Strategic Workforce Training Lead

Patriot Machine, Inc.; Saint Charles (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental and vision coverage

Life/disability insurance

401(k) with employer contributions

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Patriot Machine, Inc. in St.

Charles, MO seeks a Workforce Training & Development Manager to design, implement, and maintain a comprehensive training program that elevates safety, quality, and efficiency across manufacturing operations. The role partners with Operations, Engineering, Quality, HR, and leadership to identify skill gaps, create structured programs, document qualifications, and build career pathways that reduce knowledge loss and support continuous improvement in aerospace-grade

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience in manufacturing, workforce development, technical training, operations, or organizational development.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and technical occupations.
• Experience developing structured training programs.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with both shop-floor employees and senior management.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with learning-management systems, training databases, or skills-management systems.
• Ability to analyze workforce data and identify skill gaps.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the company's overall workforce training strategy.
• Identify current and future workforce skill requirements.
• Work with department managers to determine training priorities.
• Develop annual and multi-year training plans.
• Establish consistent training standards across departments.
• Coordinate training initiatives with company operational and strategic objectives.
• Develop and maintain a company-wide skills and competency matrix.
• Identify required skills for each position and skill gaps by employee, department, machine, process, and job classification.
• Work with management to prioritize training based on operational needs and workforce risks.
• Identify areas where the company is overly dependent on a single experienced employee.
• Develop a structured onboarding process that moves employees from initial orientation through job qualifications.
• Responsible for identifying qualified internal or external instructors and ensuring that training is properly structured, completed, and documented.
• Work with operations to identify positions and processes requiring additional cross-training for employees.
• Develop programs for transferring knowledge from experienced employees to less experienced employees.
• Evaluate available grants, workforce-development programs, and other funding opportunities that may offset training costs.
• Coordinate documentation, mentoring, job shadowing, demonstrations, work instructions, videos, and other methods to preserve institutional knowledge.
• Identify and coordinate outside training when internal resources are insufficient.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Learning management systems

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Learning management systems

Job description

Patriot Machine, Inc. in St.

Charles, MO seeks a Workforce Training & Development Manager to design, implement, and maintain a comprehensive training program that elevates safety, quality, and efficiency across manufacturing operations. The role partners with Operations, Engineering, Quality, HR, and leadership to identify skill gaps, create structured programs, document qualifications, and build career pathways that reduce knowledge loss and support continuous improvement in aerospace-grade