Engineering Supervisor - Maintenance of Line

Engineering Supervisor - Maintenance of Line

Eaton's ES AMER ARS division is currently seeking an Engineering Supervisor - Maintenance of Line. This is a high-impact Engineering Supervisor role that will lead product line engineering support for one of our most critical businesses. This role sits at the center of design, manufacturing, and continuous improvement—supporting 19+ North American sites and driving the integrity and evolution of our panelboard and switchboard product lines.

The position will be based at our facility in Sumter, SC. We are offering relocation assistance and sponsorship support.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

If you're looking for a role where you can influence product direction, lead a distributed engineering team, and make a measurable business impact, this is it.

What makes this role stand out:

• Ownership of product line performance across multiple manufacturing sites
• Direct visibility to product management, operations, and leadership teams
• Opportunity to drive continuous improvement, quality, and design excellence at scale
• Ability to shape how products are built, supported, and improved across the network

What You'll Do:

As Engineering Supervisor, you'll lead a team responsible for ensuring design accuracy, product integrity, and seamless manufacturing support across all facilities. You'll act as the central engineering authority for Maintenance of Line (MOL) activities and new feature integration. You will:

• Lead and develop a team of MOL engineers supporting 19+ manufacturing sites
• Serve as the primary engineering liaison across plants, satellites, product management, and sales
• Ensure design consistency, accuracy, and compliance across all locations
• Drive fast, high-quality technical responses to plant and customer inquiries
• Own and improve processes for engineering requests, change management, and design deviations
• Identify and lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, cost, and reliability
• Analyze warranty trends and recurring issues to drive root cause solutions
• Support the launch of new product features and enhancements
• Conduct and contribute to competitive product analysis
• Standardize best practices and promote knowledge sharing across all sites

Qualifications:

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 8 years of design, manufacturing or engineering experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, electronics engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 3 years of design experience with UL 50, UL 67, and UL 891
• Certified Six Sigma Green/Black Belt
• Experience with low voltage power distribution equipment
• Leadership experience

Skills:

POSITION CRITERIA:

• Good verbal and written communication skills, persuasive skills, and analytical problem-solving skills. Work with individuals and groups to effectively participate within team environment.
• Proficiency in Engineering software/tools (AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor & Enovia)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience with Autodesk Inventor
• Knowledge of Product Life-cycle management systems and their structure
• Fabrication methods for sheet metal, plastic, copper, and aluminum
• Proper bus joint design
• Up to 25% of your time traveling

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Expected to work with some degree of independence and make decisions that affect the workgroup. Focus efforts on attaining assigned goals and objectives, which include meeting needs and expectations of internal and external customers. Must be able to successfully manage multiple priorities, analyze complex problems and implement solutions.

Must be able to communicate effectively with customers and company personnel at all management, professional, and technical levels. This position requires a high level of responsiveness and proactive problem solving to reinforce enterprise wide goal of providing world class customer satisfaction. Must be team oriented and self-starter with strong multi-tasking and time management skills.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this job the employee is primarily based in an office environment.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.