Production Team Lead Trainer: Lead, Train & Optimize

Skydio; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydio, a leading US drone company, seeks a Production Team Lead Trainer to develop, deliver, and continuously improve training for production team leads and frontline supervisors. The role includes hands-on floor support, onboarding, and collaboration with Operations leadership to close skill gaps and drive safety, quality, and throughput.

The position is flexible and requires adapting to business needs, with opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement and lean initiatives on the

Responsibilities

• Assist with production operational needs. Provide hands-on support to the production floor during peak periods, staffing shortages, and process launches.
• Design, develop, and deliver training curricula for new and existing production team leads, covering leadership fundamentals, standard operating procedures, quality standards, safety protocols, and production systems/tools.
• Conduct hands-on, classroom, and on-the-floor training sessions, including onboarding for newly promoted or hired team leads.
• Create and maintain training materials, job aids, SOPs, and certification/competency checklists.
• Evaluate trainee performance and provide coaching and feedback to ensure skills transfer effectively to the production floor.
• Partner with Production, Quality, EHS, and HR to identify skill gaps and training needs, and adjust programs accordingly.
• Track and report on training completion, effectiveness, and impact on production KPIs (safety, quality, throughput, efficiency).
• Continuously improve training content based on process changes, new equipment, audits, and feedback from team leads and operations leadership.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement, mentoring team leads in problem-solving, root cause analysis, and lean/5S principles.

Skills

Team leadership

Training design

Coaching

Process improvement

Lean/5S

Job description

Skydio, a leading US drone company, seeks a Production Team Lead Trainer to develop, deliver, and continuously improve training for production team leads and frontline supervisors. The role includes hands-on floor support, onboarding, and collaboration with Operations leadership to close skill gaps and drive safety, quality, and throughput.

The position is flexible and requires adapting to business needs, with opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement and lean initiatives on the