Division:
BENTELER Steel/Tube Functional Area: Maintenance Career Level: Professional Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time Weekly Working Hours: 40.00 Required Languages: English Requisition ID: 46775 Benefits: United States : 401(k) Match || United States : Dental || United States : Development || United States : Educational Assistance || United States : Flexible Work Schedules || United States : Health Savings Accounts || United States : Holidays || United States : Life & Disability || United States : Medical || United States : Training || United States : Vacation || United States : Vision || United States : Wealth Management Support At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities—at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!
Job Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain the site training strategy, annual training plan, and role-based qualification matrices for operations, maintenance, logistics, and support functions. Lead onboarding and new-hire integration, ensuring required safety, quality, and job-specific training is completed prior to independent work. Create, review, and control training content (work instructions, SOPs, visual standards, OJT checklists, and assessments) in partnership with subject matter experts. Implement and sustain a standardized OJT/qualification process (job instruction, observation, sign-off, and re-qualification) to support consistent performance across shifts. Administer the training record system (LMS and/or SAP) to assign, track, and audit training completion, qualifications, and certifications. Support and reinforce EHS programs (including LOTO, mobile equipment, fall prevention, confined space, and PPE) by ensuring training is current, documented, and effective. Coordinate training related to new equipment, process changes, quality alerts, and incident corrective actions; ensure affected employees are trained prior to implementation. Facilitate classroom, hands-on, and blended learning sessions; coordinate internal/external instructors and training logistics. Lead and develop site trainers/mentors; establish expectations, standard work, and coaching routines to ensure training quality and consistency. Conduct training needs analyses using performance data, audits, and stakeholder feedback; prioritize actions to close skill gaps and reduce variability. Partner with leaders on performance management by providing qualification status, competency assessments, and development plans for employees. Plan and schedule training to support production requirements (shift coverage, outages, new product launches), minimizing operational disruption. Coordinate cross-shift communications on training requirements, standards updates, and qualification progress to ensure consistent execution. Participate in 5S, Lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement activities by embedding standard work and problem-solving into training content and coaching routines. Financial Management Manage the training budget (materials, external providers, certifications, travel) and prepare cost estimates for annual plans, compliance needs, and improvement initiatives. Reporting & Communication Prepare and present training KPIs (completion, qualification coverage, overdue items, effectiveness measures) to site leadership and support audit readiness for internal/external reviews. Communicate effectively with personnel at all levels and translate operational requirements into clear learning objectives and training materials. Ability to function effectively within a matrix organization and influence without authority through partnership with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and EHS.Ability to analyze training and performance data and explain results, risks, and actions in a clear and actionable manner.
Job Requirements:- High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification required.
- Bachelor's degree in Training & Development, Education, Organizational Development, Engineering, or related discipline preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and manufacturing experience.
- At least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with responsibility for training, qualification, or workforce development preferred. Steel mill/tube experience is a plus.
- Experience developing and delivering training (classroom and hands-on) and managing site qualification programs, including assessments and sign-off processes.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, standard work, problem-solving, and safety/quality systems.
- Experience creating SOPs/work instructions and partnering on change management (new equipment/process changes) strongly preferred.
- Ability to translate operational requirements into clear training materials (SOPs, work instructions, visual standards, and OJT checklists).Experience with a Learning Management System (LMS) and/or SAP for training assignment, tracking, and reporting.
- Strong safety awareness with the ability to support compliance training and audit readiness.
- Detail oriented with proven ability to measure training effectiveness, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions.
- Be an active participant in developing and maintaining a culture of learning, professionalism, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to coach and influence teams with varying levels of experience; strong facilitation and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills, including the ability to schedule training around production priorities and shift coverage. Your contact
- Samantha Ann Metoyer BENTELER Human Resources
Phone: +1 318 216-4187 Your new employer
The BENTELER Group always has the answer. That's because in each of our divisions and at every one of our sites, you can benefit from the size and diversity of an international corporation with more than 20,000 employees at around 90 locations worldwide. The same is true in our BENTELER Steel/Tube division. Here, we develop and produce custom, precision pipes for customers from energy production, automotive engineering, and other industrial sectors. In this division, we enable the unerring application of our products, from the concept up to process integration and thus to integration into our customers' value chains. Along with that, our diverse fields of application make sure you can be and become anything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!
