Manufacturing Team Manager

Base Innovate; South Molton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace manufacturer in South Molton is seeking a Manufacturing Team Manager. The role involves overseeing manufacturing operations, driving continuous improvement, and managing a team to meet production goals. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in manufacturing and leadership. This position offers competitive compensation and benefits alongside professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits package

Ongoing learning and development opportunities

Health and safety focus

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing/operations.
• Minimum 1-3 years of experience leading others.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and lead manufacturing and production activities.
• Drive continuous improvement using EBS and Lean methodologies.
• Manage plant assets and team performance.

Skills

Excel

MS Outlook

PowerPoint

Leadership

Coaching

Lean manufacturing

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Job description

Eaton South Molton

Nestled in the heart of Devon, UK, the South Molton plant is home to a team of over 400 talented professionals, driving excellence in aerospace manufacturing. With a proud history dating back to 1973, this facility has grown into a powerhouse of precision engineering, delivering high-quality components to some of the world's most renowned aerospace brands.

What makes South Molton unique? Our one-of-a-kind investment casting foundry, established in 1975, sets us apart from all other Eaton Aerospace plants. Today, our focus is on designing, manufacturing, and testing top-tier aerospace components, ensuring safety, reliability, and cutting-edge innovation.

We proudly collaborate with industry giants like Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, and Augusta Westland, with our main customer being Eaton's Titchfield facility in Hampshire, UK. If you're looking for a dynamic environment, world-class engineering, and the opportunity to shape the future of aerospace, South Molton is the place to be!

What Youll Do

Manufacturing Team Manager

Will be responsible for overseeing and leading all activities associated with manufacturing and production of deliverable product to meet customer expectations within a defined production area. He/She will be monitoring and managing hourly and salaried resources in the assignment of work responsibilities, development, and alignment of resources to load. Additionally, this leader will be responsible for continuous improvement in production, quality, and safety while utilizing the framework of the Eaton Business System (EBS) and the Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF).

Job Responsibilities

• Driving continuous improvement and application through the use of EBS, BOS, CIF, and HPWTs.
• Being responsible for implementation of Lean activities to eliminate waste opportunities of key processes.
• Achieving key BOS metrics including TRCR, Productive Utilization, On-Time Delivery, First Pass Yield and DPPM.
• Being effective on management of plant assets through leadership of maintenance and facilities resources.
• Being responsible for the implementation of MESH to achieve improvement in year over year safety performance measures.
• Being responsible for driving and developing team members as well as providing oversight and coaching to other team members.
• Providing the vision and strategy.
• Leading by example be a positive role model.
• Actively engaging and recognizing employees.
• Being enable success of employees (providing resources and removing barriers).
• Being responsible for empowering employees drive decision making down through organization.
• Being responsible for High-5 metrics for assigned value stream.
• Being responsible for Employee Engagement.

Qualifications

Bachelors Degree or equivalent required.

Minimum 3-5 Years Of Experience In Manufacturing/Operations

Minimum 1-3 years of experience leading others.

Skills

• Having a strong capability on Computer Skills: Excel, MS Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Having strong communication and interpersonal skills; strong leadership, coaching and influence management skills; ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Having strong skills on Lean manufacturing / Operational Excellence skills in 6S, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Visual Management, process focused.
• Having strong capability of problem solving skills (e.g. 8-D or A3).
• Being highly motivated, visionary and being able to keep up with changes.

What We Offer You

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team.
• We make your aspirations matter. Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible.
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University.
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving peoples lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter. We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it's about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen.

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, color, 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.

The successful applicant will be in contact with US ITAR controlled technology, goods and information. As a condition of employment, employees with access to US ITAR controlled technology and goods may be required to undergo an additional screening process as part of the recruitment process.