Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 a year.

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.

**** This role requires working on-site at our Greenwood, SC location. The 2nd Shift Supervisor work hours are from 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm . If needed, relocation assistance is available for a qualified candidate currently residing in the US.**

What you’ll do:

1. Primary Function:

Develop, direct, improve and coordinate plant resources to deliver continuous improvement in safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, business systems and process standardization to meet customer demands in the most cost-effective manner. Foster an environment which promotes Eaton’s goals and values in every business aspect. Manage/coach production personnel.

2. Essential Functions:

• Clearly communicate expectations and consistently hold self and employees accountable for performance and development. Assume personal accountability for achieving targets despite a challenging environment.

• Collaborate with peers and leadership to clearly understand and determine key goals & objectives, and corresponding metrics. Review and amend actions to ensure timely achievement of goals and objectives for self and direct reports to improve plant performance.

• Align workforce to the company vision through Eaton Philosophy workplace practices and beliefs that build trust, mutual respect and teamwork between employees at all levels of the organization. Establish and maintain a positive employee relations environment by adherence to Eaton's Values, Ethics, and Philosophies. Drive the company’s vision and mission by reinforcing ethics, values and quality policies.

• Schedule and commit the work load to meet all customer needs in the most effective manner. Coordinate resources with other co-workers including safety, quality, maintenance, materials, scheduling, logistics and engineering to resolve manufacturing and manufacturing support issues.

• Lead the implementation of improvements and corrective actions based on work load, manpower constraints, root causes for safety observations, quality concerns, material shortages, machine or equipment defects and causes for delays. Lead productivity improvements through the use of lean tools, working closely with our operational excellence and engineering teams.

• Reduce cost of operations by facilitating the implementation of lean manufacturing concepts, cost reductions, and continuous improvements. Initiate Kaizen events as necessary to achieve best in class operations.

• Develops, motivates and coaches team members. Acts a champion for development planning, succession planning and goal setting for direct reports. Challenges direct reports to “Raise the Bar”. Motivate and coach employees to maintain high levels of satisfaction, productivity and quality through effectively utilizing available rewards and recognition channels to encourage and promote desired behaviors and results.

• Be an ambassador and a driver of our Quality culture.

• Conduct appropriate training and area audits to ensure that safe work practices are consistently and constantly employed throughout the facility. Lead the elimination of safety hazards.

• Proactively implement, promote, and maintain a safe working environment through diligence in accident prevention, investigation, equipment maintenance and adherence to plant safety policies and encouraging employees to follow sound safety practices. Ensures that employees have the necessary skills, knowledge, information, and tools to do their jobs safely and effectively. Promote positive and productive workplace environment that insures a company represented workforce.

• Fully engage workforce and drive change by empowering employees with decision-making, fostering innovation and promoting continuous learning

• Foster employee acceptance and drive successful implementation of plant initiatives launched by support functions.

• Manage time and attendance and other administrative needs in a timely and accurate manner including overtime needed due to business needs.

Qualifications:

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.

• 3+ years of experience in an engineering, operations role within a manufacturing environment.

• 2+ years of previous experience supervising manufacturing teams.

• 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.” 

• Candidate will not need sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field from an accredited institution.

• Previous experience with Quality Systems.

• Lean/CI experience a plus (Green Belt preferred)

• Prior experience working with SAP shipping, receiving, material movement and production planning modules preferred

• Knowledge of inventory control systems and transactions

• Prior experience with assembly Mfg processes.

• Prior experience line balancing/ time studies.

• Continuous Improvement project experience.

• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repairs, and maintenance.

• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

• Strong project management skills

• Must possess effective and verbal communications skills.

• Must possess good organizational and prioritization skills to maintain and address multiple assigned projects and expectations.

Additional Information:

Building Organizational Capability

Build organizational capability to ensure a robust pipeline of diverse talent to capitalize on opportunities. Self-Development • Communicates Effectively • Collaborates

• Attracts Top Talent - Attracting and selecting the best talent to meet current and future business needs

• Develops Talent - Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.

• Builds Effective Teams - Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals

Demonstrates Our Leadership Style

Lead with the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and ethics every day and with every decision. Lives Our Values • Instills Trust • Values Differences • Interpersonal Savvy

• Lives Our Values – Demonstrates Eaton’s values and philosophy with every action and every decision.

• Instills Trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.

• Values Differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

• Interpersonal Savvy - Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.

Get results through self and others while fostering a climate of safety, learning, and continuous improvement. Drives Results • Operates Safely • Living EBS • Courage

• Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

• Operates Safely - Creates and fosters a safe work environment.

• Living EBS - Embracing, leveraging and teaching the Eaton Business System

• Courage - Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.

Think and act strategically to anticipate customer needs, grow the business, and outperform our markets. Strategic Mindset • Customer Focus • Decision Quality

• Strategic Mindset - Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

• Customer Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

• Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here ( for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.