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Sol-Ark
Training and Development Manager
LMS
Edtech.com's Summary
Sol-Ark is hiring a Training and Development Manager to establish and lead the company's training and talent development programs. This role involves partnering with the HR Director and business leaders to develop learning strategies, design and deliver training, manage the LMS, and measure program effectiveness to enhance workforce skills and leadership in a manufacturing environment.
Highlights
- Develop and implement a companywide learning strategy and training framework partnering with HR and business leaders.
- Design onboarding, workforce skills training, frontline leadership, and high-potential talent development programs.
- Administer and improve LMS, manage content, track completion, and ensure data integrity.
- Deliver training through multiple formats including classroom, virtual, and on-the-job sessions.
- Collaborate with subject-matter experts and departments such as Operations, Engineering, and Safety for job-specific training.
- Measure training effectiveness using Excel, LMS reports, and employee feedback to present results to leadership.
- Requires minimum five years of training and development experience in a manufacturing or industrial setting with demonstrable program implementation success.
- Proficiency in LMS administration and strong Microsoft 365 skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
- Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree related to HR or organizational development and experience in startup or rapidly scaling environments.
- Compensation includes competitive salary, performance-based bonus, and benefits such as medical, dental, vision, PTO, and 401(k).
Training and Development Manager Full Description
Training and Development Manager
Allen, TX
Location:
This position will be onsite at our corporate offices in Allen, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth area).
Full-time W-2 ONSITE opportunity (not remote)!
Work Eligibility:
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer-sponsored visa sponsorship now or in the future.
- Candidates must have permanent work authorization in the United States. Sol-Ark does not provide visa sponsorship, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT (including STEM OPT), H-1B, or any other employment-based visa requiring future sponsorship.
About the Position:
We are seeking a Training and Development Manager to partner closely with the HR Director to build and implement Sol-Ark's training and talent-development framework in a fast-growing manufacturing business with evolving learning infrastructure. Jointly set priorities, standards, resources, and a roadmap for onboarding, workforce skills, frontline leadership, professional growth, and high-potential talent. Within this shared direction, lead assigned program design, delivery, LMS administration, measurement, and improvement in collaboration with HR Business Partners, functional leaders, and subject-matter experts. Balance strategic planning with hands-on execution; the HR Director and business leaders share responsibility for direction, sponsorship, and adoption.
Responsibilities:
Learningstrategy, framework, systems, and governance
• Partner with the HR Director and business leaders to assess skills andleadership gaps, set priorities, and develop a companywide learning plan withclear accountabilities.
• Build learning pathways for entry-level, manufacturing, technical andprofessional employees, frontline supervisors, emerging leaders, andhigh-potential talent.
• With the HR Director and functional owners, establish trainingstandards, competency and skills matrices, curricula, learning records, andscalable procedures.
• Lead LMS setup, administration, and improvement with the HR Director,IT, HR Operations, and vendors; manage content, assignments, completiontracking, reporting, and data integrity.
Employeeonboarding, workforce skills, and training delivery
• With hiring managers and HR Business Partners, design structuredonboarding and role-readiness plans with 30-, 60-, and 90-day milestones,manager ownership, assessments, and documented proficiency checks.
• Coordinate job-specific instruction, cross-training, and process-changetraining with Operations, Engineering, Customer Support, Safety, Quality, andother subject-matter experts.
• Personally develop and facilitate classroom, small-group, virtual, andon-the-job training; create instructor guides, job aids, manager toolkits, andtrain-the-trainer programs for varied skill levels and shifts.
• Coordinate calendars, instructors, and training access across bothfacilities while limiting disruption to production and essential operations.
Frontlinemanagement, talent, and organizational development
• With the HR Director and HR Business Partners, develop and deliverfrontline-supervisor training in communication, performance expectations,coaching, feedback, engagement, accountability, conflict resolution, andleadership.
• With HR Business Partners and operations leaders, identify recurringmanagement challenges, reinforce learning through workplace coaching, andverify improvements in supervisory practices.
• With the HR Director and department leaders, develop learning for newmanagers, high potentials, and succession candidates; connect development plansto performance reviews, job skills, career growth, and business needs.
• Support organizational change by helping managers and employees adoptnew processes and technologies through communication, training, pilots,reinforcement, and follow-up.
Measurement,continuous improvement, and business partnership
• With the HR Director and functional owners, define success measures andbaselines; track completion, participation, time to proficiency, skillsvalidation, supervisor coverage, and observable post-training results.
• Use Excel, LMS reporting, employee feedback, and operational data toevaluate training effectiveness; present concise findings, recommendations, andprogress to technical and business leaders.
• Coordinate learning resources, materials, third-party providers, andassigned budgets within HR Director-agreed priorities; evaluate deliveryoptions and recommend investments based on business impact.
• Maintain auditable training records and coordinate required orsafety-related learning with department owners, preserving their technical andcompliance accountability.
Scalingand startup-style operating environment
• Work effectively in a lean, entrepreneurial, high-growth environmentwith shifting priorities, incomplete processes, and disconnected systems; addpractical structure without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Own assigned programs from design through sustained implementation;collaborate with the HR Director, HR Business Partners, and functional ownersto build infrastructure, develop content, deliver training, resolve adoptionbarriers, and refine practices.
Qualifications:
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible training, learningand development, talent development, or organizational development experiencein a manufacturing, industrial, or similarly operations-intensive setting,including substantive ownership of program design and implementation.
• Proven ability to assess needs and build learning infrastructure fromlimited or inconsistent processes, with examples of successful programlaunches, management adoption, and measurable outcomes.
• Proficiency with LMS administration, learning records, and coursemanagement; strong Microsoft 365 skills, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word,Teams, and Outlook.
• Strong instructional design, facilitation, presentation, and coachingskills across entry-level, technical, professional, and supervisory audiences;ability to turn complex topics into practical learning.
• Strong business acumen, analytical thinking, project execution,organization, and stakeholder influence; able to work independently amidcompeting priorities.
• High emotional intelligence, judgment, adaptability, and credibility;able to navigate ambiguity, feedback, and resistance to change.
• Ability to work primarily onsite and flex training hours to supportoperating shifts and time-sensitive business needs.
Preferred Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, AdultLearning, Instructional Design, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience building an enterprise learning function in a startup-like,rapidly scaling, or transforming organization with immature or fragmentedlearning systems.
• Experience with manufacturing skills matrices, technical andsafety-training coordination, supervisor academies, high-potential development,succession planning, and career paths.
• Experience with e-learning tools, blended learning, train-the-trainermethods, vendor evaluation, and training impact measurement; CPTD, APTD, orrelated certification a plus.
Benefits:
We offer a competitive salary and performance-based bonus program, medical, dental, vision, accidental, FSA, HSA, Paid Time Off (PTO), and 401(k).
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JOB CODE: 1000073
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