Learning and Development Area Lead

Your Job

Our Team

What You Will Do

Lead and foster a safety culture that values risk identification and personal ownership through a principle-based, bottoms up approach. Reinforce established standards and best practices. Facilitate knowledge transfer between team members to enable their success. Foster an environment where the team strives for zero incidents in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) performance metrics. Collaborate with Production Leaders, Manufacturing Engineers, Performance Development Leaders, Shift Performance Coaches, and other team members to identify and address operator performance gaps. Partner closely with L&D and Manufacturing leadership to identify training needs and contribute to curriculum development and content/program design. Utilize established templates, standards, style guides, and review procedures to ensure a consistent and positive learner experience. Deliver training, including safety and environmental topics. Proactively stay current with best practices and maintain continuous learning. Ensure the certification process supports success with the product stream. Provide resources to support team members' career development. Constructively challenge the status quo to drive continuous improvement. Lead training sessions and presentations for employees and leadership. Embody a sense of urgency and initiative to independently deliver expected results.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

High school diploma or GED Five (5) or more years of manufacturing operations or military experience Two (2) or more years of experience tracking training efforts and training curriculum development Experience using Microsoft Office tools in the following manner: Excel (sorting data, creating tables and creating graphs); Outlook (scheduling tasks, calendar invitations and general professional correspondence); Word (document creation/editing); PowerPoint (presentation creation/editing) Expertise in the development, delivery, and evaluation of training initiatives to support ongoing improvements in knowledge, skills, process, and engagement Experience directly leading and developing professional level employees

What Will Put You Ahead

Bachelor's degree in engineering (chemical, mechanical, paper science, or related field) or equivalent technical training and experience. Experience with application of adult learning principles Experience working with SharePoint and Learning Management Systems (Convergence) Pulp and Paper industry experienceWork experience in a union environment

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).