Team Lead

What you’ll do: The position will be responsible for assigning work, following schedule, ensuring work is completed on schedule, resolving discrepancies, training employees, and troubleshooting with technicians. The individual will serve as the link between the production floor, Quality, and Engineering functions. The lead will also assemble and test assemblies, sub‑assemblies, and top assemblies of simple to complex product lines, occasionally working on uncommon assemblies where standard methods may not be available. Support and comply with Eaton Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) policies. Assist operators as required; act as a liaison between Assembly, Inspection, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Planning. Assemble, disassemble, troubleshoot, and test assemblies, sub‑assemblies, and top assemblies, ensuring proper tooling and documentation is used. Utilize technical skills to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to product non‑conformance and performance test failures for connectors and electro‑mechanical assemblies. Train new operators, assemblers, technicians, etc. Assist in setting job priorities and determining workload requirements. Lead team meetings. Always set a good example of employee conduct. Transact completed work orders throughout inventory locations. Assume the role of supervisor in their absence by running daily production reports and escalating issues. Drive and initiate process improvements within hardware and test equipment, including detection and isolation of performance discrepancies at each phase of assembly; may require working with Manufacturing and Quality Engineers. Interpret and understand complex drawings, blueprints, and schematics. Act as department representative in Customer audits/visits. Other duties as assigned, and may be temporarily reassigned to cover workload in other areas of production as necessary. Qualifications: Basic (Required) Qualifications: High school diploma or GED from an accredited institution. Minimum 6 years of experience in mechanical manufacturing assembly operations. Minimum 1 year of experience assisting and/or leading teams or initiatives. Eaton will not consider applicants for immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This includes CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, F‑1 to H‑1B, H‑1B cap registration, O‑1, E‑3, TN status, I‑485 job portability, etc. No relocation benefit is offered; only candidates residing within 50 miles of Camarillo, CA will be considered. This position requires access to export‑controlled information. Applicants must be U.S. persons (citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee). Preferred Qualifications: J‑STD solder certification or experience. Ability to perform basic electrical tests such as DWIR, DWV, and continuity tests. Experience setting up equipment to meet product standards for identification, shell painting, retainer loading, contact painting, wire cutting, riveting, contact crimping and contact hooding. Experience weighing, mixing, and identifying items such as inks, paints, adhesives, molding compounds, and potting materials. Experience bonding loaded front inserts to molded plastic rear inserts per work order instructions. Experience working with bonds interface seals and grommet seals to plastic insert assemblies per work order instructions. Experience preparing single and shielded wires for termination, crimping contacts to prepared wires, terminating simple cables to connectors, and operating heat‑treat and annealing ovens. Associate’s degree. Position Criteria: Detailed knowledge of aerospace products, manufacturing processes and inspection techniques. Ability to solder, wire, prep, and cable lay. Experience operating tools such as calipers, torque meters, and micrometers. Computer proficiency with the ability to process and analyze data. Ability to read, follow, and understand verbal instruction, product/process specifications, drawings, and work orders. Experience leading a team and leading team meetings. Holding people accountable. Building relations and influencing others. Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Effective communication and interaction with other departments and organizations, and the ability to accumulate and record data to support process improvement ideas. Ability to recognize and inform supervision of assembly problems and equipment breakdown. Good manual dexterity to assemble small and intricate parts. Ability to lift 50 lbs. and handle components and assemblies using bending, reaching, and twisting body movements; in addition to use of hand tools. Willingness to perform repetitive tasks while sitting or standing for extended periods of time. #J-18808-Ljbffr