What you’ll do:

As a Production Supervisor, you will direct departmental activities and initiate/participate in cross-functional activities to accomplish the objectives of safety, quality, on time delivery, inventory, productivity, and continuous improvement, which focuses on removing cost from the business.

In this function you will:

• Drive Zero Incident Safety Culture

• Align Eaton Quality System priorities to department requirements

• Manage department operations and prioritize production requirements

• Facilitate shift activity among other department supervisors

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and contributing towards becoming a lean organization

• Initiate and coordinate assistance as required from support departments

• Create the basis for continuous improvement and employee empowerment by ensuring that standardize work processes are followed, countermeasures implemented, and the area is compliant with safety requirements

• Review daily in-process inventory reports to determine and assign priorities

• Assign daily work schedules for direct and indirect labor to meet business goals

• Monitor and provide coaching follow-up for performance regarding safety, quality, and productivity

• Monitor machinery, equipment and facility and initiate maintenance work orders, as required, to ensure efficient, effective, and safe working conditions

• Coordinate and maintain associate clerical files regarding attendance, overtime equalization, vacation, training, and time-off requests

• Manage department expense budgets

• Conduct daily tier meetings regarding communications, department and plant concerns, and policy interpretation

• Provide training resources within the department

• Lead cross functional team to improve processes and meet plant objectives

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing/operations environment with 1 year of leadership experience OR High School Diploma/ GED from an accredited institution with 15 years of experience in a manufacturing/operations environment with 2 years of leadership experience

• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future

• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Nacogdoches, TX will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of problem-solving tools and lean manufacturing practices – i.e. 5 Why’s, Fishbone diagrams, Brainstorming, Value Stream maps, 8D, A3, 5S• Experience in large manufacturing environments

• Six sigma/ green belt certification

• 3+ years leadership experience

• Experience leading cost savings initiatives or continuous improvement efforts within cross functional teams