Onboarding Trainer Acorn 2nd Shift

Farmer Focus • Harrisonburg, VA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Onboarding Trainer will help develop, mentor, and coach new team members as they get acclimated to operations processes. In this position you will be responsible for various tasks to train team members on the knowledge, skills, and responsibilities required to be successful in their position. The successful candidate will have a deep commitment to the power of lifelong learning, sustaining a coaching culture, and will exemplify our Farmer Focus CARES values of Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship.

Requirements

• At least 3 years’ related experience relevant to the job.
• Strong communication skills in English, Spanish, and/or French.
• Experience leading training initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong MS Office skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bi-lingual preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on training in departments with new hires to help them learn the skills necessary to effectively contribute to the production process. This will make up 70% of the trainer’s time.
• Monitor new hires to ensure clear expectations are provided regarding proper techniques of specific jobs. This will require trainers to be adept at the execution of the different tasks within the departments for which they are responsible.
• Assist the Orientation trainer during the new hires’ orientation week.
• Checking in on their understanding of Farmer Focus policies and values at the 2-, 4-, and 7-week marks. (This will make up 30% of the trainer’s time.)
• Daily evaluations to track new hire improvements and additional training required within their department.
• Ability to analyze processes to determine training needs.
• Communicating with the Lead(s) and Supervisor about any concerns for the new hires.
• Conduct weekly check-ins followed by a schedule by department.
• Serve as subject matter expert on the production floor.
• Partner with operations leadership and safety to ensure all team members are following documented processes.
• Assist the assigned department to train on compliance related topics to include food safety, GMP’s, Safety techniques, and health/welfare.
• Ensure supervisors provide regular feedback on new hires via survey forms.

Benefits

• Farmer Focus is committed to the principles of equal employment and to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations.
• It is our intent to maintain a work environment that is inclusive and equitable, free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation based upon an individual's age, race (including traits historically associated with race, which includes hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation (including transgender status, gender identity, or expression), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), genetic information (including testing and characteristics), military status (including status as a uniformed servicemember, a veteran, or dependent of a servicemember), or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.
• Farmer Focus is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy regarding all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
• Farmer Focus is a company dedicated to people, the farmers who grow for us and our team members who work in our state-of-the-art facilities.
• Whether a general laborer on our breast debone line or an executive, we are committed to creating a workplace that values all our people and offers everyone a chance to grow and thrive.
• We operate from our Farmer Focus CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship.
• We plan our work schedules to avoid most Saturday work.
• We do not run production on Sundays.
• Join us in our mission to protect generational family farms.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed