Manufacturing Workforce Development Lead

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Brookshire (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Race Rock is seeking a Workforce Development Coordinator to build and strengthen the skilled workforce pipeline supporting our manufacturing operations in Brookshire, TX. You will coordinate workforce development, training, and competency tracking, working with HR, Recruiting, Operations, Safety, Quality, and leadership.

The role reports to the Director of Recruiting and aims to reduce skill gaps, improve retention, and ensure sustainable talent development aligned with production needs.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in workforce development, manufacturing training, skilled-trades recruiting, technical education, industrial HR or manufacturing operations.
• Experience supporting skilled trades or production environments strongly preferred.
• Strong Excel, reporting and data-tracking skills.
• Ability to partner with production employees, supervisors, HR, Operations and external workforce organizations.

Responsibilities

• Own and coordinate Race Rock's job fairs, career fairs, skilled-trades hiring events and workforce-development events, including planning, registration, logistics, internal participation and follow-up.
• Develop partnerships with technical schools, community colleges, CTE programs, welding schools, workforce agencies, veterans programs and apprenticeship organizations.
• Coordinate plant tours, classroom presentations, SkillsUSA events and other manufacturing outreach.
• Build talent pipelines supporting welding, fitting, fabrication, metal prep, machine operation and other critical production positions.
• Capture and track prospects generated through workforce-development activities and transition qualified candidates into the formal Recruiting process.
• Measure job fairs and workforce partnerships based on qualified candidates, hires and retention, not event participation alone.

Skills

Excel

Data tracking

HRIS/ATS/LMS

Organizational skills

Project management

Relationship building

Education

Associate or bachelor’s degree in HR/Workforce Development

Tools

HRIS

ATS

LMS

Job description

Race Rock is seeking a Workforce Development Coordinator to build and strengthen the skilled workforce pipeline supporting our manufacturing operations in Brookshire, TX. You will coordinate workforce development, training, and competency tracking, working with HR, Recruiting, Operations, Safety, Quality, and leadership.

The role reports to the Director of Recruiting and aims to reduce skill gaps, improve retention, and ensure sustainable talent development aligned with production needs.