Operations Training & Development Manager

Socket.dev; College Park (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and holidays

Health benefits

401(k) with employer match

Life insurance

On-site in College Park, GA

Paid holidays

Job summary

Schweid & Sons in College Park, GA is seeking an Operations Training & Development Manager to lead our site learning system. You will own training design, delivery methods, and qualification tracking to eliminate skill gaps and support a culture of continuous learning.

You will partner with operations, quality, safety, maintenance, and engineering to integrate learning into daily work and measure training impact across the plant.

Qualifications

• Experience leading learning, training, capability building, or CI systems in manufacturing or operations.
• Ability to build curricula, manage training plans, and evaluate learning outcomes.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills; able to influence without formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead site learning strategy aligned to priorities and loss-elimination goals.
• Identify capability gaps by role, team, and value stream; translate to a training plan.
• Design performance-based training such as One Point Lessons and on-the-job training.
• Build trainer and SME networks; coach and recognize top performers.
• Ensure training programs have clear objectives, materials, and verification steps.
• Own qualification processes and track skill proficiency at required levels.
• Collaborate with ops, quality, safety, maintenance, and engineering to embed learning.
• Maintain materials, records, and learning systems for availability.
• Measure learning effectiveness and training completion; reduce skill losses.
• Develop and maintain site skills matrix across the organization.

Skills

Learning strategy

Facilitation & coaching

Stakeholder management

Change leadership

Tools

Learning Management System

Curriculum design tools

Job description

About Schweid & Sons

Schweid & Sons is a family-owned and operated premium ground beef company with a proud heritage spanning four generations. We supply top-quality beef to Retail, Foodservice, and National Account customers across the U.S. and are committed to quality, customer service, and innovation in protein manufacturing.

Summary

The Operations Training & Development Manager leads the site learning system that builds organizational capability, eliminates losses caused by lack of skill or ineffective training systems, and creates a culture where every employee is both a learner and a teacher. This role owns the standard work processes, tools, governance, and coaching needed to deliver just-in-time, performance-based learning across manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the site learning strategy aligned to business priorities and loss-elimination goals.
• Lead skill needs assessment and prioritization processes to identify current and future capability gaps by role, team, department, and value stream.
• Translate prioritized gaps into an annual and dynamic training plan, including curriculum, audience, trainer requirements, delivery methods, calendar, resources, facilities, and success measures.
• Design and govern performance-based learning solutions such as One Point Lessons, job aids, on-the-job training, workshops, self-study, digital learning, and roll-down training.
• Build and maintain trainer and subject matter expert systems, including trainer selection, qualification, coaching, recognition, and train-the-trainer capability.
• Ensure each training program includes clear learning objectives, task or knowledge requirements, hands‑on practice, supporting materials, and a verification or qualification step.
• Own the qualification process and skill tracking system to verify that employees can demonstrate the required capability at the needed proficiency level.
• Partner with operations, quality, safety, maintenance, warehouse, engineering, and other process owners to integrate learning into daily work and eliminate skill‑related losses.
• Maintain training materials, records, learning systems, and facilities so that training is available when and where needed.
• Measure learning effectiveness using in-process and outcome measures, including training completion, qualification at target level, training system health, and reduction of losses due to lack of skill.
• Develops and maintains site skills matrix to ensure depth of knowledge throughout the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Experience leading learning, training, capability building, or continuous improvement systems in a manufacturing, supply chain, or operations environment.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct skill gap analysis, build curricula, manage training plans, and evaluate learning effectiveness.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, stakeholder management, communication, and change leadership skills.
• Ability to work across functions and influence leaders, subject matter experts, trainers, and front‑line teams without relying solely on formal authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Integrated Work Systems, Total Productive Maintenance, Lean Manufacturing, or other zero‑loss continuous improvement systems.
• Experience designing train‑the‑trainer programs, skill matrices, proficiency models, and role‑based curricula.
• Familiarity with manufacturing performance measures such as safety, quality, production, cost, delivery, and morale.

Success Measures

• Reduction in losses linked to lack of skill, knowledge, or ineffective training systems.
• Percent of employees qualified at target proficiency levels for critical skills and roles.
• Completion and effectiveness of prioritized training plans tied to business needs.
• Improvement in training system health, standard work process maturity, and learning material availability.

What We Offer

• Final compensation will be discussed during the interview process.
• Bonus Program: This position is bonus incentive eligible.
• Time Off: PTO, Safe & Sick Time, and Paid Holidays.
• Health Benefits: Medical, vision, dental, HRA and voluntary disability benefits.
• Financial Benefits: 401(k) + employer match and life insurance.
• Location: This is an on‑site role located in College Park, GA.
• Environment: Our facility is refrigerated. In this role you will be exposed to < 40 degrees for multiple hours of the day.

Our Culture

At Schweid & Sons, our culture is built on our core values: Trust, Respect, Innovation, Passion, and Pride. We believe in creating an environment where people can collaborate, contribute ideas, and grow their careers while delivering the very best burger experience to our customers. Joining our team means becoming part of a company that values its people as much as its product.

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

At Schweid & Sons we believe that to build the best team, we must hire using an objective lens. We are committed to fair hiring practices where we hire people for their potential and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As such, we do not discriminate or make decisions based on your race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let your recruiter know how we can make your interview process work best for you.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the Team member(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of individuals in this position. Position Expectations may be subject to change as the needs of the organization changes.