Technical Training & Development Specialist

Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!

The Technical Training & Development Specialist is responsible for creating, conducting, and evaluating product trainings for Henny Penny’s distributor, service network, restaurant level personnel and internal tech service team. The Technical Trainer educates service personnel on how to troubleshoot, maintain and repair Henny Penny equipment and educates distributors, and restaurant level employees on how to safely operate, use features, maintain and perform light troubleshooting. This position has discretion to exercise judgment on matters of significance for the company and performs major assignments in conducting the operations of the business. 
 

What We Offer

• An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service. This is a qualified retirement plan that is separate from your 401k and consists only of Henny Penny shares that will be paid out when you retire (or when you leave the company, but we hope you’ll stay!)

• Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary

• Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week 

• Defined career paths so you’ll always know what’s next and what steps can get where you want to go

• Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses

• A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays

• Onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners

• Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner

What You'll be Doing:

• Deliver engaging in-person, live streaming and on-demand courses for distributor personnel, service technicians, installation technicians, start-up trainers, restaurant level employees, maintenance personnel, and the internal technical service team regarding product operation, installation, maintenance, and service.

• Must be able to answer questions and present on topics such as sequence of operation, theory of operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, part replacement for service technicians and then on operation, cleaning, maintenance, best practices training and troubleshooting for others in our distributor network and restaurant level employees.

• Continuously develop to become a subject matter expert (SME) and truly understand the attendees needs on the material you present through consultation with internal and external SMEs, customers, distributors, through research of documentation, hands-on experience with equipment.

• Create and maintain training curriculum such as training handouts, service documentation, hands-on training modules, videos for Learning Management System (LMS) and other outlets, and online training courses.

• Assist with maintenance of the LMS (learning management system) teams, courses, learning paths, and attendee database.

• Clean and maintain the training facilities and equipment.

• Respond to emails from our techtraining general inbox

• Assesses attendees to measure progress and to evaluate effectiveness of training

• Evaluate the effectiveness of training modules, sessions, and work with other trainers to make curriculum more effective and/or recommends changes to training policies and procedures as needed to improve future results.

• Look for opportunities to remain current with up-to-date product information and training techniques and opportunities to stay close to and relevant to our customer’s needs.

• Consistently model the Company Values and Expected Behaviors

• Required to travel up to 25% of time

• Other duties as assigned
   

What We're Looking For:

• Minimum 2-year degree in communication or business admin related major, or equivalent experience

• 2 years' experience in a training role

• Food service equipment / industry knowledge a plus

• Must have a passion for training and meeting customer’s training needs

• Proven success at creating and delivering training programs

• Understanding of mechanical, electrical and gas systems

• Knowledge of training and learning principles

• Ability to communicate with highly technical team members and develop training that can be understood by non-technical individuals.

• Ability to speak in front of and lead small to large groups of customers, distributors and internal teams

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal

• Experience with writing and/or maintaining documentation such as user manuals and reference guides

• Video production experience a plus

• Must be able to work well with co-workers and other team members to accomplish goals.

• Must be a team player.

• Must own your work.

• Excellent time management skills with attention to detail

• Ability to be flexible and adjust training agenda when needed to better meet the needs of the attendees.

• Ability to deliver training in-person, live streaming (over Zoom) or on-camera for on-demand content

• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office products
   

About Us

We’re known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We’re a behind-the-scenes engine in the world’s most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy’s. We’re 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.

We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world’s most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.

Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.