Job Title: Learning & Development Specialist
Ruiz Foods has been family owned since 1964, is one of the largest Hispanic-owned companies in the country and is the proud maker of two #1 brands: El Monterey frozen Mexican food and Tornados roller grill taquitos in grocery stores and convenience stores across the US and Canada.
Are you looking for career development opportunities in an exciting company that cares about its team members and consumers alike? Come join our team and help us continue our industry-leading track record of growth, quality, and delicious food!
The Learning and Development Specialist is responsible for monitoring Operations Team Member training development, product safety, product quality, and schedule compliance during operations. You’ll be responsible for coaching and training team members to ensure products meet finished product specifications from line efficiencies to company standards. Increase company quality and scheduled attainment while maintaining a safe operation throughout the facility. The training specialist will be working with and support Operations while partnering with Human Resources.
COMPENSATION: $20-32/hour DOE
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist the Plant Supervisors with training, and record keeping for each team member in their assigned area; to include, Machine Operators, Line Runners, Packers, Hand Rollers, etc.
- Be familiar with all finished product specifications.
- Knowledge of and adhere to company policy and procedures.
- Conducts weekly, monthly, and yearly training evaluations or as needed.
- Verifies that all training documents are the correct version and re-train if necessary. (OPL’s, SWS, SOP’s etc.…)
- Supports all activities, if needed, for audits, customer or third party, such as USDA and BRC standards as needed.
- Assists on training team members on how to set up equipment at start up and monitors training progress during the entire operation.
- Assist on training by providing coaching, on the spot corrections, and making recommendations as necessary during the entire process for both new TM’s and existing TM’s.
- Verifies the line is set up to meet the labor standard specifications.
- Assist with training on how to monitor finished product specifications and provides feedback; product integrity, appearance, identify ingredients, filler consistency, color, aroma, size and weight, tortilla/filler ratio.
- Maintain knowledge and understanding of, and adherence to safety policies, USDA, GMP’s QA, HACCP, Sanitation rules and regulations and others.
- The expectation in this role is to spend 80% of their shift on the floor; training, providing feedback, and evaluating team members in their assigned areas.
- Assist in onboarding from orientation as needed.
- Regular and dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this position.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
- High school graduate preferred and/or a minimum of 4 years supervisory experience.
- APTD certification or willingness to obtain in the first year.
- Proficient in MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Ability to manage multiple projects/tasks simultaneously.
- Must be comfortable working with hand tools.
- Investigates cause of product non-conformance and initiates corrective actions in a timely manner. Contacts key personnel authorized to execute the appropriate actions to eliminate the problem and assist in other duties and special projects as delegated by supervision or management.
- Bi-Lingual (English and Spanish) required.
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Ruiz Foods is an equal opportunity employer.
EOE: Male, Female, Vets, Disabled (M/F/V/D).
Ruiz Foods enforces a policy of maintaining a drug-free workforce, including pre-employment substance abuse testing.
