Powered Industrial Truck Trainer

Coke Florida is looking for a Powered Industrial Truck Trainer based out of our Tampa Location covering the Western region. Working Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5pm with some travel.

What You Will Do:

Coke Florida is searching for a Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Trainer based out of our Tampa location. As the PIT trainer, you will support the Tampa Bay and surrounding facilities by becoming the subject matter expert (SME) for PIT safety, certification, incident reduction, and regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate will have previous training/teaching and leadership experience. Ideally, they will have a deep familiarity with OSHA standards and will have the ability to demonstrate expert level knowledge of material handling equipment.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary regional expert and point of contract for PIT training and operator development
• Must have and/or willingness attain Master Powered Industrial Truck Trainer Certification within 90 days of employment.
• Review, create, and regularly update all our PIT classroom and hands on training. This will include training the trainers and the continuous improvement of training documents
• Certify operator and instructors, while ensuring documentation accuracy
• In partnership with Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) leaders, conduct regular safety audits
• Partner with Operations and EHSS to ensure network standard training materials are accurate
• Create and coordinate all PIT training activities to include onboarding, refresher, re-certification and remedial training
• Educate associates on electrical and hydraulic hazards
• Maintain knowledge of federal, state and location regulations to ensure Coke Florida remains compliant
• Travel to multiple locations while being available to coach and train occasionally on nights and weekends

For this role, you will need:

• 3-5 years of experience delivering training in both a classroom and practical setting.
• 2+ years of PIT/Forklift Training
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  3+ years of PIT equipment experience * Required forklift, pallet jack or combination.

  
  
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  Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office Suite including PowerPoint and/or similar tools to create classroom training.

  
  
• Demonstrated ability of OSHA regulations and applicable state/local requirements.
• Experience reading and interpreting technical manuals, manufacturing specifications, and part lists.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to lift, push, pull up to 50 pounds as well as spend majority of workday with or without reasonable accommodation
• Willingness to travel up to 30-40% of time.

Additional qualifications that will make you successful in this role:

• Experience creating and maintaining training curriculum.
• Experience in a high-volume warehouse/distribution or manufacturing environment
• Ability to adjust on the fly.
• Master PIT Trainer Certification

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Coke Florida reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

Employment with Coke Florida is at-will. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.