Training Specialist

Shamrock Foods Company; Verona (VA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Shamrock Foods Company is seeking a Training Specialist to ensure production associates complete all training per defined plans and standards, while maintaining training records and ensuring safety and compliance.

You will lead on-the-floor sessions, develop SOPs and materials, partner with HR and supervisors, and monitor progress across shifts in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive professional experience
• Experience in teaching and/or coaching is a plus
• Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment
• Understanding of adult learning principles
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Good observational and analytical skills
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
• Willingness to work evenings, overnight shifts, weekends and holidays

Responsibilities

• Schedules and facilitates learning sessions (predominantly OJT but some classroom) with all manufacturing process job roles in a timely manner.
• Maintain visibility on the operations floor to assure new associates’ success, maintain process knowledge, and identify gaps in the training process.
• Maintain consistency around on-the-job process training with a focus on assuring the pacing, learning tools, and work assignments maximize new associates’ success to meet performance standards.
• Solicit feedback from new associates regarding onboarding / learning issues and shares with HR and business leaders providing suggested improvements
• Create training materials including: SOPs, visuals, guidelines, checklists, etc.
• Continuously ensures all training materials meet compliance and legal guidelines.
• Maintains all training records and ensures all associate meet compliance and safety standards.
• Assist HR in determining viability of new associates through the talent huddle process
• Maintains regular communication with supervisors, production manager and HR, regarding associate progress
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Training & coaching

Adult learning principles

Effective communication

Presentation skills

Analytical skills

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Pay Range: $26.00 - $30.00 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.

Must be willing to work night hours and weekends intermittently

As a Training Specialist you will be responsible for ensuring all production associates complete all assigned training and demonstrate competence, per defined training plans, competence standards, and established schedules. You will be responsible for maintaining all training records and ensuring all associate meet compliance and safety standards.

Essential Duties

• Schedules and facilitates learning sessions (predominantly OJT but some classroom) with all manufacturing process job roles in a timely manner.
• Maintain visibility on the operations floor to assure new associates’ success, maintain process knowledge, and identify gaps in the training process.
• Maintain consistency around on-the-job process training with a focus on assuring the pacing, learning tools, and work assignments maximize new associates’ success to meet performance standards.
• Solicit feedback from new associates regarding onboarding / learning issues and shares with HR and business leaders providing suggested improvements
• Create training materials including: SOPs, visuals, guidelines, checklists, etc.
• Continuously ensures all training materials meet compliance and legal guidelines.
• Maintains all training records and ensures all associate meet compliance and safety standards.
• Assist HR in determining viability of new associates through the talent huddle process
• Maintains regular communication with supervisors, production manager and HR, regarding associate progress
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 3+ years progressive professional experience
• Experience in teaching and/or coaching a plus
• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced production environment
• An understanding of fundamental adult learning principles
• Strong communication and presentation skills in various sized groups
• Well-developed observational and analytical skills
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, Outlook)
• Models Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP's)
• Must be flexible and willing to work the demands of the department which are subject to evenings, overnight shifts, weekends and holidays.

Physical Demands

• Regularly stand; walk; reach and handle objects, tools, or controls; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; communicate when necessary to complete duties.
• Occasionally sit
• Occasionally climbs a ladder or works on a platform.
• Regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.

Corporate Summary

At Shamrock Foods Company, people come first - our associates, our customers, and the families we serve across the nation. A privately-held, family-owned and -operated Forbes 500 company, Shamrock is an innovator in the food industry and has been since being founded in Arizona in 1922.

Our Mission

At Shamrock Foods Company, we live by our founding family's motto to "treat associates like family and customers like friends".

Why work for us?

Benefits are a major part of your overall compensation, and we believe offering them at an affordable cost is not only the right thing to do, but it helps keep you and your family healthy. That's why Shamrock Foods pays for the majority of your health insurance, allowing you to take home more of your paycheck. And it doesn’t stop there - our associates also enjoy additional benefits such as 401(k) Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Paid Time Off, as well as our incredible growth opportunities, continued education and wellness programs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Shamrock Foods Co all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.