Training and Staffing Specialist

Responsibilities

• Identify job-bid training gaps from each production area to post job bids, award job bids, and determine training needs for each specific individual and role.
• Manage total headcount needed for each role based on defined staffing standards and ensure job-bids are posted in accordance with staffing gaps.
• Cook up and monitor the job bidding process in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement in collaboration with HR as needed.
• Process changes related to bids awarded including employee status and pay rates in the HRIS System, ensuring compliance with the CBA.
• Support, coordinate, and monitor bid training progress against defined standards and expectations.
• Cook up recruiting efforts for temporary employees with HR, including identifying the need, scheduling and conducting interviews, and maintaining a supportive coaching relationship for the temporary employees, for the duration of their assignment.
• Build and deliver training and onboarding plans for temporary employees and continually measure training efficiency against outlined plans.
• Manage training records; continuously looking for opportunities for improvement.
• Manage cross-training needs to ensure each role has adequate coverage based on defined staffing standards.
• Understand how to use skill matrix, evaluation checklists/assessments and job breakdowns or similar tools and uses these to actively manage and assess training gaps.
• Monitor employee skill gaps and qualifications using Learning Management Systems (LMS) and coordinate training based on skill and qualification gaps.
• Support training content creation and updates based on updated processes and procedures.
• Support the execution and ongoing management of hourly production rewards and recognition programs to create a positive workplace culture.
• Execute plant-wide meetings, in collaboration with key stakeholders, to ensure operations’ employees receive clear and meaningful communication.
• Provide back up to the Production Scheduler role.
• Participate in the Training & Education Pillar to ensure operational, supervisory, and managerial training activities throughout the plant contribute to driving out losses.
• Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset in all aspects of the job by proactively identifying and implementing opportunities to enhance day-to-day processes.
• Maintain data integrity of internal systems related to performance and attendance.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education And Experience Required: Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of demonstrated experience training and developing training systems, ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Ability to set priorities and complete tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to develop, implement, and monitor progress on action plans that require collaboration with cross-functional partners.
• Ability to quickly identify training needs and support development of training programs.
• Ability to work effectively in a union environment and occasionally adjust schedule to support 2nd and 3rd shifts.
• Familiarity analyzing skill management skills.
• Technical ability to learn and adapt to new equipment and to effectively lead the operations with sophisticated technical equipment.
• Computer literacy in MS Office (Office, Excel, Word, Teams), HR Management System, and training software experience a plus.
• Soft skills: adaptability, time management, organization and decision making.