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Production Training Specialist

Sterling Engineering, Inc.
  • Manteno, IL
  • $25–$30 Per Hour
  • Instant Apply
18 days ago

Job Description

Job Title: Production Training Specialist
Location: Manteno, IL
Hire Type: Contract-to-Hire
Target Pay Rate: $25-30/hr 
Contract Length: 3 months with the intention to hire direct
Work Schedule: Full-Time, First Shift, Onsite
Benefits: PTO, paid holidays, BCBS medical plans, dental/vision plans, 401(k), & ESOP
 
Job Summary:
The Training Specialist will help establish and organize a comprehensive production training program within a food manufacturing environment. This hands-on role will work directly with production employees and leadership to understand current processes, develop training materials and SOPs, conduct employee training, and establish a sustainable training program.
 
The ideal candidate is comfortable working on the production floor and with frontline employees, rather than someone focused primarily on administrative training coordination.
 
Must Have Skills:
  • Experience developing SOPs and work instructions
  • Experience training hourly/frontline employees
  • Strong organizational and documentation skills
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to work directly on a production floor
  • Ability to independently identify gaps and develop structure
  • Manufacturing, food manufacturing, warehouse, or production experience preferred
 
Job Duties:
  • Work directly with the production team to understand current processes, procedures, and training needs.
  • Develop and document SOPs and work instructions for key production processes in partnership with Operations and department leaders.
  • Conduct hands-on training for hourly production employees, including new hires and employees requiring retraining or cross-training.
  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive training matrix by employee, position, and department.
  • Identify training gaps and work with production leadership to establish training priorities.
  • Ensure employee training is completed and documented consistently.
  • Establish standardized training processes that can be maintained by company leadership after the assignment.
  • Partner with Production, Quality, Safety, and HR to ensure training materials and processes align with company requirements.
  • Support continuous improvement of training processes and documentation.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
 
Qualifications:
  • Experience in a manufacturing, food manufacturing, warehouse, or other production environment strongly preferred.
  • Previous experience developing SOPs, work instructions, or other process documentation.
  • Experience training hourly or frontline employees.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with employees at all levels of an organization.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Self-directed and comfortable working independently.
  • Ability to assess existing processes, identify gaps, and build structure where processes are not currently established.
  • Hands-on approach with a willingness to spend significant time on the production floor.


Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.


Numbers & Facts

LocationManteno, IL
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Salary$25–$30 Per Hour
Company Size500 to 999 employees
Year Founded1969
Websitehttp://www.sterling-engineering.com

About Company

Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:

 

  • Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.

 

  • Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.

 

Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.

Skills

  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Consultingunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • Food Productionunmatched
  • Health Planunmatched
  • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Process Analysisunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Production Systemsunmatched
  • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
  • Staff Trainingunmatched
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
  • Training Programunmatched
  • Training/Teachingunmatched
  • Warehousingunmatched

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