Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Eaton Corporation; North Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Variable incentive program

Job summary

Eaton Corporation, Fibrebond division, seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Manager for a new North Little Rock, AR facility. You will lead engineering, automation, and continuous improvement efforts to establish production capability and ramp-up for a greenfield site.

You'll coordinate cross-functional teams, drive capital projects, and implement advanced manufacturing technologies while ensuring safety, quality, and cost objectives are met. Relocation is available for US residents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of five (5) years of manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, capital project management, or manufacturing operations experience.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience leading people or technical teams in a manufacturing setting.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience managing large projects or deploying a project management framework.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Manufacturing Engineering, Project Management, and Continuous Improvement functions, developing a high-performing team responsible for manufacturing technology, capital execution, process improvement, and deployment of EBS/ECIS practices.
• Provide manufacturing engineering leadership for the greenfield facility launch, including equipment and process design, layouts, capacity planning, installation and commissioning.
• Lead cross-functional project management activities to achieve safety, quality, cost, schedule, and operational objectives.
• Own the site's capital planning and execution process, including development of short- and long-range capital plans, business cases, and budgeting.
• Establish strong project execution disciplines for significant capital and manufacturing projects using Eaton methodologies.
• Lead development and implementation of manufacturing processes, equipment, layouts, and methods to improve safety, quality, productivity, and flexibility.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing engineering

Project management

Continuous improvement

Capital projects

Team leadership

Industry 4.0

Automation

Lean manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

PROLaunch

ECIS

MES

Job description

Eaton's Electrical Sector Americas - ARS/Fibrebond division is currently seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager for its new manufacturing facility located in North Little Rock, Arkansas. This role is a critical member of the inaugural leadership team and will help establish the manufacturing systems, processes, equipment, and technical capabilities required for a successful greenfield facility launch. Relocation assistance is available to candidates currently residing in the United States.

In this role, you will provide leadership for manufacturing engineering, capital projects, and project execution supporting the successful launch and ramp-up of the new manufacturing facility. You will lead significant facility and manufacturing investments from planning through implementation while developing the processes, technologies, and capabilities required for operational readiness. The role will also oversee Continuous Improvement and Eaton Business System initiatives that support long-term site performance.

Fibrebond, an Eaton company, designs and manufactures pre-integrated modular buildings and power enclosures that protect mission-critical equipment for data center, industrial, utility, and communications customers. Headquartered in Minden, Louisiana, Fibrebond is known for engineered-to-order solutions that support complex infrastructure projects across North America. In 2025, Fibrebond was acquired by Eaton, expanding Eaton's modular solutions portfolio while preserving Fibrebond's engineering expertise, customer focus, and manufacturing operations in Louisiana.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $130,000 - $190,000 a year.

This position 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.

What you'll do

• Lead the Manufacturing Engineering, Project Management, and Continuous Improvement functions, developing a high-performing team responsible for manufacturing technology, capital execution, process improvement, and deployment of applicable Eaton Business System (EBS) and Eaton Continuous Improvement System (ECIS) practices.
• Provide manufacturing engineering leadership for the greenfield facility launch, including equipment and process design, manufacturing layouts, capacity planning, installation and commissioning, production readiness, training, and ramp-up activities.
• Lead cross-functional project management activities associated with the new facility, ensuring projects are effectively scoped, resourced, scheduled, risk-managed, and executed to achieve safety, quality, cost, schedule, and operational objectives.
• Own the site's capital planning and execution process, including development of short- and long-range capital plans, project prioritization, business cases, capital appropriation requests, supplier engagement, budgeting, forecasting, installation, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Establish strong project execution disciplines for significant capital and manufacturing projects using Eaton project management and PROLaunch methodologies, with clear accountability for scope, schedule, budget, risk, and project deliverables.
• Lead the development and implementation of manufacturing processes, equipment, layouts, tooling, and methods that improve safety, quality, productivity, capacity, cost, and manufacturing flexibility.
• Provide technical leadership for the industrialization and launch of new products and processes, ensuring effective integration between product engineering, manufacturing engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and other functions.
• Lead the site's Industry 4.0 and manufacturing technology roadmap, identifying and implementing automation, IoT, AI, MES, and other advanced manufacturing solutions that deliver measurable improvements in safety, quality, productivity, capacity, and cost.
• Provide leadership and oversight for the site's Continuous Improvement team and ECIS deployment, ensuring CI resources are aligned to the site's highest-priority operational and business opportunities.
• Champion the Eaton Business System within the function and ensure the team supports Strategy Deployment, productivity, cost-out, standard work, problem solving, and other EBS/ECIS processes necessary to achieve site objectives.
• Oversee the team's support of Operations Assessment (OpA) requirements related to Manufacturing Engineering and Continuous Improvement, ensuring appropriate standards, processes, and evidence are sustained without making OpA administration the primary focus of the role.
• Other duties and projects assigned.

Qualifications

Basic (Required) Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of five (5) years of manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, capital project management, or manufacturing operations experience.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience leading people or technical teams in a manufacturing setting.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience managing large projects or deploying a project management framework.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field from an accredited institution.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Experience with greenfield facility launches, manufacturing transfers, engineered-to-order production, or modular manufacturing.
• Experience with automation, manufacturing execution systems, Industry 4.0 technologies, capital appropriation, and supplier integration.
• Certification as an Eaton Business System (EBS) Mentor or relevant experience deploying a comparable business operating system.

Skills

• Strong leadership and coaching skills with the ability to build, organize, and develop a high-performing technical team.
• Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, layouts, capacity planning, process validation, and production readiness.
• Ability to lead capital projects from concept and business case development through installation, commissioning, and closeout.
• Effective cross-functional communication and project leadership across Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Product Engineering, Finance, EHS, and external suppliers.
• Ability to apply working knowledge of lean manufacturing, standard work, structured problem solving, productivity improvement, and cost-out methods.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels, including presentations and project report-outs to senior business leaders.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, prioritize competing demands, and adjust as launch and business priorities evolve.

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