Technical Production Supervisor - Manufacturing

Essential Functions:

• Create and contribute to a safe, engaged and inclusive work culture by ensuring you and your team comply with all policies, including proper use of personal protective equipment and operation of equipment, and performing 5S duties.
• Participate in the assessment, selection, training, coaching, and development of employees and foster strong employee performance.
• Independently investigate, solve, and escalate production, engineering, and quality issues.
• Manage direct reports, time records, monitor productivity and work performance within the team.
• Serve as a point of contact through which quality issues can be resolved. Follows Quality process and controls. Ensures that employees know the importance of quality and enforces follow through. Works with Quality Team to resolve issues and regularly reviews quality trends in the market.
• Ensure that production demands are met and/or exceeded on a daily basis. Able to direct team members on daily tasks and resolution of issues.
• Foster positive employee relations with direct reports and key stakeholders & a high-performing work team culture throughout the facility.
• Evaluate workload requirements and effectively delegate tasks accordingly to ensure proper and adequate manning to support production requirements.
• Coordinate production activities with supply chain, maintenance, and quality to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines and equipment
• Able to follow engineering processes (Temporary Changes, Control Plans, Engineering Change Requests) to support production and work with engineering on modification of machines and equipment in order to improve production and quality of products.
• Produce end of shift reports, data recording and logging, and support OEE efforts.
• Proactively identifies opportunities to improve Safety, Quality, Productivity, and reduce Costs, also prioritize safety and develop solutions for open concerns.
• Able to adhere to, and improve manufacturing documentation, such as Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, Visual Aids, Standard Work and other instructions.
• Able to support and maintain Engineering audit specifications such as quality assurance procedures, bill of materials, routings, FMEAs, and others.

Qualifications:

Required Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution OR a high school diploma from an accredited institution with four (4) years of equivalent experience demonstrating strong technical problem-solving skills.
• Minimum of three (3) years of leadership experience with direct reports and experience supporting Manufacturing, Operations or Technical processes. 
• 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.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Lean manufacturing / Operational Excellence skills in 5S+, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Visual Management, etc.

Skills:

Position Criteria:

• Technology Skills – Windows PC, Microsoft Office, PC Applications and Programs.
• Demonstrated effective communication and leadership skills.
• People, Product, and Process focused.
• Problem solving skills (e.g. 8-D or A3).
• Intrinsically motivated, champion of change, visionary Life-long learner; promotes a learning culture.

Additional Information:

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, reach at or above shoulder level, grip, and use hands to handle and feel. The employee is frequently required to stoop, lift, carry, push, pull, and grip. The employee is frequently required to lift/carry up to 35 pounds and to push/pull up to or greater than 35 pounds with or without accommodation. The vision requirements include far and close vision with depth perception and color discrimination. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to communicate.

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly exposed to noise and frequently exposed to dust.