Manufacturing Capacity Launch & Readiness Director

Eaton Group; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 165,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation within US offered

Up to 50% travel

Job summary

Eaton in Charlotte, NC seeks a Director, Capacity Launch & Operational Readiness to lead critical manufacturing launches across the Electrical segment. You will own end-to-end facility launches from design through ramp and transition to plant leadership, guiding cross‑functional teams to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity targets.

This role requires strategic leadership, strong project management, and the ability to build scalable launch methodologies and cross-site

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering field (preferably mechanical or industrial).
• 10 years of experience in plant operations, program management, product/process launch, operations, manufacturing or industrial engineering
• Must possess strong plant operations, project management and strategic planning skillset
• Demonstrated ability to assess and build organizational capability
• Capable of leading large-scale project work across various locations
• Demonstrated comfort around technology and system solutions
• Experience with plant operations start-up, process development and change management.
• Proven track recorded in motivating technical staff, managing remote locations, leading by influence, driving for results, and team building.
• Knowledge of PROLaunch or equivalent phase/gate development process.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support functional operations startup for new manufacturing facilities.
• Develop and execute integrated launch roadmaps, milestones, and governance processes.
• Direct and coordinate dedicated launch resources across projects and drive alignment across operational functions
• Serve as executive escalation point for launch‑related risks and barriers.
• Launch containment and risk mitigation plans.
• Capacity planning and ramp strategies.
• Drive cross-site learning and best‑practice replication
• Coordinate manufacturing process/line/equipment/Production line readiness and commissioning.
• Quality system deployment and customer quality readiness
• Supplier readiness assessments.
• Material flow design and standards.
• Production planning readiness.
• Ensure each facility achieves manufacturing readiness prior to production launch.
• Facilitate along with Project Director startup reviews, operational readiness assessments, and launch gate approvals.
• Establish Success Factor criteria and implement corrective actions for startup issues.

Skills

Plant operations

Project management

Strategic planning

Leadership

Change management

PROLaunch

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Job description

Eaton in Charlotte, NC seeks a Director, Capacity Launch & Operational Readiness to lead critical manufacturing launches across the Electrical segment. You will own end-to-end facility launches from design through ramp and transition to plant leadership, guiding cross‑functional teams to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity targets.

This role requires strategic leadership, strong project management, and the ability to build scalable launch methodologies and cross-site