Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Capacity Expansion & Plant Launch

Eaton Corporation; Greenwood (SC); On-site; USD 97,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation's ES AMER ARS division seeks a Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Capacity Expansion near Charlotte, NC, Asheville/Arden, NC, or Greenwood, SC to lead greenfield and brownfield launches, plant expansions, and new production lines from concept through ramp-up.

You will translate product requirements into capacity, equipment, labor, and flow plans, establish scalable launch standards, and guide cross-functional teams to meet safety, quality, cost, and schedule targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor1s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another related technical engineering discipline from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience, including responsibility for complex manufacturing projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading at least one significant manufacturing launch, plant expansion, production-line installation, equipment implementation, or manufacturing transfer.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience specifying, purchasing, installing, debugging, commissioning, and qualifying manufacturing equipment and tooling.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with production-line design, facility layout, process development, capacity analysis, labor planning, and material flow.
• Ability to travel up to 50% to support site activities during critical launch periods.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing engineering workstreams for greenfield and brownfield plant launches, facility expansions, major transfers, and new production-line installations from concept through operational handoff.
• Develop the manufacturing launch strategy, engineering work plan, technical milestones, resource requirements, and readiness criteria for assigned projects.
• Serve as the primary manufacturing engineering lead within cross-functional launch teams, coordinating activities among Operations, Product Engineering, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain, Facilities, IT, Finance, and external partners.
• Translate product forecasts, customer requirements, and business objectives into production-capacity, equipment, labor, space, utility, and material-flow requirements.
• Establish manufacturing standards and scalable launch practices that can be replicated across future sites and production lines.
• Lead technical design reviews and launch-readiness reviews, identify risks and gaps, and drive mitigation and closure plans.
• Provide clear visibility to project leadership regarding engineering progress, decisions, dependencies, risks, capital requirements, and launch readiness.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Process development

Facility layout

Equipment qualification

Travel up to 50%

Education

Bachelor1s degree in Engineering

Master1s degree (preferred)

Tools

SAP

AutoCAD

Job description

Eaton Corporation's ES AMER ARS division seeks a Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Capacity Expansion near Charlotte, NC, Asheville/Arden, NC, or Greenwood, SC to lead greenfield and brownfield launches, plant expansions, and new production lines from concept through ramp-up.

You will translate product requirements into capacity, equipment, labor, and flow plans, establish scalable launch standards, and guide cross-functional teams to meet safety, quality, cost, and schedule targets.