Engineering Leader - Sustaining Engineering

Eaton Corporation; Greenwood (SC); On-site; USD 165,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation seeks an Engineering Leader – Sustaining Engineering for the PDCA portfolio. You will own sustaining/MOL programs across MV/LV assemblies and MCC, and align with Manufacturing Operations to drive common standards and priorities.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in engineering with 5+ years in people leadership, deep knowledge of codes and certification processes, and a proven ability to improve reliability, manufacturability and field support across the NA and India sites.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading people and teams.
• Sustaining or product engineering in electrical power distribution manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of product codes, standards and certification processes.
• Experience with switchgear, motor control centers, or LV/MV assemblies preferred.
• Legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the multi-year sustaining and MOL roadmap for the PDCA portfolio.
• Lead the transition of MOL engineers from Operations into R&D while maintaining plant support.
• Drive product quality and field issue resolution with plant quality.
• Ensure codes, standards and certification compliance across the portfolio.
• Govern engineering change management and configuration control across sites.
• Identify end-of-life components and supplier-driven changes early with mitigation plans.
• Lead alternate-source qualification with Supply Chain and evaluate testing impact.
• Drive product improvements for manufacturability, reliability, safety and customer experience.
• Deploy a common intake and prioritization process for plant/product/Customer Order requests.
• Implement common sustaining engineering processes, tools and templates across all sites.
• Partner across the lifecycle with NPD, VAVE and Systems Engineering.
• Recruit, develop and retain sustaining engineering leaders across NA and India.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Sustaining engineering

Quality & compliance

Codes & standards

Electrical power distribution

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

US work authorization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Eaton Corporation is looking for an Engineering Leader – Sustaining Engineering within their Electrical Sector. This position can be based in Arden, NC, Fayetteville, NC, Charlotte, NC or Greenwood, SC.

Position Overview

Reporting to the Director Engineering for the Power Distribution and Assemblies Division (PDCA) business, this person will be responsible for Sustaining Engineering/Maintenance of Line (MOL) across the entire PDCA portfolio: Medium Voltage Assemblies (MVA), Low Voltage Assemblies (LVA), Medium Voltage Control Assemblies (MVCA) and Motor Control Centers (MCC). The PDCA business is a $2 billion, 3,500 employee business across North America, with 8 manufacturing locations.

This person will lead a divisional sustaining engineering organization covering Quality, Codes & Compliance, Product Improvement and MOL for all PDCA manufacturing plants. The Engineering Leader will bring MOL engineers together under common standards, processes and priorities while keeping them closely aligned with Manufacturing Operations. The leader will build a shared engineering bench across sites in the U.S. and India.

Essential Functions

• Define and own the multi-year sustaining and MOL roadmap for the PDCA portfolio, aligned with the Director of Engineering's priorities and divisional business plans.
• Lead the transition of MOL engineers from Operations into R&D Engineering while maintaining uninterrupted support to every plant.
• Drive product quality and field issue resolution in partnership with plant quality
• Ensure codes, standards and certification compliance across the portfolio
• Govern Engineering change management and configuration control
• Identify end-of-life components and supplier-driven changes early and put mitigation plans in place before production is affected.
• Lead alternate-source qualification with Supply Chain, including technical evaluation, testing and certification impact.
• Drive product improvements that strengthen manufacturability, reliability, safety and customer experience.
• Deploy one divisional intake and prioritization process for requests from plants, Product Management and Customer Order Engineering.
• Implement common sustaining engineering processes, tools and templates across every site
• Partner across the engineering lifecycle with NPD, VAVE and Systems Engineering
• Recruit, develop and retain sustaining engineering managers, leads and engineers across the NA and India

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience, including at least 5 years leading people and teams.
• Experience in sustaining or product engineering within electrical power distribution or control equipment manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of product codes, standards and certification processes
• Experience with switchgear, motor control centers, or low and medium-voltage assemblies is preferred
• Legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship

Eaton Leadership Attributes

• Effectively drives and manages change, challenges the status quo and champions new and innovative ideas.
• Demonstrates professional presence, communicates articulately and confidently.
• Effectively leverages functional and cross-functional resources to solve problems, improve processes and meet objectives.
• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Demonstrated success in effectively and confidently providing “leadership” to employees in a constantly changing environment.

Education

• An undergraduate degree is required. A Master’s degree is preferred.

Compensation

• Eaton recognizes this role as a critical position within the corporation and will create a compelling package consisting of a base salary, employee incentive compensation and complete benefits.

Location

• This position can be based in Arden, NC, Fayetteville, NC, Charlotte, NC or Greenwood, SC.

At Eaton, we strive to provide compensation and benefits that attract, engage, and retain the best talent. This includes competitive pay and a variety of benefit programs for eligible employees. The expected annual salary range for this role is $165000 - $242000 a year. This role 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.

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