Lean Transformation Supervisor - Continuous Improvement

Eaton; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton’s Santa Ana, CA facility seeks a Continuous Improvement Supervisor to lead Lean initiatives across the site, advancing ELSS deployment and delivering measurable results.

You will partner with manufacturing, engineering, and leadership to eliminate waste, improve productivity, and build a culture of continuous improvement through training, standard work, and visual management. This role reports to Operations and requires a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in CI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in Continuous Improvement framework.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and support CI Technicians to support initiatives in manufacturing.
• Document current state metrics such as cycle times, downtime, deficiencies, and WIP to make recommendations for improvement.
• Lead Value Stream Mapping initiatives that capture process steps, systems, hand-offs, bottlenecks, waste and misallocated resources.
• Develop computer simulations to inform layout decisions and lean material flow initiatives.
• Provide lean training to support a culture of continuous improvement.
• Own the site’s RIE Roadmap to strategically align with Operational Excellence areas of opportunity, and business vision.
• Develop and implement process standardization, visual controls, process checks and leader standard work through partnering with area operations supervisor and ME.
• Develop knowledge and best practice sharing across site and benchmark best practices across division.
• Create model cells, in conjunction with line ME and operations supervisors to deliver world class metrics.
• Design and deploy digital tier boars for real-time metric tracking and visual enterprise.
• Provide regular ELSS/CI updates to leadership team.
• Drive employee engagement through the Ideas program, own the tracking of submission, the progress, and drive to completion.
• Drive Cost out accountability for the site in alignment to plant’s profit plan goals.
• Build Eaton Lean Six Sigma organizational capability and develop ELSS Tools Champions by providing a training plan, and RIE alignment for certifications.
• Ensure maintenance of records and reports, such us RIE event documents, pre-work activities, focus factory files, SW templates, etc.
• Support NPI with manufacturing feasibility and industrialization activities including production layout, materials and costing for new products.
• Lead site’s readiness plan for OpA self-assessment and validated OpA assessment by driving action plan according to category open action items.
• Design and develop tooling, shadow boards, etc. to support the assembly and test of products.
• Lead the 5S+, Gemba process, LPA audits
• Champion industry 4.0 initiatives such as AMR/AGV and partner with manufacturing engineering team to deploy PCAT, digital torque tools and visual management systems, as needed.
• Lead initiatives for site improvement within next 5 years timeframe.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Value Stream Mapping

Simulation software

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AutoCAD

PowerBI

Simulation software

Job description

Eaton’s Santa Ana, CA facility seeks a Continuous Improvement Supervisor to lead Lean initiatives across the site, advancing ELSS deployment and delivering measurable results.

You will partner with manufacturing, engineering, and leadership to eliminate waste, improve productivity, and build a culture of continuous improvement through training, standard work, and visual management. This role reports to Operations and requires a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in CI.