Dorman was founded on the belief that people should have greater freedom to fix motor vehicles. For over 100 years, we have been driving new solutions, releasing tens of thousands of aftermarket replacement products engineered to save time and money, and increase convenience and reliability. Founded and headquartered in the United States, we are a pioneering global organization offering an always-evolving catalog of automotive, heavy-duty and specialty vehicle products.  Today, we have more than 3,500 employees across 28 different locations, with a family of brands that also includes SuperATV and Dayton Parts. Publicly traded under the stock ticker DORM, we had revenues surpassing $1.7 billion in 2022 and over $3.5 billion in enterprise value.

Everyone who works at Dorman is called a Contributor. We need everyone, regardless of role and experience, to contribute to our success. That means everyone has a unique ability to make an impact on the business. We encourage all our Contributors to bring their authentic selves to work. The freedom to pursue new ideas, offer different perspectives, and grow in your career is fundamental to working at Dorman.

JOB DESCRIPTION

 

Work Location:  Portland, TN

Department: Operations

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

FTE Status: Full Time

Job title:         

Department Trainer

Reports to:

Supervisor

Job Summary:

Perform leadership duties to ensure all contributors are trained properly and working safe and efficiently. 

Primary Duties (5-7 Key responsibilities)

• Must be flexible to train on different shifts. 
• Ability to perform and fully understand all jobs within area, meeting training needs and requirements. 
• Ensure daily training requirements are met or exceeded by monitoring and tracking training of personnel
• Maintain accurate training records for department and turn them into training coordinator/supervisor
• Monitor contributors for compliance with respect to training
• Motivate new contributors to perform at optimum productivity and accuracy levels
• Trainer must help new contributors acclimate to Dorman environment and culture.
• Proficient in L&D training in addition to job specific training.
• Proficient in Equipment Operations as well as Process Operations.
• Performs independent assessment of contributors in training based on demonstration knowledge and skill. 
• Demonstrates safe and efficient equipment operation on all types of WHS equipment including from elevated heights. 
• Flexes into the operation to perform daily operational functions such as picking when not performing training functions. 
• Other duties as assigned

Key Accountabilities / Qualifications:

Key Accountabilities:

• Ensure safe & efficient operation of the department
• Trainer will be responsible for instilling a positive attitude into the new contributor as much as possible so the contributor will put forth full effort even when unsupervised.
• Trainer will personally perform all jobs to standard and procedure. If a trainer is advocating a certain procedure, the contributor should never see him/her doing that task through a different set of procedures.
• Provide coaching and feedback in safe operations of equipment and efficient process operations.
• Ensure that contributors in training are following process and procedure at all times.
• Work with Supervisors in transitioning of new contributors 
• Perform assessment of contributor in training’s progression to perform at or above standard.

Participate in training meetings and projects

• Attend regular trainer meetings monthly
• Operate within standard operating procedures 
• Timely and regular attendance

Qualifications:

• Public Speaking - Present training classes in front of large groups
• Internal candidates must possess excellent performance and safety records – no active warnings in file
• Willing to work overtime as required
• Proficient in time management, planning, and forward thinking 
• Ability to adapt, accept, and promote changes while encouraging a team environment to achieve business goals
• Must possess sound interpersonal and communication skills in several forms, including written, verbal, memos, reports and emails
• Ability to follow and promote company policies and procedures
• Good analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills 
• Industrial Equipment and Material Handler experience; Ability to pass the motorized industrial equipment training course and obtain license
• Multilingual / Bilingual skills are preferred.   
• Physical Requireme