Early Career and Talent Programs Specialist - 529509

LED FastStart•Baton Rouge, LA

About The Position

The Early Career & Talent Programs Specialist provides day-to-day coordination, communication, tracking, and administrative support for established early-career and talent programs across the business. The role supports the New Hire Mentoring Program, Operations Management Trainee Program, and Internship Program by coordinating activities, monitoring participant progress, supporting training completion, and helping employees and interns receive meaningful exposure, guidance, and development. The position also supports Learning & Development and talent initiatives through meeting coordination, documentation, reporting, and follow-up throughout the calendar year. It helps build relationships with educational and workforce partners to strengthen talent pipelines into the construction materials industry, and gathers feedback and prepares materials to support program improvement and decision-making.

Responsibilities

Coordinate mentor assignments, new-hire follow-up, progress tracking, and verification that newly hired hourly employees receive appropriate training, support, and feedback.
Partner with Operations, HR, Safety, and department leaders to help new hires understand job expectations, complete required training, and access the tools and resources needed to succeed.
Coordinate rotational assignments and maintain schedules for the Operations Management Trainee Program, tracking participant progress and supporting exposure to relevant departments, business functions, and operational experiences.
Coordinate intern onboarding, rotation schedules, department placements, learning experiences, feedback touchpoints, and end-of-program follow-up to support potential conversion to full-time employment.
Identify universities, community colleges, trade schools, technical programs, and other post-high-school institutions that may serve as strategic talent-pipeline partners.
Support relationships with educational institutions, career centers, workforce development organizations, and community partners to increase awareness of career pathways, internship opportunities, and early-career employment programs.
Maintain accurate program records, participant rosters, training-completion data, feedback documentation, and reports related to mentoring, trainee, internship, and talent-development initiatives.
Coordinate meetings, communications, calendar activities, materials, surveys, and follow-up items related to early-career programs, talent reviews, development planning, and other Learning & Development or talent initiatives.
Collect feedback from participants, mentors, supervisors, interns, trainees, and business leaders to identify opportunities to improve program effectiveness, participant experience, and long-term talent outcomes.
Prepare reports, presentations, status updates, and other materials to communicate program participation, training progress, feedback trends, open items, and recommended actions to HR, Operations, and business leadership.
Provide coordination and administrative support to the Learning & Development team and assist with additional talent initiatives, meetings, projects, and events throughout the calendar year.