TRAINING MANAGER CARROLLTON PLANT

Trident Seafoods is the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with primary seafood processing operations and fleet support in twelve Alaska communities. Trident's global operations produce finished wild Alaska seafood products in 6 countries and its sales teams serve customers in over 50 countries. Trident employs approximately 9,000 people worldwide each year and partners with over 5,400 independent fishermen and crewmembers. Species harvested and processed by Trident include virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska. The global supply chain also includes cultured and wild species from a network of trusted sources worldwide.

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Summary: The Training Manager is responsible for implementing, delivering, and tracking Trident Seafoods training programs for US Value Added Shoreplants. As part of the Operational Excellence Team, this position will drive and communicate best practices/operational excellence initiatives alongside the Operational Excellence Manager and Trident's enterprise CSD pillar owner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establishes base operating skills for associates by using the Continuous Skills Development (CSD) process to effectively and efficiently assimilate all new associates into the plant.
• Leads the change management process for the plant in order to introduce new skills effectively to the workforce across all plant pillars.
• Creates and maintains training curriculum and agendas for all associate positions.
• Provides and reacts to metrics that will assist plant operations in prioritizing training and development needs as well as providing a means to ensure that the programs remain intact over time.
• Maintains training materials and data as required.
• Provides standardized training for plant resources such as trainers, mentors, and auditors.
• Conducts internal systems audits as required
• Maintains CSD section of the Leadership Boards and maintains annual objectives for plant CSD.
• Acts as a key part of the training process when new equipment and processes are added at the plant.
• Engages associates in the creation and maintenance of training material and other training aids.
• Creates annual training schedules and supports compliance efforts. Tracks and communicates compliance, following up when gaps in training occur.
• Researches and analyzes processes to explore potential Continuous Improvement (CI) projects and assesses potential impact.
• Conducts validation tests and analysis of project/training results on an ongoing basis.
• Creates and builds training modules within Alchemy.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Acquires knowledge of Trident's Environmental and Safety Policies by completing required training programs and performing designated work activities in accordance with training and procedures/work instructions.
• Notifies designated personnel of any environmental or safety incidents or risks not previously documented, in accordance with Environmental Awareness and/or safety trainings.
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of five (5) years' experience in training and development or teaching; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• A minimum of five (5) years' experience working in the food industry
• Continuous Improvement experience
• Experience in production or manufacturing environment.
• Strong organization skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• HS Diploma or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Lean Six Sigma experience preferred, Green Belt or higher desirable.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to positively influence.
• Experience with engaging a team of trainers to implement/improve systems, processes, and procedures.
• Experience with learning management systems (LMS) such as Alchemy.
• Project management experience preferred.
• Proficient language fluency in Spanish
• Practical knowledge of the following industrial machinery:
• Pac Mack Baggers, Ishida scales, case erectors, log saws, gang saws, chop saws.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is frequently required to climb or balance.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

The employee moves objects

• regularly up to 10 pounds

• frequently up to 25 pounds

• occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

Work authorizations:

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship