Title: Training Manager

Shift: First Shift | Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Flexibility required for business needs)

Salary: $80k - $90k based on experience 

Training Manager Role:

Our client is seeking a dedicated professional to drive safety, quality, and productivity by ensuring all operators master documented standards. This role exists to execute and maintain the training infrastructure, identifying skill gaps through audits and ensuring the workforce is competent, certified, and actively progressing.

Training Manager Responsibilities:

• Audit plant operations weekly to ensure operators and material handlers follow documented procedures and safety standards
• Maintain and update training documentation including SOPs, work instructions, and job safety analyses within one week of process changes
• Deliver hands-on training and coaching to new hires during their initial onboarding period to ensure they meet operational standards
• Track employee competencies and certifications within the training matrix to ensure coverage for production needs
• Coordinate and run monthly training sessions for existing employees focused on safety refreshers and cross-training
• Assess and document hourly worker skill levels to provide supervisors with data for development paths and promotions
• Prepare monthly reports detailing training completion rates, audit findings, and measurable skill improvements
• Perform regular process audits to ensure long-term retention of training and identify areas for re-training
• Partner with the Safety Manager and Director of Plant Operations to align training goals with plant-wide standards
• Manage the training system and ensure all sign-offs and compliance paperwork are completed and filed accurately
• Oversee the internal certification process for specialized machinery such as overhead cranes and slitting lines
• Spend approximately 70% of time on the manufacturing floor to provide real-time observation and coaching

Training Manager Reporting Relationships:

The Training Manager reports directly to the Director of Plant Operations and works in close partnership with the Safety Manager and HR.

About You:

• Possess 3–7 years of experience in training, auditing, or instructional roles within a professional environment
• Demonstrate the ability to learn complex technical processes and assess others' adherence to those procedures
• Exhibit strong documentation habits with experience maintaining competency matrices or certification tracking systems
• Comfortably spend a significant majority of the workday on a manufacturing floor in a hands-on capacity
• Maintain a background in manufacturing or industrial training, ideally within the steel or metals industry
• Show proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with maintenance or training software such as Llumin
• Act as an organized and detail-oriented professional capable of managing multiple training schedules simultaneously
• Communicate effectively with both hourly staff and senior leadership to drive process improvements
• Display an interest in using behavioral or personality assessments to tailor instructional approaches
• Demonstrate familiarity with Lean principles or ISO/QMS auditing processes
• Hold a teaching certification or a professional credential such as a CPTD (preferred but not required)
• Exercise flexibility to adjust hours occasionally to meet the needs of different production shifts

Next Steps:

If you are a detail-oriented problem solver with a passion for people development, we would like to hear from you. Please reach out with your resume to help our client build their training infrastructure from the ground up.

Additional Information:

• Equal Opportunity Employer: Our client provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
• Physical Demands: This role requires significant time standing and walking on the production floor to observe operations and deliver hands-on coaching.
• Working Conditions: This is a 100% on-site position. While office space is provided, the role is heavily integrated into a real manufacturing environment involving overhead cranes and coil processing equipment.