Trainer OJT- IMM Night Shift

Toyoda Gosei Americas; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Toyoda Gosei Americas in San Antonio, Texas is hiring for a full-time position focused on supporting the onboarding of new hires and delivering essential training. Responsibilities include documenting training progress, coaching existing employees, and monitoring training compliance.

The ideal candidate will have over two years of manufacturing experience, knowledge of lean concepts, and basic computer skills. Flexibility in working hours is required to adapt to different shifts.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the company and lean manufacturing concepts.
• Ability to influence change and follow training standards.
• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, and division.

Responsibilities

• Support the new hire onboarding process.
• Deliver training to help employees develop skills.
• Monitor and follow up on expired training.

Skills

Knowledge of manufacturing concepts

Promotes safety and quality

Basic computer skills

Bilingual in English and Spanish

Education

Two+ years of experience in manufacturing

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the new hire onboarding process.
• Act as a mentor by being a resource, providing support and helping new hires feel like part of the team.
• Deliver training to help employees develop skills to carry out expected role.
• Provide coaching to existing employees that may require additional development.
• Accurately record and document completion for employees in training.
• Monitor and follow up on all expired trainings, including pending and aged OJTs.
• Support training coordination efforts, including monitoring completion status in the Learning Management System (LMS).
• Provide accurate training status updates to TG University and Supervisors.
• Work with multiple leaders to efficiently and effectively communicate, or elevate issues through the proper channels for resolution.
• Foster a positive team dynamic that encourages employees to ask questions, provide feedback and adapt to the ever‑changing demands of their work, while remaining steadfast on producing quality parts.
• Identify and communicate any gaps and needs.
• Assist with other projects as needed in support of Manufacturing Operations.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality regarding employee information.

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities and additional duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the company, manufacturing and lean manufacturing concepts (5S, Kanban, Kaizen, etc.).
• Promotes safety, quality and other pertinent policies.
• Follows training standards and work instructions to deliver training.
• Influence change in professional and manufacturing environments.
• Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite and LMS).
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.

Reasonable accommodations could be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

Education and/or Experience

Two+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment.

Communication Skills

Ability to communicate with all levels of the organization.

Technical Skills

Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite, Learning Management System).

Mathematical Skills

Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division is necessary. The ability to express numbers as a decimal, convert numbers into percentages and from percentages to whole numbers, ability to express numbers as a fraction and perform basic math operations using positive and negative numbers and as ratios or averages.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations could be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to handle or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, outside weather conditions, risk of electrical shock, and explosives. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Position Type/Expected Work Hours

This is a full‑time position, working either day or night shift. Occasional shift of normal hours to support various shifts may be required as job duties demand. Travel may be required.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. This also includes periodic adjustments to work hours, sometimes within a week, to support multiple shifts.