Production Trainer

City Chambersburg

State/Territory Pennsylvania

Work Schedule Monday-Friday, with flexibility

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Job Brief

Join our production team today as a Production Trainer!

Come join our Team as the Production Trainer! We started with pastries handmade by Lois and Lloyd Martin produced inside of a garage and we have boomed into a multi-facility company where our many products are produced by machines and shipped domestically and internationally. Talk about a rich history and exciting future! As an employer of choice we offer physical, emotional, financial and professional benefits including 401K, disability insurance and paid holidays.

Summary: As a member of the Martin’s Family, the production trainer is responsible for providing excellent training to provide new and existing employees with the tools they need to thrive at Martin’s.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Develops classroom, on-the-job, and recurrence training for Dough Preparation and Packaging positions.

• Develops training models for current employees to assist in on-the-job training of new and existing employees.

• Determines instructional methods for training by taking into account the needs of each position and effectiveness of different learning methods.

• Develops standard operating procedures for production operations.

• Audits standard operating procedures with supervision and management and makes necessary recommendations regarding changes to procedures.

• Conducts classroom and on-the-job training for new hires, re-trainings, or new procedures and/or equipment.

• Assists supervisors with evaluating new hire and employee performance after completion of training.

• Assists supervisors with additional training for employees with performance issues and/or knowledge gaps.

• Conducts annual Food Safety/GMP training for Production, Sanitation, and Maintenance.

• Confers with management, sanitation and maintenance department to understand changes and improvements in technologies, procedures, and regulations.

• Adheres to and enforces safety, food safety, quality, and Good Manufacturing Practices regulations.

• Reports safety, food safety, and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.

  Supervisory Responsibilities:

  There are no supervisory responsibilities.

  Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  Education and/or Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED;

• Associates Degree highly preferred;

• Food Manufacturing experience preferred;

• Previous training background.

  Language Skills:

  Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences. Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred.

  Mathematical Skills:

  Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

  Reasoning Ability:

  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

  Computer Skills:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

• Ability to learn new systems

  Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, equipment and food safety.

• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

  Other Qualifications:

• Must to work off shift hours to reach personnel working multiple shifts.

• Must work in both office and production environment to provide quality training experience.

  Physical Demands:

  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must stand for several hours at a time. Ability to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and smell. Ability to walk, sit; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Ability to occasionally lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

  Working Conditions:

  While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to change from sitting frequently to standing frequently. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is required to sit; stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment can vary from moderate to loud.

  We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)