Sr. Training Specialist

Company Overview

The name Sotera Health was inspired by Soteria, the Greek goddess of safety, and reflects the Company’s unwavering commitment to its mission, Safeguarding Global Health®. Sotera Health Company is a leading global provider of mission‑critical sterilization and lab testing and advisory services for the healthcare industry. With a combined tenure across our businesses of nearly 200 years and our industry recognized scientific and technological expertise, we help to ensure the safety of millions of patients and healthcare practitioners around the world every year.

Across our 64 facilities worldwide, we have over 3,000 employees who are dedicated to safety and quality. We are a trusted partner to more than 5,800 customers in over 50 countries, including more than 40 of the top 50 medical device companies and 9 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies.

The Senior Training Specialist functions as a company‑wide training leader, responsible for training strategy, standardization, and alignment across multiple departments. This role provides oversight of training frameworks, mentors Training Specialists I and II, and partners with leadership to ensure training systems support long‑term business, quality, and regulatory needs. The Senior Training Specialist drives consistency, scalability, and continuous improvement of training programs across the organization.

• Identify areas for improvement within department processes and training. Assess department training needs and identify gaps or improvement opportunities.
• For New Employee Orientation (NEO), assist with preparing and executing on new employee orientation lab focused training.
• Coordinate with training coordinators and subject matter experts to standardize laboratory training.
• Publish training modules in Master Control.
• Design, implement, and maintain department training programs and materials.
• Oversee training matrices, training schedules, job code structures, and training scrums.
• Coach and mentor hands‑on trainers and support trainer development.
• Partner with management and SMEs to improve and standardize training.
• Support onboarding, retraining, and quality‑driven training initiatives.
• Provides technical training to help employees gain proficiency within assigned tests and to build expertise that preserves business continuity.
• Perform hands on training as needed.
• Manage the various training projects identified for your department and meet necessary deadlines.
• Complete training for all levels of trainers at Nelson Labs and guide these roles within their assigned department(s).
• Continually develop training skills by attending external or internal training sessions on training and development methods.
• Stay current with regulatory, technical, and scientific information required for your department training.
• Conduct train‑the‑trainer and mentoring sessions for hands on trainers.
• Assist with quality investigations to identify, design, develop, and implement training to improve quality, address department quality trends and regulatory findings, and CAPA training needs.
• Know and follow applicable regulatory requirements, company policies and procedures.
• Know, follow, and instruct on section best practices.
• Complete required training on time.
• Attend work regularly and reliably.
• Adhere to all policies and procedures.
• Own and manage Section Training Programs across one or more departments.
• Create, maintain, and continuously improve training frameworks (task lists, job codes, matrices, breakdown sheets, schedules, scrums, and materials).
• Audit section training programs for compliance, effectiveness, and consistency.
• Coordinate with lab managers, trainers, and SMEs to standardize training practices.
• Lead training updates in response to process changes, audits, QE trends, and CAPAs.
• Manage department‑level training projects across multiple sections.
• Partner with management on employee progression planning and execution.
• Support short‑term assignments, including travel, for company‑wide training initiatives as needed.
• Serve as a subject matter resource for training systems and best practices.
• Ensure training programs meet internal quality…