Learning And Development Specialist

Learning and Development Specialist

HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, United States

Job Description

About Metalsa: We are a global leader with over 65 years of experience in the automotive industry, manufacturing safe, sustainable products that move people around the world. We’re building a better future by enriching communities every day—driven by our commitment to people, innovation, and our planet.

Role Objective: As a Learning and Development Specialist, you'll be a catalyst for continuous growth—enabling our people to thrive, our operations to excel, and our organization to dare to lead. You'll bridge strategic learning design with hands-on execution, ensuring our workforce has the skills, knowledge, and confidence to drive operational excellence in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

What will your day look like?

• Detect training needs and build strategies aligned with business objectives, partnering with the Plant HDBP and operations to identify skills gaps and learning priorities.
• Track Annual Training Plan compliance and support its execution.
• Partner with business and operations leaders to define training strategies that upskill, develop, and enhance internal talent.
• Lead training manual development and improvement, designing and standardizing materials for new hires, technical roles, and operator certifications.
• Administer orientation training for new hires, ensuring structured onboarding, safety induction, and compliance paperwork.
• Coordinate training logistics—scheduling, trainer coordination, materials, and venues—while minimizing operational disruption.
• Develop and certify internal instructors by coaching supervisors and technical experts into subject-matter expert trainers.
• Select, vet, and manage external training suppliers and certification bodies.
• Evaluate training program effectiveness, tracking completion rates, assessment scores, and post-training performance.
• Fulfill legal, safety, quality, and environmental compliance requirements for all training documentation.
• Manage tuition, scholarship, and reimbursement programs for employees pursuing skills development.
• Consolidate monthly training KPIs and maintain dashboards and scorecards for training execution and compliance.
• Track progress in Metalsa University and ensure alignment with plant needs.
• Manage training and compliance databases (DTN, Digi Binder), maintaining accurate, audit-ready records.
• Conduct quarterly reviews of training completion rates and identify gaps by department.
• Support department matrix coordination, aligning training with organizational structure and role requirements.
• Instruct and deliver Train the Trainer programs, coaching supervisors to train and reinforce safety culture.
• Instruct and deliver institutional trainings, workshops, and safety briefings across technical and leadership topics.
• Support other Human Development functions, including employee relations activities and cross-functional initiatives.
• Take on additional responsibilities as needed—this role evolves as the needs of the department change.

Education & Experience

• B.A. degree in Business, Human Resources, Organizational Development, or a related field (required).
• 3-5 years of professional experience in Learning and Development, Training, or Human Resources (required).
• SHRM or PHR certification (preferred).
• Learning and Development certifications or training (preferred).
• Experience working in a union environment or with a CBA (preferred).
• Project management and change management experience, with the ability to lead training initiatives from design through execution (required).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Access, Excel, and PowerPoint (required).
• Knowledge of manufacturing/automotive processes (preferred).

Technical Skills & Knowledge

• Budget process knowledge.
• Detection of Training Needs process.
• Learning Management System (LMS) experience.
• Trainer experience and Learning Technologies.
• Manual design experience.
• Train the Trainer process.
• Quality Management Systems.
• Human Development Management.
• Strong core competencies, including strategic thinking, training design and delivery, compliance and quality, relationship building, project management, data analysis and reporting, adaptability, and technical proficiency.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to sit and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to use hands to handle or touch.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to visually focus.

Why You’ll Love Working Here: At Metalsa, you’ll enjoy competitive pay, excellent benefits, and endless opportunities to grow your career.

Your Perks Include:

• Vacation, personal time, and paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription insurance.
• Paid short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) company match, flexible spending account (FSA), health reimbursement account (HRA).
• Tuition reimbursement, advancement opportunities, and professional training programs.
• Exclusive employee discounts and more!

Job Info

• Job Schedule: Full time
• Flexibility required: employees may be asked to adjust their schedule to support training sessions across shifts.
• Locations 301 Bill Bryan Boulevard, HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, 42240, US