Senior Technical Training Specialist

Position Summary

Since the doors opened in 1972, our Atlanta factory has grown dramatically into a state-of-the-art facility. With safety at the forefront of our minds, our Atlanta factory proudly and passionately produces 460,000 tons a year of our dry pet food brands, including Alpo®, Beneful®, Cat Chow®, Dog Chow®, Friskies®, Purina ONE®, and Pro Plan®. Our factory also does its part for the environment by conserving water, investing in renewable electricity, maintaining zero waste for disposal and more.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support, coordinate and oversee the development of standardized onboarding for the factory technical (maintenance) teams
• Monitor and coordinate ongoing onboarding and competence management for maintenance personnel at factory location as well as the determination of onboarding content and plans for development of materials for key competencies
• Coverage of efforts and oversight of deployment of a digital competence management platform (Poka, Power BI and other solutions) and development of a digital structure strategy for maintenance space
• Coordinate efforts, monitor and recommend improvements to World Class Technical Training Center, including development of technical training modules and oversight of technical training curriculum development
• Prepare and communicate education and training rollout plans related to maintenance personnel/activities including selection of key activities, priorities for rollout, scope (lines, area etc.) and glidepath for results
• Act as a change agent, promoting the vision and the path to manufacturing excellence through education and training
• Lead, train, and coach the Factory Maintenance Teams, HR, and E&T Managers in ownership of Technical Maintenance E&T activities
• Manage Technical Maintenance E&T area of responsibility priorities through identification and management of key activities, resource allocation and prioritization to make sure the impact on total market key expected results

Basic Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or GED Equivalent with 7+ years’ experience developing and executing technical training programs in an industrial, manufacturing, military, classroom, or related environment
• A Bachelor’s degree in training and development, Business, Engineering, Human Resources, or related field with 3+ years’ experience developing and executing technical training programs in an industrial manufacturing, military, classroom, or related environment