Training Specialist II

Office•White City, OR

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Training Specialist is critical to achieving our vision of building a thriving, collaborative, efficient, engaged and sustainable organization that we can all take pride in. Their interactions and foundational training for all new temps and employees coming into Amy’s helps achieve our vision by connecting each employee’s training to the people, planet and performance strategies and measures of our manufacturing organization, and by always exhibiting our core values. This role is responsible for introducing and developing a Safety Always culture with every new Amy’s employee under their supervision. They develop the knowledge and skills of our manufacturing staff, ensuring that employees and temps receive critical Food Safety, Workplace Safety and foundational role specific training in the classroom and on the job. This position will report to the Training Supervisor.

Requirements

High school education; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
1 – 3 years’ experience working on a food manufacturing position.
Experience in training employees on the job.
Experience in facilitating classroom training to a group of employees
Knowledge of product standards, critical control points, food safety and workplace safety rules in a food manufacturing plant.
Can motivate and coach employees to be their best and to achieve department goals.
Demonstrated ability to support and listen to line workers.
Can respectfully and clearly give and receive feedback.
Willing to learn and grow within a teaching and coaching role.
Is approachable, empathic, and compassionate; boosts self-esteem and maintains respect.
Works easily with diverse styles and people from different backgrounds.
Able to confront issues and conflict in a respectful, constructive and productive manner.
Familiar with Windows Office (Outlook, Excel, PPT).
Will be required to work with spreadsheets in Excel to track training completion.
Ability read and reply to emails in Outlook.
Ability to schedule training sessions in Outlook Calendar.
Will be required to use iPad for on the floor training and observations.
Ability to navigate a power point and present to the employee in training.
Able to communicate effectively (written & spoken) in a Bi-lingual (English/Spanish).
Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees.
Ability to read policies, procedures and work instructions.
Ability to complete forms.
Ability to add, subtracts, multiply and divide numbers.
Can apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

Lead training efforts assigned to you.
Provide on the job training for one department- Frozen Foods Heavy Lifters IV & V, Sanitation or Kitchen (Core & Advanced).
Light Lifter Trainer that can provide on the job training for LL LPs Core & Advanced, as well as 1 Core for HLs in Frozen Foods, Kitchen, or Sanitation.
Work side by side with employees-in-training, commend their successes and provide constructive feedback on ways that they can improve.
Provide effective and engaging classroom training.
Conducts the following types of training: o Orientation Alchemy Training for Food Safety and Personal Safety. o Temp/New Hire Training (1 st Day, 1 st Week). o Role Specific Core Training (Dept. Specific Learning Plans). o Role Specific Advanced Training (Dept. Specific Learning Plan). o Food Safety Training related to any changes that arise. o Alchemy Classroom Facilitation of monthly workplace & food safety topics. o All PCs and CCPs.
Monitor employees to make sure they are following workplace and food safety rules.
Respectfully coach employees who are not adhering to company rules, or are engaged in unsanitary or unsafe practices.
Ensure that learners are learning in the language they are comfortable learning in.
Ensure that new temps and direct hires receive the necessary guidance, support and feedback to be proficient in their new roles.
Models the Amy’s core values. (Acts as an ambassador for Amy’s. Provides a warm welcome to new employees and is patient, helpful and supportive as they learn their new role.)
Works proactively with LPT to correct performance issues and address problems that arise with employees in training.
Communicates with Training Supervisor daily to: o U nderstand training goals (short & long term). o Progress and proficiency of temps and employees-in-training. Ensure that they are scheduled appropriately according to their additional training needs. o Report back on training issues, progress, any safety issues.
Communicates with department Supervisors and leads on: o Progress and proficiency of temps and employees-in-training. o Report any food quality, food safety or workplace safety issues immediately to department management and ensure the Training Supervisor is aware.
Communicates with New Hires: o Training process and learning plan progress. o Clearly gives and receives feedback.
If needed, work outside of shift and/or times to continuously support the training needs in the plant.
Supervises assigned new hires through the initial 2-3 week role specific training period.