McWane Ductile Ohio - Trainer

McWane Ductile•Coshocton, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Trainer supports the development of a safe, capable, and engaged workforce by designing, developing, delivering, coordinating, and evaluating learning across the employee lifecycle. The role facilitates new-hire orientation and onboarding, required safety and compliance training, job- and skill-based development, corporate initiatives, and leadership development. Working under the direction of the Workforce Development Manager and in partnership with functional workgroups and subject matter experts, the Trainer translates organizational needs, technical requirements, and workforce-development initiatives into practical, engaging learning experiences that meet varied employee learning needs and support effective application within the facility. This is a full-time position requiring a minimum of 40 hours per week, performed on-site. The job requires regular standing, walking, sitting, handling objects, reaching, and talking and hearing. Occasional duties may involve climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, bending, crouching, crawling, tasting, or smelling, and lifting or moving up to 25 pounds. The work environment may occasionally include moving mechanical parts, heights, fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather, extreme temperatures, wet or humid conditions, hazardous chemicals, electrical shock risk, and vibration; noise is usually moderate.

Requirements

Strong facilitation, presentation, written communication, organization, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to engage employees with varied experience and learning needs.
Working knowledge of instructional design, adult-learning principles, learning objectives, assessment methods, and blended-learning approaches.
Ability to assess learning needs and translate technical, operational, safety, or policy-based information into clear, practical learning experiences.
Ability to build effective working relationships with employees, departmental trainers, subject matter experts, supervisors, and cross-functional partners.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and learning technologies, and ability to learn Company systems and handle sensitive employee and training information appropriately.
Ability to obtain and maintain required facilitator, safety, or technical credentials within established Company timelines when applicable.
Ability to perform the essential duties and meet the described physical demands, with reasonable accommodation where applicable.

Nice To Haves

Associate or bachelor’s degree in education, instructional design, training and development, human resources, organizational development, or a related field; equivalent education and relevant experience may be considered.
Two or more years of experience in employee training, instructional design, onboarding, or workforce development.
Experience with learning management systems, adult-learning principles, and developing instructor-led, digital, or blended learning.
Manufacturing, industrial, safety, compliance, or job-specific training experience.

Responsibilities

Support new-hire orientation and early job integration, helping employees understand the McWane Way, safety expectations, available resources, plant operations, their roles, and how their work contributes to the organization.
Apply instructional-design and adult-learning principles to design, develop, revise, and improve instructor-led, digital, blended, and hands-on learning experiences.
Partner with functional leaders and subject matter experts to identify learning needs, define objectives, organize technical content, and turn policies, procedures, standards, and job knowledge into practical training materials.
Develop and maintain facilitator guides, participant materials, presentations, job aids, knowledge checks, assessments, digital learning modules, videos, and qualification tools.
Deliver, coordinate, and track assigned compliance, leadership, and workforce-development training on required schedules, adapting delivery to varying experience levels and learning needs.
Train, develop, and support designated departmental trainers in delivering job-specific training and qualification using approved safety and operating requirements, JSTs, JSAs, work instructions, and learning materials.
Reinforce effective training practices, including demonstration, guided practice, knowledge checks, and verification of understanding.
Support use of the learning management system, including course setup, assignments, enrollments, completion tracking, reporting, content maintenance, and basic learner support in coordination with the LMS administrator.
Monitor training, certification, and qualification status to identify completion, expiration, retraining, cross-training, and job-movement needs; support training-matrix maintenance and provide documentation for updates to Company systems.
Evaluate learning effectiveness using feedback, knowledge checks, observed application, qualification results, completion data, and supervisor and subject-matter-expert input; recommend improvements.
Build productive relationships across the plant and follow up with employees and leaders to reinforce learning; inform the direct manager and appropriate functional leaders of significant training issues or improvement opportunities.
Follow Company safety, environmental, housekeeping, and plant policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.