Workforce Training & Retention Coordinator

Abimar Foods; Abilene (TX); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Longevity bonus

Perfect attendance bonus

7 Paid Holidays

Sign on Bonus

401 K after a 1 year

Insurance after 60 days

Job summary

Abimar Foods is seeking a Workforce Training and Retention Coordinator to support onboarding, integration, engagement, and early retention of entry-level manufacturing staff within the plant. You will partner with production teams and HR to reduce early turnover, deliver structured training in the first days and weeks, and maintain a strong floor presence across shifts to improve employee experience.

This role emphasizes hands-on support, stay interviews, and data-driven insights to guide

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; manufacturing/HR onboarding experience preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred.
• Comfortable on a fast-paced 24/7 production floor.

Responsibilities

• New Hire Integration, Training & Support: assist onboarding and plant integration; provide basic operation training; conduct structured follow-ups at 24h, 1w, 30d, 90d.
• Early Retention Management: identify disengagement or turnover risk; escalate to HR/operations; support leadership in improving retention.
• Workforce Insights & Analysis: conduct stay interviews and exit conversations; analyze turnover by shift, line, supervisor, department, tenure; provide actionable insights.
• Operational Partnership: partner with Production Supervisors, Lead Operators, HR, and Training; maintain floor presence and support workforce initiatives.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

People-oriented

Operational on floor

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Description

We offer

• Longevity bonus
• Perfect attendance bonus
• 7 Paid Holidays
• Sign on Bonus
• 401 K after a 1 year
• Insurance after 60 days

Summary:

The Workforce Training and Retention Coordinator is responsible for supporting the onboarding, integration, engagement, and early retention of entry-level manufacturing employees within the plant operation.

This role focuses primarily on reducing early turnover by ensuring new employees receive structured support during their first days, weeks, and months in the organization. The position acts as a bridge between new hires, supervisors, operations leadership, and HR to improve workforce stability and employee experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The role is highly floor-oriented and operationally connected, requiring daily interaction with production employees and frontline leadership teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

New Hire Integration, Training & Support

• Welcome and support new employees during onboarding and plant integration.
• Give basic operation training for new employees at his/her position.
• Conduct structured follow-ups during the first 24 hours, first week, first 30 days, and first 90 days.
• Help new hires adapt to plant expectations, schedules, culture, and work environment.
• Build trust and maintain close communication with entry-level employees.

Early Retention Management

• Identify early signs of disengagement, attendance issues, or turnover risk.
• Escalate concerns proactively to HR and Operations leadership.
• Support supervisors and leads in improving employee retention within their teams.
• Help reduce early turnover and improve workforce stability.

Workforce Insights & Analysis

• Conduct stay interviews and exit conversations with employees.
• Analyze turnover trends by:
  • Shift
  • Line
  • Supervisor
  • Department
  • Tenure
  • Provide actionable recommendations to leadership teams

Operational Partnership

• Work closely with Production Supervisors, Lead Operators, HR, and Training teams.
• Maintain strong floor presence across shifts and departments.
• Support initiatives related to workforce engagement and employee experience.

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function and assigned task satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, competency, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function and assigned task satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, competency, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Experience

• A high school diploma is required as experience in manufacturing, HR support, workforce engagement, onboarding, or employee relations preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to build trust with frontline employees.
• Bilingual English/Spanish is strongly preferred.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced 24/7 manufacturing environment.
• Strong observational and problem solving skills.

Skills/Capabilities

The ideal candidate is:

• Approachable.
• Empathetic.
• Highly observant.
• Operationally minded.
• Proactive.
• People-oriented.
• Comfortable spending significant time on the production floor.

This role is not primarily administrative. Success depends heavily on relationship building, floor presence, early issue detection, and operational partnership.

Key Metrics

• Early Turnover Rate (0-7 days).
• Early Turnover Rate (0-30 days).
• Early Turnover Rate (31-90 days).
• Training hours recorded by employees.
• New hire retention by shift and department.
• Attendance stability during onboarding period.
• Employee engagement feedback.