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Hadrian Automation • Torrance, CA

10d • $27 - $45 • Onsite

About The Position

The Training Specialist - Welding owns welding training at their site. You will teach technicians to weld to a written standard across TIG, MIG and mechanized processes, run the evaluations that confirm they are ready, and keep the training records and documentation that the program is audited against. The role works closely with our naval customer as a representative of Hadrian. This is a senior individual contributor role. You will report to the site Training Operations Manager, with a dotted line to our welding training lead, who sets the welding curriculum and standard. You will set your own course with minimal oversight, direct trainees day to day without managing them, and make recommendations to leadership when the program needs them.

Requirements

• Experience in multiple welding disciplines, including TIG (GTAW), MIG (GMAW) and mechanized welding
• 3+ years in a training, instructing or teaching role focused on entry-level individual contributors
• At least 1 year welding in a production environment
• Proven ability to train people from entry level to mid level to weld to a written standard
• Openness to learning new processes and methods, and to reteaching as they change
• Comfort working with software to record training, evaluations and qualifications
• Experience maintaining training documentation to an audit-ready standard
• Ability to recognize patterns in how people learn and give objective, actionable recommendations to leadership
• A self-starter who manages their own time and priorities with minimal oversight
• Willingness to travel around 25%, primarily to our Los Angeles facility for training purposes
• U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice To Haves

• Experience welding or training to NAVSEA standards
• Experience with robotic welding; this can be learned and trained in role
• Welding certifications such as AWS Certified Welder, Certified Welding Educator or Certified Welding Inspector
• Experience building welding curriculum or training documentation from the ground up
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Comfort representing a company in front of a customer
• High emotional intelligence; improves on feedback and coaches others
• Passion for training, career development and Hadrian's mission of reindustrializing the nation's workforce

Responsibilities

• Lead welding training at your site, delivering hands-on instruction in the booth and on the floor and acting as the technical expert for the technicians you train.
• Bring technicians to weld to the written standard across TIG, MIG and mechanized welding, with consistent execution across every shift.
• Learn new processes and methods as they are introduced and turn them into clear, teachable steps.
• Own the evaluation process, including weld tests, practical assessments, quizzes, progress reporting and evaluation criteria across hard and soft skills.
• Record training, evaluations and qualifications in our training software so records are complete and current.
• Maintain version-controlled, audit-ready welding training documentation and conduct training audits for procedural compliance.
• Develop and refine welding curriculum with our welding training lead, adapting the core training system to your site.
• Give trainees day-to-day direction and escalate performance concerns to the Training Operations Manager.
• Carry Hadrian's standards and culture into your work with our naval customer.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
• Flexible vacation policy
• Equity

What This Job Offers

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