Training Specialist, Welding
Cherokee, ALFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
The Training Specialist - Welding owns welding training at their site, teaching technicians to weld to a written standard across TIG, MIG and mechanized processes, running evaluations, maintaining training records, and auditing program documentation. Represents Hadrian in work with a naval customer.
Responsibilities
- Lead welding training at the site, delivering hands-on instruction in the booth and on the floor; ensure technicians weld to the written standard across TIG, MIG and mechanized welding; learn new processes and turn them into teachable steps.
- Own the evaluation process, including weld tests, practical assessments, quizzes, progress reporting and evaluation criteria across hard and soft skills.
- Record training, evaluations and qualifications in training software; maintain audit-ready, version-controlled welding training documentation; conduct training audits for procedural compliance.
- Develop and refine welding curriculum with the welding training lead; adapt the core training system to the site.
- Provide day-to-day direction to trainees and escalate performance concerns to the Training Operations Manager; uphold Hadrian's standards and culture with the naval customer.
Qualifications
- Experience in multiple welding disciplines, including TIG (GTAW), MIG (GMAW) and mechanized welding
- 3+ years in a training, instructing or teaching role focused on entry-level individual contributors
- At least 1 year welding in a production environment
- Proven ability to train people from entry level to mid level to weld to a written standard
- Openness to learning new processes and methods, and to reteaching as they change
- Comfort working with software to record training, evaluations and qualifications
- Experience maintaining training documentation to an audit-ready standard
- Ability to recognize patterns in how people learn and give objective, actionable recommendations to leadership
- A self-starter who manages their own time and priorities with minimal oversight
- Willingness to travel around 25%, primarily to our Los Angeles facility for training purposes
Skills
Required:Welding disciplines (TIG GTAW, MIG GMAW, mechanized welding)Training and instructional deliveryProduction welding experienceTraining documentation and audit readinessTravel readiness
Nice to have:Curriculum development
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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