Training Specialist, Welding

The role

The Training Specialist - Welding owns welding training at their site. You will teach technicians to weld to a written standard across TIG, MIG and mechanized processes and manage evaluations and training records.

What you will do

• Lead welding training at the site through hands-on instruction in the booth and on the floor.
• Train technicians to weld to a written standard across TIG, MIG and mechanized welding.
• Learn new processes and methods and turn them into clear, teachable steps.
• Own the evaluation process including weld tests, practical assessments, quizzes, and progress reporting.
• Record training, evaluations and qualifications in training software.
• Maintain version-controlled, audit-ready welding training documentation.
• Conduct training audits for procedural compliance.
• Develop and refine welding curriculum with the welding training lead.
• Give trainees day-to-day direction and escalate performance concerns to the Training Operations Manager.
• Carry Hadrian's standards and culture when working with the naval customer.

Required 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

Nice to have

• Experience welding or training to NAVSEA standards
• Experience with robotic welding
• Welding certifications such as AWS Certified Welder, Certified Welding Educator or Certified Welding Inspector
• Experience building welding curriculum or training documentation from the ground up
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Comfort representing a company in front of a customer
• High emotional intelligence; improves on feedback and coaches others
• Passion for training, career development and Hadrian's mission of reindustrializing the nation's workforce

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations
• Flexible vacation policy
• Equity

Before you apply

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the

About the company

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing. They help aerospace and defense companies build mission-critical systems.