Trainer Human Resource Specalists

MORGAN FOODS INC•Austin, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Morgan Foods, Inc. (MFI) is seeking a Trainer-Human Resources Specialist to support our Austin, IN facility. This full-time, onsite position is part of a larger Human Resources team supporting a dynamic 3-shift manufacturing operation. The Trainer-Human Resources Specialist reports to the HR Manager and serves as the primary owner of the facilities training programs. At MFI, we invest in your success. This role offers extensive exposure to manufacturing operations, frontline leadership, and employee development initiatives. You will play a critical role in onboarding new team members, developing training programs, maintaining training compliance, supporting qualification and certification processes, and partnering with supervisors to build workforce capability across the organization. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys working directly with employees on the production floor, coaching and developing talent, and creating training systems that drive performance, safety, quality, and engagement. You'll have the opportunity to shape the employee learning experience while helping build a highly skilled and successful workforce. If you're looking to expand your impact, take ownership of a critical function, and grow your career in manufacturing training and development, this is your opportunity.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required, emphasis in human resources, training, organizational leadership, organizational management, or similar. Substitution for college degree or emphasis area may be considered with adequate level of training experience and training knowledge.
Certification: Certified Professional Training Management or ability to successfully gain within 18 months of hire.
Manufacturing operations experience required, food manufacturing desired
Demonstrated experience in training or developing employees in a manufacturing, warehousing, or operations environment.
Excellent communication skills (written, oral, technology, presentation)
Knowledge of best practices in teaching/training adult learners.
Ability to build credibility and working relationships with frontline employees, supervisors, and managers.
Ability to speak, write, and understand English, secondary language skills Spanish, highly desired.
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and the ability to learn training management, HRIS, and learning management systems

Nice To Haves

SQF knowledge
HACCP knowledge
OSHA Authorized General Industry Trainer designation
Lean/Six Sigma certification

Responsibilities

Support for all organizational training initiatives, which broadly include direct operational PSOP training, GMP training, food safety training, food quality training, EHS training, Lean, IT-Technology, and HR-related training and professional development initiatives
Serve as the primary plant floor training resource supporting food safety, employee safety, and food quality standards.
Act as subject matter expert for training and employee development.
Evaluate training and development needs across departments and recommend effective training solutions within a broader organizational training agenda.
Partner with supervisors and managers to identify skill gaps and workforce training and development opportunities.
Develop training curricula with learning materials and facilitate engaging, multimodal training using a person-centered, coaching approach.
Partner with and coordinate training opportunities with outside training consultants.
Maintain training records, PSOPs, and related compliance documentation for company audits.
Conduct regular plant floor observations and PSOP audits to evaluate plant floor training effectiveness.
Monitor, analyze and report training effectiveness through audits, metrics, and
Human Resources SQF and HACCP core team member.
Support continuous improvement initiatives and special projects related to workforce capability and organizational development
Fulfills other activities as required to fulfill the requirements of the role.
Works independently, while a contributing member of a larger human resources team.