Title: Technical Trainer
Job Summary: The Technical Trainer assists with training processes locally. The role reports into the site General
Manager/ Plant Manager and dotted lines into Operations Learning & Development, to ensure training is
completed for Operator/ Craft Job Certification. The role will be a key contact/ trainer for team members, and be
responsible for teammate assessments regarding machine skills – providing feedback, machine certification
responsibility, and conducting assessments related to line of progression movements.
Major Job Responsibilities:
• Completes daily technical training on the floor to assist with the Certification of team members in their
roles
• Partners with OPS L&D leader to support New Hire Orientation/ On Boarding Training, as needed
• Assists with tracking, evaluating, and measuring training locally using the company’s Dept. Training
Standards & Learning System tools
• Supports site specific technical learning solution creation (SOP’s, Guided Workflows, Technical Learning
Aids - to assist with training)
• Develops, builds, and maintains relationships with trainees & leaders in their role
• Participates in new teammate hiring process – assesses candidates’ skills (general and/ or machine,
involved in interview process to assess industrial experience, and provides perspective on hiring decisions)
• Conducts training on all shifts
• Influences others to be safety-minded
• Team member will be certified through a Train the Trainer process, support managing day to day
Certification Processes & will be supported by Ops L&D with training tools & general knowledge content
• Additional duties as assigned
How you will impact WestRock:
• Improve local team performance through increasing skills and time to certification processes
• Cost eliminator driving training efficiencies across roles, saving us unnecessary risk, and reducing the time
allotted for training – a continuous improvement mindset
What you need to succeed:
Critical Skills/ Capabilities:
• Growth and Results Oriented: Results oriented person that looks for constant ways to improve
• Innovation: Able to support implementation of new processes and new learning technologies to drive
training into the flow of work
• Interpersonal Skills: Possess keen awareness and understanding of the importance of strong
interpersonal skills in communicating, achieving OKR’s and leading people or teams (self-awareness)
• Accountability: Holds self and others responsible for actions and results
• Influence: Able to partner and build relationships to influence teams to work together, share best
practices and develop and drive effective training for operations teams
• Decision Making: Uses strong problem-solving skills and supporting information to arrive at optimal
decisions in an appropriated timeframe; knows when to decide and/ or when to seek additional input,
and drive for consensus
• Communication: Willingness to work on the floor, with all shifts, in a heavy manufacturing world, to
ensure we can document and teach critical work processes
• Quality: Actively work to ensure quality is ensured while minimizing waste
Technical Skills:
• 1 – 3 years’ experience conducting/ leading training, including On-The-Job training, or similar, in a
manufacturing environment preferred
• 2 – 4 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Knowledge of Learning Management Systems preferred
• Microsoft Office Experience Preferred– Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Forms
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