Safety Training Senior Specialist

What Makes a Honda, is Who Makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it's a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of "power" that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential.

To this end, Honda strives to realize "the joy and freedom of mobility" by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a "zero environmental footprint."

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team. If your goals and values align with Honda's, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

The RO Safety Credentialed Trainer delivers impactful safety learning experiences that build associate competence, support regulatory and organizational compliance, and strengthen a culture of safety, innovation, and continuous improvement in alignment with Honda's mission and values. This role partners closely with internal and external subject-matter experts (SMEs) to understand safety-critical risks and translate technical and regulatory content into clear, engaging, and effective training for adult learners.

The position supports a broad curriculum focused on Honda's Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) risk categories, including but not limited to Control of Hazardous Energy, Powered Industrial Vehicles, Electrical Safety, Confined Space, and related programs. This role partners closely with compliance and communication skills to translate safety content into clear, actionable guidance that associates can readily understand and apply on the job.

The Safety Credentialed Trainer maintains required professional certifications, completes refresher requirements, and engages in ongoing learning to stay current with regulatory expectations, industry best practices, and Honda's evolving standards.

• Develop and maintain safety training curriculum in partnership with subject-matter experts (SMEs), including initial, refresher, and certification maintenance offerings. This includes leading enterprising training strategy initiatives such as harmonizing legacy training codes across Honda organizations and developing tools (e.g., safety training matrices) to help associates track, schedule and maintain required safety training and certifications.
• Design, update, or procure learning content in collaboration with SMEs to meet evolving business and regulatory needs. Content may be delivered through multiple formats and learning modalities to support effective adult learning.
• Partner with safety associates and department training coordinators to communicate course availability, coordinate completion status, and support refresher and recertification schedules.
• Subject Matter Expert for all learning system (HLC) inquires, including troubleshooting access issues, advising on appropriate course or certification enrolment, and coordinating with Talent Management for system-related issues.
• Manage external service provider relationships and related administrative functions, including purchase requisitions, budget tracking, and contract coordination. Responsibilities also include coordinating course schedules, collecting learner feedback, and working with SMEs to adjust training contact based on business needs.
• Coordinate and mentor Honda associate trainers to support consistent, high-quality delivery of safety training. Includes providing feedback, sharing best practices, and aligning delivery with standardized curriculum expectations.
• Support the deployment of standard regional training programs by promoting one-way-best-way learning solutions that improve efficiency and support cost-down initiatives.
• Lead or participate in cross-functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) work groups to support the development, continuous improvement, and alignment of safety training programs.

• Bachelor's degree in Learning & Development, Instructional Design, Education, Organizational Development, Occupational Safety and Health or related field, or equivalent experience delivering training to adult learners in a manufacturing environment, including hands-on or simulation involvement with safety-critical topics such as control of hazardous energy, fall protection, confined space, machine guarding, and other SIF-related categories.
• 3 years of experience delivering, facilitating, or supporting training for adult learners in a manufacturing or industrial environment, with demonstrated exposure to safety-critical operations. Experience working with or around Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) risk categories such as Control of…