Training Specialist

High Liner Foods•Portsmouth, NH

9d•$53,000 - $73,000•Onsite

About The Position

Based at High Liner Foods’ production facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the Training Specialist is the primary point of contact for personnel training and coordinates, administers, and sustains training programs for a designated client group. The role ensures training is planned, delivered, documented, validated, and followed through to support safe work, food safety, quality, operational reliability, and front-line capability development. This position is based in a plant environment and requires regular presence on the floor. The Training Specialist works in office, classroom, and operational environments and follows site safety, food safety, hygiene, and PPE requirements. Some schedule flexibility may be needed to support training across shifts, onboarding activities, consultant visits, and mandatory training sessions.

Requirements

Diploma or bachelor’s degree in human resources, Adult Education, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent experience; equivalent manufacturing experience will be considered.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate operational requirements into clear training actions.
Ability to influence without direct authority and build credibility.
Strong planning, coordination, and organizational skills, attention to detail, and demonstrated follow-through on commitments.
Team- and safety-focused approach to daily work.
Ability to work in office/classroom and operational environments and comply with site safety, food safety, hygiene, and PPE requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience coordinating training, onboarding, workforce development, compliance programs, or manufacturing support processes.
Experience in food manufacturing, a safety-sensitive environment, or regulated manufacturing.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and ability to learn training systems, learning management systems, skills matrices, dashboards, and electronic document repositories.

Responsibilities

Confirm role-specific training requirements with subject matter experts, maintain departmental training matrices, and support a consistent site training calendar that balances operational needs, mandatory training, onboarding, and cross-training.
Maintain accurate, audit-ready training records, qualification status, certification progress, and compliance documentation in approved systems; follow up on outstanding signoffs, overdue training, and expiring certifications; and provide regular updates to Operations, EHS, and FSQA leaders.
Coordinate, administer, and deliver the 90-day onboarding and orientation process for front-line hourly employees, track completion and missed milestones, and follow up with supervisors and trainers to support new employees.
Partner with subject matter experts to develop training programs and content, and coordinate external consultants’ access to resources, meetings, stakeholder reviews, and follow-up actions.
Ensure finalized training documents are validated by appropriate subject matter experts before implementation; maintain version control, remove obsolete materials from active use, and communicate changes to affected leaders and trainers.
Coordinate classroom, floor-based, and on-the-job training; prepare rooms, technology, attendance and sign-in tools, learning materials, and practical equipment; and support trainers before, during, and after sessions, including co-facilitation as needed.
Support trainers and front-line leaders in documenting observations, practical assessments, knowledge checks, and certification readiness.
Administer the Learning Management System (LMS), including maintaining employee records and learning histories, uploading and assigning courses, tracking learning activities, reporting completion, compliance, participation, and learning metrics, and troubleshooting basic issues for employees and managers.
Support the development, review, and improvement of SOPs, OPLs, job hazard analysis content, training checklists, certification criteria, and training aids.
Identify recurring training gaps, unclear procedures, and certification barriers and work with site leaders to address them.
Collect feedback from participants, trainers, and leaders to improve training materials and delivery, and promote ongoing skill development and knowledge sharing.