What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Trainer, Skilled Trade & Production Instructor position at Honda?
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!
Job Purpose
Key Accountabilities
- Lead the direct new hire onboarding of all associates within the manufacturing division by creating and executing plant overview training plans (focus on Manufacturing Production Readiness).
- Create and consider continuous improvement of training material. Coordinate benchmarking activities with other departments and plants.
- Acquire all skills needed to appropriately instruct department-specific training classes. Lead the instruction of all associates on key items that will help them be successful within their role. Analyze key training activities and training data. Communicate findings in monthly reports.
- Collect and analyze data that supports continuous improvement activities that will assist in the development of associates. Support department and plant business plan activities.
- Analyze all training in Honda-provided systems and department-created systems. Ensure associate training requirements have been met. Communicate scheduled training and future training opportunities to team members.Develop metrics and benchmarks to consistently assess and measure the effectiveness of learning and development programs to ensure they are relevant to the needs of the organization.
- Support Engagement/Training Leader activities for the total plant, including Open House, Recreation Committee, Honda Go, Manufacturing Day, external outreach (local technical schools and high schools), interdepartmental transfer facilitation, and internal training, including refresher training.
- Support the Indirect New Hire Onboarding (INHO) process, including maintaining new hire arrival schedules, planning and communicating onboarding information to hiring managers and RO associate development teams, confirming computer, uniform, and locker assignments, conducting tours, and completing new hire follow-up checkpoints.
- Support plant tour requests.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Leadership, or another related degree, or equivalent years of experience in a training-related field
- 0-4 years of experience based on education.
- Minimum 1 year of Human Resources and/or Learning & Development experience.
Working Conditions
Travel <10% required, as needed.
What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?
Total Rewards:
- Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
- Paid Overtime
- Regional Bonus (when applicable)
- Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
- Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- 401K Plan with company match additional contribution
- Relocation assistance (if eligible)
Career Growth:
- Advancement Opportunities
- Career Mobility
- Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
- Training and Development programs
Additional Offerings:
- Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
- Lifestyle Account
- Childcare Reimbursement Account
- Elder Care Support
- Wellbeing Program
- Community Service and Engagement Programs
- Product Programs
Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.
Salary : $56,800 - $85,200