness through assessments and performance metrics.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in instructional design and 1 year in customer training/support.
  • Strong knowledge of instructional design models such as ADDIE, SAM, Bloom's taxonomy, and adult learning theory.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Education, Learning Technologies, or related field; Master’s degree is a plus.
  • Portfolio of past instructional design work or projects required.

Instructional Designer Full Description

Instructional Designer

The Woodlands, Texas, 77380Full time

Waste Connections is looking for an Instructional Designer to join our team in The Woodlands, TX!

In this role, you will partner with key operations leaders in the areas of safety, maintenance, post- collection and hauling on the development of learning and onboarding programs and tools to equip our front-line employees for success.  You will work with business leaders to customize our learning content and approach to best serve the onboarding and training needs of our operating locations.

What You’ll Do
  • Develop and design engaging instructional materials, including eLearning courses, instructor-led (ILT) and VILT training content, and blended learning solutions.
  • Work closely with subject matter experts in operational roles, stakeholders, training coordinators, and other team members to gather requirements, obtain feedback, assess needs, and refine learning solutions for our front-line employees.
  • Ensure that training content is interactive and aligned with company culture, branding, and values.
  • Create high‑quality content with tools like Canva, Articulate Storyline and Rise 360, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Suite.
  • Test and troubleshoot content to ensure cross-platform compatibility and SCORM/xAPI/LMS compliance.
  • Create methods to gather user and leader input to continuously improve training approaches and methods.
  • Design blended learning programs combining online, self-directed, and on-the-job training experiences.
  • Evaluate training effectiveness through assessments, feedback loops with business contacts and learners, and performance metrics.
  • Manage the completion of multiple projects against expected project timelines.
  • Organize course management and tracking via 360Learning LMS.

Experience You Bring
  • Minimum 3 years of experience designing, developing, and partnering with company leaders to drive learning through courses or instructional materials.
  • Minimum 1 year of experience on a team providing customer training or support.
  • Strong grasp of instructional design models, such as ADDIE, SAM, Bloom’s, adult learning theory, and learning experience design.
  • Experience in learning operations, project management, and objective‑driven training development with strong communication skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Education, Learning Technologies, or related field (Master’s degree is a plus).
  • Portfolio of past work or personal projects required.

What’s In It for You:
We also offer excellent family benefits including medical, dental, vision, flexible spending account, long term & short-term disability, life insurance, 401K retirement, and unlimited opportunities to "Connect with Your Future".

Waste Connections is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (Minority/Female/Disabled/Veterans)