Trainer specialist - all shifts

Pay Range: $24 to $25 per hour (depending on shift schedule)

Shifts: 1st or 2nd (to be determined - most likely Monday to Friday)

Exciting NEW Pay Incentives at RJW!

• Attendance Incentive - Up to $2400 bonus for good attendance. (Refer to Policy for Rules and Details)
• Referral Bonus - Up to $500 per referral (Refer to Policy for Rules and Details)
• Hiring Bonus - Up to $1000 (Refer to Policy for Rules and Details)

RJW Logistics Group is HIRING! OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR FUTURE. THAT’S WHY THEY COME FIRST.

RJW is dedicated to hiring and developing talent who want to make an impact and be a part of an industry-leading organization. At RJW, we are committed to our employees’ success and to producing continuous innovation that drives the retail logistics industry forward.

Empower Your Future with Our Employee Ownership Program

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our Employee Ownership Program—an exciting opportunity designed to empower, motivate, and reward our dedicated team members. At RJW, we believe that our employees are the heartbeat of our success, and we want to share that success with you. Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Ownership Stake: Become a co-owner of the company and take pride in knowing that your hard work directly contributes to your own financial growth and the company's prosperity.
• Financial Rewards: Enjoy the potential for increased earnings through share appreciation.
• Sense of Belonging: Feel a deeper connection and commitment to your work as you become an integral part of the company's journey and success story.
• Community and Collaboration: Join a community of like-minded individuals who are equally invested in the company's mission and vision, fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Cost: Maybe the best detail about this program is that it cost nothing to you. As long as you are employed with RJW, you will enjoy the benefits of the program. Additionally, shares will be given to you on a yearly basis based on salary.

Our Employee Ownership Program is more than just a benefit—it's a path to building a brighter, more prosperous future together. Join us in taking this exciting step forward and become a valued co-owner of RJW. Together, we can achieve greatness.

Job Purpose:

The Trainer Specialist is responsible for providing hands-on training and development for new hires and existing warehouse employees. This role focuses primarily on supporting employees who have completed the Material Handling Equipment (MHE) Training Program and require additional coaching and guidance as they transition into their operational roles.

Trainer Specialists work closely with new hires who have little to no prior experience operating material handling equipment, ensuring they develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to perform their jobs safely and effectively. Through on-the-job training, coaching, and consistent performance feedback, the Trainer Specialist reinforces safe work practices, standard operating procedures, and operational best practices.

Key responsibilities include delivering structured training, evaluating employee proficiency, identifying opportunities for improvement, and supporting the ongoing development of warehouse personnel. The Trainer Specialist also collaborates with leadership to ensure training programs meet operational needs and company standards.

In addition, the Trainer Specialist may be required to travel and provide training support to other facilities as business needs dictate.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide on-the-job training for equipment operators and other warehouse employees.
• Conducts classroom training sessions for new hires and provides ongoing hands-on training to warehouse pickers and employees.
• Comply with all company policies, procedures and safety guidelines.
• Provide coaching to new hires as they take their newly trained skills onto the floor.
• Well versed in all warehouse functions.
• Ability to plan and schedule tasks and handle multiple tasks at once.
• Audit to ensure that all the training required is completed for new hires.
• Provide feedback to Operations on progress of the new hires.
• Partner with MHE Training Supervisors on progress and weekly scheduling.
• Perform work safely and in accordance with company and customer standards and safety regulations. Report unsafe conditions or accidents to the appropriate personnel.
• Understands various teaching methods and can provide constructive feedback, while maintaining a positive rapport with employees.
• Must be certified on all equipment, walkie rider, reach or sit-down.
• Must be willing to work off shifts as needed for training demands.
• Will also operate as forklift operator as needed.
• Support onboarding equipment certification as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of training techniques, or job training.
• Demonstrated ability to use WMS, handheld scanners, computer-based training systems effectively.
• Maintains their own annual safety and compliance training and annual equipment certification.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.

Education and/or Experience Required:

• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).
• At least 6 months’ experience.

Language Skills Sets:

• Ability to read, analyze, and write. Ability to effectively follow orders and respond to questions from management.
• Must be able to effectively communicate, read, write, and speak English.
• Bilingual is a plus.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to occasionally reach/lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Regularly works in an indoor/office environment and required to sit and/or use repetitive hand motion.
• Frequently required to talk, hear, stand and walk.
• Must be able to work in excess of continuous 8 hours when required.
• Must have the ability to read and discern visual images with 20/20 corrected vision.
• Must be able to speak and communicate clearly over telephones.
• Must be in sound physical health as determined by a certified licensed physician with no evidence of the use of controlled substances.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment will range from quiet to moderately loud.

Employer Rights:

This job description is intended to provide general information about the Trainer Specialist position. The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of the job duties to be performed by an associate holding the position of Trainer Specialist, nor are the lists of the physical requirements and environmental conditions exhaustive. You may be asked by your supervisor or managers to perform other duties. Your performance will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the job duties listed in this job description, as well as any job duties not specifically listed above that you may be asked from time to time to perform.

As with all positions, the duties and responsibilities are subject to change at any time as needs arise and at the discretion of the RJW Transport, Inc. The Company has the right to revise this job description at any time.

Employment-At-Will:

It is the Company’s policy that all associates, other than those covered by a written individual employment or labor agreement with the Company that has been authorized in writing by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors, are not employed for any fixed term and are employed at the will of the Company for an indefinite period. Just as our associate’s, reserve the right to resign their employment at any time for any reason the Company reserves its right to terminate an associate any time for any reason either with or without cause.

Neither this Job Description nor any of its individual terms constitute commitments between the Company and its associates as to the terms, conditions or duration of employment, nor does it modify the prevailing Employment-At-Will relationship.