Manufacturing Supervisor - Manufacturing

What you’ll do:

•    Provide leadership and direction to employees with minimal oversight to ensure a safe, efficient, and high quality operation.
•    Champion a Safety Culture through using MESH tools, safety best practices, and empowering all employees to take responsibility for their own safety as well as all of everyone they work with.
•    Lead areas of responsibility in the use of EBS practices, including MESH, ELSS, EQS, ProLaunch, and BOS/BSC, with focus on performance of the entire value stream.  Keep focus on meeting customer needs, both internal and external (Customer Centric Focus).
•    Utilize the Tiered Meeting process to track and analyze key operational metrics and implement actions to improve operational performance. Direct day-to-day activities in production areas, including manpower movement, job assignments, time/attendance/vacation data, etc.
•    Champion teamwork through the Continuous Improvement Framework process and use of ELSS tools to continuously improve operational performance. Participate in other continuous improvement activities as appropriate.  
•    Schedule overtime for employees and execute to labor plan.
•    Coach employees one-on-one to address performance issues and drive operator accountability.
•    Establish and maintain a positive, engaged employee team sentiment through application of Eaton’s Values, Ethics, and Philosophies and empowering employees to make decisions, innovate, and work in a continuous learning environment.
•    Train and develop hourly team members. Clearly define and communicate expectations, providing positive reinforcement when met and providing coaching and counseling as necessary when not met.
•    Effectively make decisions and communicate items following escalation process to appropriate management.
•    Complete additional responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
•    High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
•    Minimum of two (2) years experience in operations and/or in a manufacturing environment.
•    Minimum of one (1) year supervisory experience.
•    Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any "CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.". 
•    This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
•    No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Jackson, MI will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:
•    Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
•    Experience managing shop floor associates in a union environment.
•    Experience in interpreting contractual language of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

Skills:

•    Limited travel may be required (<10%).
•    Opportunity to gain exposure to and work with many functional teams. 
•    Knowledge of basic manufacturing processes (safety, environmental, assembly, gauging, AS9100).
•    Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement.
•    Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
•    Strong leadership, coaching, and influence management skills.
•    Must be able to establish priorities and balance multiple objectives.
•    Computer Skills: demonstrated proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications, familiarity with MRP systems.

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