Production Training Coordinator (Bilingual English/Spanish)

Old Souls Farms; St. Paris (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Souls Farms in St. Paris, Ohio is seeking a Production Training Coordinator to ensure production staff stay compliant with Safety, Quality, and Food Safety training. The role includes coordinating vesting and smock programs and training on new processes using our KPA software system.

You will translate and train employees, enforce plant rules, and drive continuous improvement in safety and quality while supporting a team-oriented work culture.

Qualifications

• Bilingual in Spanish and English is required.
• Proven ability to train and communicate clearly across shifts.
• Comfort with computer-based training tools and software.

Responsibilities

• Lead training and safety/quality programs for production staff.
• Identify bottlenecks and suggest process improvements.
• Support continuous improvement in safety, quality, and waste reduction.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish-English

Clear communication

Training delivery

Computers & training software

Tools

KPA software

Job description

About Old Souls Farms

Old Souls Farm is a growing food processing and packaging company based in St. Paris, Ohio. Founded in 2017, we started with a simple mission—produce high-quality food with care and consistency—and have since expanded to serve major national brands. With a team of over 250 employees, we take pride in hard work, reliability, and creating opportunities for people who want to build something meaningful together.

Job Summary -

The purpose of the Production Training Coordinator is to make sure all production employees are compliant and up to date from a Safety, Quality, and Food Safety training, that vests and smocks are taken care of in a nice, neat and orderly fashion. Help translate and train employees on new processes and procedures, while using our new KPA software system.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Leads team members identify, manage, and execute the plant's process improvement opportunities
• Identifies problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves issues
• Supports continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost and waste.
• Responsible for managing and owning various functions of the business and creating an engaged and team oriented work force in order to improve business results
• Provide employee training to ensure that employees are performing job responsibilities effectively and correctly
• Enforce plant rules, regulations and procedures
• Evaluate subordinate performance [KH1] [NA2] , communicate with employees, and provide information for work performance improvement
• Participate in the support of plant and company safety programs, promoting and maintaining a high level of awareness and adherence to defined employee safety requirements such as lock-out/tag-out, personal protective equipment, confined space entry, etc
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, listen, and communicate clearly.
• The employee frequently is required to stand and walk.
• Required to follow the proper escalation processes when issues arise
• Distribute/Communicate major company issues and messages as directed.
• Driving Work instruction implementation and improvements

Basic Job Requirements

• Fully Bilingual in Spanish and English
• Able to prove 18 years of age or older.
• Able to prove status as U.S. Citizen, legal migrant to the U.S., or permanent resident of the U.S.
• Able to work overtime/weekends (if necessary) to complete daily required tasks.
• Able to take direction and carry out orders.
• Able to communicate clearly.
• Able to accept criticism/coaching and act accordingly.
• Knows basic English
• Complete all paperwork correctly and legibly
• Proficient with computers and software for training purposes

Physical Job Requirements

• Able to: * Stand and move on hard surfaces for extended periods of time (9-10 hour increments)
• Squat, crouch, kneel, and reach repeatedly over the course of a working day.
• Withstand cold temperatures for extended periods of time (as low as 34°F).

Schedule:

• 10+ hour shift, Monday-Friday normally, could vary from Sunday night to Friday on Dayshift
• Flexible hours with 1 st vs 3 rd shift, will have proper notice when switching shifts.