Engineering Excellence Lead, EMEA Operations

Eaton; Hengelo; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Promotions

Great working environment

Diversity & Inclusion

Eaton University

Job summary

Eaton is opening an Engineering Excellence role for EMEA, with location on one of our engineering sites (Prague/Hengelo/Montbonnot). The role defines the engineering operating model, embeds Lean culture, and drives performance, governance and strategic interventions across ES EMEA.

You will lead CI strategy, KPI deployment, and end-to-end lifecycle optimization, collaborating with leaders to improve productivity, cycle time and engineering maturity in a cross-functional environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering (Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial/Operations).
• 5+ years in technical project/program management or operations excellence.
• Experience leading a project through all stages of product development.
• Experience in full product development lifecycle including support engineering.
• Lean Six Sigma or PDCA process design experience.
• Strong ROI/cost-to-develop financial acumen.
• Knowledge of Agile ProLaunch/PreLaunch or similar processes.
• Proficient in English (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve engineering performance frameworks and KPIs.
• Drive operational excellence and KPI deployment across ES EMEA.
• Engineering Lifecycle Optimization & System Leadership.
• Lead end-to-end optimisation of the product development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with EFE, divisional leaders, PMs and program managers to apply insights.
• Provide division-level oversight of complex initiatives.
• Define and lead the engineering CI strategy aligned with EBS.
• Build and manage a portfolio of CI initiatives driving measurable improvements.
• Lead Value Stream Mapping, RIE, BPI, A3 problem solving and Kaizen.
• Build organizational capability in engineering excellence and CI culture.
• Represent the division to EMEA and Enterprise Functional Excellence forums.

Skills

Engineering operations

Lean Six Sigma

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in engineering (Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial/Operations)

Tools

VSM

RIE

BPI

A3 problem solving

Kaizen

PDCA

Job description

Eaton is opening an Engineering Excellence role for EMEA, with location on one of our engineering sites (Prague/Hengelo/Montbonnot). The role defines the engineering operating model, embeds Lean culture, and drives performance, governance and strategic interventions across ES EMEA.

You will lead CI strategy, KPI deployment, and end-to-end lifecycle optimization, collaborating with leaders to improve productivity, cycle time and engineering maturity in a cross-functional environment.