Manager, Technical Training

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Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We're guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.

This position reports directly to the Nutrien-Aurora General Manager.

What you will do:

The Technical Training Manager plays a vital role in cultivating a skilled and knowledgeable workforce.This role is responsible for the overall effective management of the operations and maintenance training programs as well as provides leadership and direction for the comprehensive, sustainable training effort at the site location. The Training Manager is accountable for facilitating and coordinating a training and development system that ensures the site location will meet government and company regulations, policies, guidelines, and objectives while emphasizing employee safety, product quality, cost effectiveness, and environmental sensitivity. This position is charged with designing, implementing, and overseeing training programs for new hires as well as existing employees. The essential functions of this role focus on equipping employees with the necessary skills, addressing any challenges they encounter in their tasks, and ensuring compliance with government-mandated training requirements. The Training Manager is liable for ensuring all employees are trained to maintain a skilled and compliant workforce, contributing to the success of Nutrien--employees who receive the right training are confident in their roles, more productive, engaged, and foster a culture of engagement that contributes to safer workplaces, reducing risks and accidents.

• Directing, planning, implementing, promoting, and controlling operator and maintenance training programs with effective induction and recurrent training.
• Maintaining an interface with management in all areas of employee training/education.
• Overseeing the site's training programs and identify areas for improvement or expansion to meet current and future needs; recommend actions to ensure standards are met and communicate these suggestions to the management team.
• Coordinating and collaborating with Human Resources and Safety in order to achieve various training objectives at the site location.
• Supporting and working with Human Resources providing management and employees with training/ information/contacts/resources concerning leadership and supervisory development, higher education, certifications, etc. to enhance individual competencies which will enable all employees to perform current and possible future job assignments at maximum potential.
• Supporting and working with Safety to ensure employees receive daily and annual safety and tasks training.
• Auditing and updating reference materials, selection of materials, class outlines, lesson plans, and training aids to ensure materials are applicable to the positions and ensure safe operating techniques.
• Ensuring required competencies are clearly communicated to employees being trained so expectations are clear.
• Ensuring competency checks are in place to assess training and performance.
• Collaborating with appropriate supervisors and providing feedback and recommendations regarding probationary employees or to address performance concerns and training needs of existing employees.
• Continually managing classes/computer on-line training content to ensure materials and presentations are effective, and compliant with government regulations and aligned with corporate policies.
• Monitoring (as necessary) outside trainers/vendors/consultants to ensure that training is conducted in an efficient, effective, legal, and professional manner.
• Providing day-to-day direction and oversight to the training personnel to fulfill identified training objectives.
• Ensuring a high level of service and efficient performance of training roles by establishing, monitoring, and measuring goals and objectives and coaching direct reports.
• Compiling, analyzing, and reporting to site and corporate on compliance with recurrent training performance.
• Personally, conducting trainings as needed and appropriate and develop, prepare, and/or introduce training specifications, policies, procedures, programs, or manuals, as isnecessary.
• Verifying and assuring achievement of government regulations and corporate policy and guidelines for instructor/employee certifications and other company objectives.
• Managing and ensuring current and accurate records retention is being captured through the existing Learning Management System, and that current LMS is being utilized at full potential.

What you will bring:

• Understands their role as a strong leader and team player and maintains a positive working relationship with other internal partners/stakeholders in training outcomes--these include Human Resources, Safety, Management, Operational leaders, and Corporate.

• Recognizes effective leadership is a learning journey that includes strategic thinking, consistent practice, and continuous growth while engaging with problems and people.
• Maintains effective relationships with local, corporate, and divisional training and development personnel.
• Strives to maintain professional relationships with vendors, outside consultants, state, and regional organizations (federal and state inspectors), community colleges, universities, and external training professionals.
• Maintains a public image consistent with corporate requirements.
• Has the ability to work effectively, listening to meet the needs of personnel at all levels within the organization (management and employees), research appropriate training while ensuring safety, and regulatory federal/state compliance.
• Provides a daily presence and interaction with all levels of personnel at the site location while interjecting leadership and advice on matters relating to all facets of training and development.
• Demonstrates competence, flexibility, integrity, and consistency in motivating others to achieve common training objectives and has the ability to resolve conflict at the lowest level possible.
• Has the ability to initiate positive change that leads to continuous improvement and sustainability in the workplace.
• Creates and implements effective training methods and techniques that meet the needs of the operation.
• Has the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the training program and develop reasonable, practical, and innovative solutions for a variety of training issues/concerns/opportunities.
• Provides interpretation of safety regulations and standards for all levels of personnel through classroom and practical training, personal and site wide communication.
• Acquires and maintains certifications as required (MSHA, etc.) and has the ability to teach New Hires, annual MOSHA refreshers, and other classes as needed.
• Demonstrates the ability to multitask, manage competing demands, meet required deadlines often with short notice and stay focused on the most important task without sacrificing quality.

• Has the ability to adjust the direction and intensity of training and development on short notice in order to meet the ever-changing needs at the site location.
• Ensures that new and recurrent training at the site location allows and enables employees to do their jobs in a safe and productive manner.
• Oversees, facilitates, and ensures that employee training/orientation is a positive experience, and that training is developed, conducted, and controlled for maximum effectiveness.
• Coordinates with all superintendents, general supervisors, and supervisors to ensure training activities effectively serve the needs of production and maintenance.
• Accountable for the overall cost-effective management of the training department at the site location which includes budgeted expenditures and costs and responsibility for identifying and justifying expenditures and required for training and development.
• Provides strong leadership and ensures compliance with all applicable training requirements, whether company induced or regulatory/mandated.
• Ensures that all elements of regulatory training are applied consistently and proactively in all areas/departments.

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The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn lists does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure. Nutrien is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.

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