Plant Training & Development Leader

Corning Inc.; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 106,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-wide bonuses

Pension plan

Health and wellness benefits

Paid time off

Life insurance

Job summary

Corning is seeking a Training Manager to lead, design, and improve all training and workforce development programs at the AO Phoenix facility. You’ll own onboarding, offboarding, OJT, training compliance, and trainer certification, partnering with Operations, Quality, Safety, Engineering, and HR to drive operational excellence.

Responsibilities include creating site-wide training plans, managing qualification standards, maintaining records, and enabling continuous improvement and employee

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in training, workforce development, manufacturing operations, or a related field.
• Experience developing onboarding programs, employee qualification systems, and OJT programs.
• Experience with SOPs, work instructions, document control systems, and training compliance requirements.
• Strong project management, communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and training management systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve site-wide training and development programs aligned with business, operational, quality, and safety objectives.
• Lead plant-wide training initiatives and long-range training plans supporting workforce readiness and succession planning.
• Own all training-related onboarding and offboarding processes for the facility.
• Develop and own structured OJT programs, employee qualification standards, and trainer certification processes.
• Coordinate retraining activities due to process, equipment, procedural, customer, or regulatory changes.
• Maintain training records, qualification status, compliance metrics, and audit-ready documentation.
• Support corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives by addressing training-related gaps.
• Provide leadership and direction for site training processes, trainers, and workforce development initiatives.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Facilitation

Organizational skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree or related field

Tools

Training management systems

Job description

Corning is seeking a Training Manager to lead, design, and improve all training and workforce development programs at the AO Phoenix facility. You’ll own onboarding, offboarding, OJT, training compliance, and trainer certification, partnering with Operations, Quality, Safety, Engineering, and HR to drive operational excellence.

Responsibilities include creating site-wide training plans, managing qualification standards, maintaining records, and enabling continuous improvement and employee