Lead Trainer

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hands-on Lead Trainer to join our manufacturing team. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in onboarding new hires, reinforcing critical skills, and promoting a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement. You’ll work across all shifts to ensure our team members have the training, tools, and support they need to succeed.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver engaging, effective training across multiple shifts and locations.

• Conduct plant tours, introductions, and new hire safety orientations.

• Teach safety practices, PPE requirements, first aid/eye wash station use, and accident/incident reporting.

• Promote cleanliness, organization, and the 5S methodology.

• Train team members on D365 processes, myPrinsco, and other company systems.

• Lead safety committee meetings, manage priority lists, and maintain documentation.

• Become certified as a forklift trainer and lead forklift/telehandler training and inspections.

• Provide training on manufacturing processes, including molding, pipe quality, packaging, traceability, cutting/trimming, and defect prevention.

• Oversee yard/material handling safety, loading patterns, dock safety, and equipment operation.

• Train on equipment safety, including lockout/tagout, scissor lift, fall protection, machine guarding, and crane/hoist operation.

• Support leadership training, cross-training, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required (or in process) with at least six months of manufacturing or production experience, preferably in a leadership role.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish at locations where required is a huge plus.

• Effective communication skills with the ability to understand and carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.

• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Strong math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure.

• Valid state driver’s license.

• Forklift experience preferred with the ability to achieve certification.

• Physical ability to lift up to 25 lbs consistently, 50 lbs for 1/3 of the day, and 75 lbs occasionally.

• Comfortable standing, walking, climbing, bending, kneeling, or reaching for extended periods.

• Adequate vision (distance, peripheral, depth perception, and color differentiation).

• Ability to work in a production environment with varying temperatures, outdoor conditions, and loud noise levels.

Universal Expectations

• Demonstrate high personal and professional ethical standards.

• Live out Prinsco values: hard work, relationships, humble confidence, and integrity.

• Align with our mission: To care. To contribute. To solve.

• Build and maintain open, honest relationships, set goals, solve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.

• Always work safely, maintain a clean and organized work area, and wear required PPE.