Production Trainer Contract

Job Title:	Production Trainer (Internal Only)
Department:	Various	Terms of employment:	Contract Hourly
Reports to:	Room Manager	Rate:	$23.40/hour
Location:	Etobicoke ON	Apply by:	12:00 pm EST on Monday July 20 2026

The Role: Production Assistant Trainer - Contract

Availability:Full-time with an ability to work mornings afternoons and occasional overtime holidays and weekends.

The Production/Distribution Trainer plays an essential role in growing talent in our business through collaboration and sharing best practices within their department. You know how to be curious about opportunities and how to be real with feedback and support.

You help to quickly and efficiently promote the importance of quality for new hires in your room all while making them feel welcome and supported. Through your hands-on approach to training you support new hires to achieve their goals and targets and contribute to the success of the room. Thanks to your support new products are launched successfully and with the highest quality.

As a growing business Lush needs people who can adapt and evolve to the needs of our business and analyze and respond to your learners needs. Lush staff live with purpose find a connection to the values of our business and bring their passion for leaving the world Lusher than we found it to work every day. #mylushlife

Reporting to the Department Manager the Trainer undertakes the following RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Formally welcome and orient new hires to your room ensuring their comfort and familiarity with the space the team the brand Health & Safety practices and the product lines.
• Execute hands-on training with all new hires ensuring their confidence competence and comfort with production. Follow in-room training and onboarding plans to ensure consistency equity and success for new hires.
• Introduce employees to quality standards and production expectations while creating a fail-safe environment for practice and learning during their onboarding period. Lead by example by demonstrating quality cleanliness and safety standards at all times.
• Motivate and engage new employees encouraging and promoting their success through check-ins in-the-moment support hands-on collaboration and sharing of best practices. Create an engaging work culture with a kind welcoming and supportive attitude and by setting clear expectations.
• Train-on and support proper production methods year-round as needed for all product lines in the room
• Spot-check product weights quality and monitor to ensure correct tools SOPs molds and processes are being utilized. Ensure all quality measures are explained followed and prioritized. Coach and provide feedback on opportunities in the moment.
• Lead hands-on training for new product launches for Production Assistants as needed with attention to quality process and detail and follow up accordingly
• Collaborate frequently with room leadership to support new hires and trainees ensuring that everyone has the tools and resources needed to succeed. Also ensure that any performance concerns are elevated early so as to support learners appropriately
• Perform Production Assistant duties in the room as needed including but not limited to:
  
  • Assist in producing high-quality Lush products
  • Perform dexterous tasks including but not limited to: Filling pouring and pressing product accurately (either manually or with use of department-specific machinery)
  • Pack product and correctly label packages
  • Keep up with production demands and productivity targets
  • Perform physically laborious tasks including but not limited to: loading/pulling skids pushing racks carrying bins of product

Who you are (qualifications):

Required:

• Current Lush employee
• Excels in Production Assistant duties
• Consistently produces excellent quality products and meets or exceeds targets
• Optimistic patient and reassuring when working with others
• Exhibits outstanding communication skills (verbal /written) and demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with leaders peers and support teams
• Excellent coaching and feedback skills
• Comfortable providing and receiving feedback
• Ability to multitask meet deadlines and manage priorities
• Demonstrates curiosity with excellent listening and problem-solving skills
• An accomplished trainer with a track record for supporting others to achieve success
• Demonstrated commitment to health and safety standards
• Demonstrated commitment to good manufacturing practices
• Able to do physical work for 8-hour shifts on your feet and lift 50 pounds
• Capable of physical activities such as standing for long durations bending pulling and pushing
• Confident with basic mathematics ability to count including addition and subtraction
• Reliable consistent attendance punctual and dependable
• Comfortable with reading writing and speaking English in order to communicate with colleagues on all platforms (i.e. in person via email via Google Chat)

Preferred:

• Has held current role for a minimum of 1 year
• Experience as a Team Leader (Contract or Core)
• Experience as a Production Trainer (Contract or Core)
• Formal training or coaching experience
• Formal leadership experience
• Accustomed to meeting goals and deadlines in a seasonal and fast-paced environment
• Ability to navigate email and Google apps (i.e. Sheets Docs Chat and Meet)
• Ability to work occasional overtime weekends holiday based on the needs of the business
• Ability to adapt production and quality expertise to other production rooms/departments

How to Apply: Submit the application found on the Colleague Center Internal Job Board

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Only select applicants will be considered for this opportunity based on our selection criteria

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees with this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

At Lush we believe when we continue to foster a culture of inclusion and respect within a diverse workforce we are doing our part in building a world where there is equal opportunity for all. We recruit from a variety of employment agencies community groups non-profits and online social and job sites and in our business practices strive to leverage the gift that diversity brings. We welcome diverse candidates to our recruitment process. Lush is committed to providing accessible employment practices. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants are asked to please make their needs/requirements known.

Lush North Americaunequivocally supports equal opportunityemployment for all applicants regardless of religion race colorgender identity or expression sexual orientation ancestrydifferently abled adversemental health and other characteristics both defined protected and enforced by the law underfederal or provincial/state jurisdiction.

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Employment Type : Contract
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1