Job Summary:
Reporting to the Senior Director of Corporate Compliance, the Manufacturing Training Manager coordinates, delivers, and documents training for the company’s manufacturing employees to ensure they have the knowledge, skills, and qualifications needed to perform their jobs safely, efficiently, and in accordance with quality and production standards. This hands-on position serves as the primary training resource on the manufacturing floor, partnering with Production Supervisors, Team Leaders, Quality, EHS, Engineering, Maintenance, and Human Resources to support new-hire onboarding, job-specific qualification, cross-training, refresher training, and continuous improvement. The Manufacturing Training Manager translates procedures and technical requirements into clear, practical instruction at employees’ workstations.
This position supports manufacturing facilities in Hampton and Griffin, GA, and requires regular on-site presence at both locations. Flexibility in scheduling is required to support training across multiple shifts, including early morning, evening, or off-shift hours as needed. Essential Responsibilities:
Partner with HR, Training & Development, Operations, EHS, Quality, Engineering, and subject matter experts to assess manufacturing training needs and develop, deliver, and evaluate programs supporting onboarding, job proficiency, safety, compliance, quality, and performance, while contributing to the company’s learning strategy and design.
Partner with supervisors and team leads to identify skill gaps contributing to productivity losses, scrap, rework, downtime, or safety concerns while maintaining training and qualification standards.
Facilitate and manage the development of structured on-the-job training programs, instructional materials, visual work instructions, one-point lessons, and practical skill assessments in partnership with functional experts. Ensure technical content is reviewed and approved by the appropriate content owners.
Coordinate and conduct manufacturing floor training for new and existing employees; maintain training schedules that support production requirements and consistent instruction across shifts.
Lead production-floor onboarding, introducing new employees to safety requirements, quality expectations, work procedures, and performance standards; coordinate with Human Resources on Day One and Week One onboarding activities.
Provide hands-on instruction in machine operation, assembly and production processes, material handling, inspection, documentation, and other assigned tasks within the Manager’s qualifications; engage qualified subject matter experts when needed.
Adapt instruction to employee experience levels and learning needs; demonstrate tasks clearly, provide constructive coaching, and reinforce standardized work.
Use current and approved work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), job safety analyses (JSAs), drawings, and quality specifications; report outdated, unclear, or incomplete materials to the responsible content owner.
Reinforce applicable PPE, machine safety, housekeeping, and emergency procedures during instruction; incorporate quality standards, inspection requirements, defect awareness, and accurate documentation.
Coordinate structured cross-training to improve workforce flexibility and coverage of critical positions; work with supervisors to establish individual training and development plans.
Coordinate training for new equipment and new or revised manufacturing processes before employees begin affected work.
Provide refresher or remedial training when performance issues, quality concerns, safety incidents, process deviations, or procedure changes identify training needs.
Maintain a strong floor presence, observe assigned tasks, coach employees, and serve as an approachable resource for manufacturing process and work requirement questions.
Immediately communicate unsafe practices, quality risks, or significant deviations from standard work…