Operations Trainer

NOX METALS
Detroit, US
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to hands-on educators with industrial training experience working in manufacturing and logistics settings.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in industrial training and a passion for safety and process improvement
    — “Serious about safety and unwilling to sign off incomplete training”
  • Individuals who thrive in a collaborative environment with operations leaders and supervisors
    — “Work with operations leaders to close skill gaps across material handling, saws, shipping, and our software systems”
  • Professionals who are organized and detail-oriented in managing training records and follow-ups
    — “Organized with records, schedules, and follow-up”
  • Candidates who can adapt their teaching methods to diverse learning styles and experience levels
    — “Able to adapt your teaching to different experience levels and learning styles”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a full-time, in-person commitment in Detroit with no remote flexibility
    — “This role is full time and in person in Detroit.”
  • Candidates must be prepared to work directly on the manufacturing floor with hands-on tasks
    — “The best training at Nox Metals happens beside the work, with clear demonstrations, supervised practice, and documented qualification.”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your ability to create practical training guides and skills matrices
    — “Build and maintain practical training guides, checklists, and skills matrices”
  • Showcase your experience with material handling, saws, or shipping equipment in your resume
    — “Hands-on experience with forklifts, cranes, saws, shipping, or material handling”
  • Demonstrate your ability to coach employees and improve processes through error analysis
    — “Identify recurring errors and partner with leaders to improve the process”
  • Mention your familiarity with adult learning principles or train-the-trainer methods
    — “Familiarity with adult learning or train-the-trainer methods”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful new-hire orientation
  • improved employee performance
Typical background
training and development experiencemanufacturing environment

Skills & requirements

Required

Training Program DevelopmentSafety ProceduresStandard WorkMaterial HandlingTraining DocumentationCoaching

Preferred

Manufacturing ExperienceForklift OperationMaterial Handling EquipmentAdult Learning Methods

Stack & domain

TrainingCoachingManufacturingWarehousingLogistics

About the role

Original posting from NOX METALS via Ashby

Operations Trainer | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI

About Nox Metals. American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. Nox Metals is building it, along with the tools that run it. We’re a technology company supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.

The role. We’re hiring an Operations Trainer to help every new floor employee become safe, confident, and effective. You will lead hands-on onboarding, maintain training standards, and work with operations leaders to close skill gaps across material handling, saws, shipping, and our software systems.

This is a floor-based role. The best training at Nox Metals happens beside the work, with clear demonstrations, supervised practice, and documented qualification.

You will:

· Deliver new-hire orientation and floor onboarding

· Teach safety procedures, standard work, material traceability, and software workflows

· Coordinate equipment training and qualification with authorized leaders

· Build and maintain practical training guides, checklists, and skills matrices

· Observe employees performing work and provide clear coaching

· Identify recurring errors and partner with leaders to improve the process

· Track required training and follow up before qualifications expire

· Support retraining after incidents, process changes, or quality issues

· Help Production Supervisors become stronger on-the-job coaches

· Complete other tasks as assigned

You are:

· A patient, credible teacher who enjoys helping people improve

· Comfortable demonstrating work on a manufacturing floor

· Clear in both written and spoken communication

· Serious about safety and unwilling to sign off incomplete training

· Organized with records, schedules, and follow-up

· Able to adapt your teaching to different experience levels and learning styles

· Comfortable with software, documentation, and operating data

Nice to have:

· Experience training employees in manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, or another industrial setting

· Hands-on experience with forklifts, cranes, saws, shipping, or material handling

· Experience building standard work or qualification programs

· Familiarity with adult learning or train-the-trainer methods

· Comfortable using AI tools to work faster and smarter

Benefits:

· Equity in Nox Metals

· Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

This role is full time and in person in Detroit.

Nox Metals is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skill, attitude, and fit for the work, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, height, weight, marital status, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

Source: NOX METALS careers (Ashby)

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