Training Development Specialist

Marvin•Warroad, MN

About The Position

The Training Development Specialist supports Learning & Development with administrative functions and helps train new employees during onboarding. The role promotes ongoing employee learning and growth while ensuring training databases, metrics, and documentation are accurate. It requires fostering teamwork and a positive culture in a fast-paced environment, and supporting training programs for production, supervisory, technical, and front-line management employees. The specialist also maintains training records and documentation, supports skills-pathing and production-video efforts, and collects and reports employee feedback.

Requirements

Four to six years of related teaching or training experience is strongly preferred.
Ability to communicate with employees, trainers from other companies, professional training group members, and consultants by phone, in person, or in writing.
Ability to work independently under minimal direction.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual language skills are preferred.

Responsibilities

Facilitate new employee orientation and onboarding.
Promote teamwork and a positive workplace culture that supports employee growth and retention.
Research, plan, organize, and conduct training programs for production, supervisory, technical, and front-line managers.
Write materials for new training programs and review, evaluate, and modify existing and proposed programs, recommending changes as appropriate.
Assist Learning & Development in preparing training programs.
Administer and evaluate training program qualifications and determine prospective attendees' eligibility.
Prepare and distribute training aids, including instructional materials, handouts, evaluation forms, and visual aids; set up audiovisual equipment and make presentations when needed.
Contact attendees and department representatives to obtain feedback about training programs.
Maintain the training calendar for Warroad, schedule resources, and prepare physical training setups.
Assess team documents to ensure they reflect current processes, and write and submit revisions as needed.
Maintain training documentation using an LMS or other compliance software and tracking processes.
Assist with skills-pathing data collection, production shoots, and editing videos for approximately 400–500 jobs at job stations.
Prepare reports on new production employees' skills-pathing certifications and progress across product groups.
Survey employees and consolidate feedback for product groups, leaders, and Human Resources.