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ES Foundry
Training Manager
LMS
Edtech.com's Summary
ES Foundry hiring is a solar cell manufacturing facility in Greenwood, SC, offering the role of Training Manager. The Training Manager executes workforce skills assessments, develops training plans, and facilitates training for all employee levels to ensure technical proficiency, safety compliance, quality, and operational knowledge, aligning training efforts with organizational goals and regulatory standards.
Highlights
- Conduct comprehensive skill needs assessments and develop facility-wide training plans aligned with plant KPIs and ISO standards.
- Design and implement management training programs including onboarding, leadership development, compliance updates, and performance mentoring.
- Deliver technical and operational training for hourly employees, including onboarding, on-the-job support, and cross-training across shifts.
- Maintain training documentation and compliance using a Learning Management System; ensure audit readiness and continuous improvement of training materials.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations, ISO9001, ISO14001, and ISO45001 standards integrated into the training and management systems.
- Require a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management or Organizational Development with over 8 years of manufacturing cross-functional training experience.
- Must possess proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), strong presentation skills, and Train-the-Trainer capability.
- Demonstrate strong communication, organizational, analytical, and project management skills with ability to collaborate across multicultural and cross-functional teams.
- Work involves both desk-based tasks and up to 25% walking/standing in manufacturing areas with required personal protective equipment.
Training Manager Full Description
Training Manager
Greenwood, SC, US
Training Manager
Job Title: Training Manager
Location: Greenwood, SC: Solar Cell Manufacturing
Reports to: Senior HR Manager (solid line) & GM of Operations (dotted line)
Reports to: Senior HR Manager (solid line) & GM of Operations (dotted line)
Job Scope:
The Training Manager is responsible for the end-to-end skills needs assessment execution, development of a plan, and facilitating implementation for management of all workforce training. This role ensures that both exempt and non-exempt employees possess the Process technical proficiency, Safety compliance, product Quality, and operational knowledge required to thrive in a high-volume solar cell manufacturing environment. This position delivers training leveraging internal and external expertise in a productive manner. You will serve as the primary architect for training plans, bridging the gap between current skill levels, and organizational goals.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Skill Needs Assessments & Planning
- Needs Analysis: Conduct comprehensive assessments toidentifycompetency gaps across all facility levels.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner withmanagers, supervisors, and engineersto align training with plant KPIs and ISO standards.
- Strategic Roadmaps: Develop andmaintaina facility-wide training plan that includesfunctionalcontribution training, specialized technical skills, andcertifications.
2. Management-Level Training (Leadership & Compliance)
- Supervisor Onboarding: Design andfacilitatetransition programs for new supervisors to ensure they understand production workflows and safety leadership.
- Charter 3 Level Management training: Design and implement a3-tierlevel program to train and develop1st, 2nd, and 3rdlevel managers toward improved overall effectiveness
- Performance Mentoring: Train management in coaching techniques, "train-the-trainer" best practices, and effective performance auditing.
- Compliance Leadership: Ensure leadership is updated on the latest OSHA regulations, ISOrequirement,andSolar industry standards(awareness of product and process).
3. Hourly-Level Training (Technical & Operational)
- Technical Onboarding: Frequently assesshands-on training fornew hires
- On-the-Job (OJT) Support: Deliver assessmentsand review outcome to improve training materialsby partnering with Trainers to verifyclassroomunderstandingon the floor.
- Cross-Training: Identifygapsacross shifts for exempt and non-exempt training compared to the sitetraining plan
4. Documentation & Compliance
- Records Management: Maintainaccurate, audit-ready training registers and matrices using a Learning Management System (LMS)or equivalent.
- Continuous Improvement: Monitortraining feedback and benchmark against Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to refine instructionalor trainingmaterials.
- Site BCPCoordinator: Formulate, review,and implement BCP for ESF.
- Establishment of a PDCA thought process
- IMS (IntegratedManagement System) compliance with ISO9001, ISO14001, and ISO45001are integrated
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Human Resource Managementand/or Organizational Development
- Manufacturing cross-functionaltrainingexperience for more than8years
- Multi-cultural work environment
- Stakeholder collaborationskills
- Strong systems thinker and able to lead groups of people atdifferent levelsfor training and capability building
- High Performanceteam development (all levels)
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Proficiencyin MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Strong presentation skills
- Train the Trainer
- Customer focused
- Self-starter with strong workethics, positive attitude, and strong attention to detail.
- Strong communication(both written and oral), interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Knowledgeof ISO and regulatory standards
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to manage projects and work with cross-functional teams.
Working Conditions:
- Predominantly stationed at a desk and/or in theadministrationtraining facilities or management offices.
- Must be able to stand and walk up to25% of theworkdayas required by leadership
- Wear the requiredPPEall times while in the manufacturing area, when required by leadership.Other personal protective equipment isrequiredas departmental policies or job/tasksdictate.
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