Overview

Onboarding Technical Trainer

Mitsubishi Power is hiring an Onboarding Technical Trainer in the Savannah Machinery Works location to deliver and sustain standardized shop floor onboarding and WI-based qualification, providing hands-on training aligned to safety, quality, and standard work. Partners with supervisors and SMEs to validate proficiency, maintain training records, and reinforce continuous improvement through coaching and performance verification.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates core competencies: action oriented, change champion, customer-focused, developing self & others, and ownership
• Administer and execute standardized manufacturing onboarding, delivering orientation, safety, quality, and foundational training aligned with production priorities.
• Plan and coordinate onboarding and training schedules with supervisors, area leadership, and HR to balance readiness, volume, timing, and production constraints.
• Deliver structured, hands-on WI driven OJT using approved work instructions, job aids, checklists, and standard work documentation.
• Coach new and existing employees to proficiency, reinforcing safe work practices, quality, operational efficiency, and Train the Trainer standards.
• Validate trainee readiness through practical demonstrations and approved assessments; complete qualification and sign off documentation per established procedures.
• Maintain and audit onboarding skills matrices, qualification records, and progress tracking to ensure accuracy, standardization, and audit readiness.
• Monitor training effectiveness, communicate completion status and capability gaps, provide feedback on training materials, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• High school diploma required; technical certification or degree (Associate's/Bachelor's) preferred, or equivalent experience.
• 3–5+ years of manufacturing/industrial experience, including onboarding, training delivery, and safety/quality processes.
• Understanding of manufacturing safety, quality systems, and standard work.
• Familiar with WI-based training/qualification, skills matrices, and training recordkeeping (LMS experience a plus).
• Able to plan and deliver onboarding through classroom and hands-on training with strong coordination and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and coaching skills; able to explain technical concepts clearly.
• Maintain training records, track progress, and support compliance/audit activities.
• English proficiency required;
  Spanish or Japanese a plus.
• Apply standard procedures, use sound judgment, and escalate issues as needed.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and/or LMS for tracking and reporting training.

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