Manufacturing Supervisor-Nights

Eaton; Kings Mountain (NC); On-site; USD 86,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off programs

Job summary

Eaton is hiring a Manufacturing Supervisor for their Kings Mountain, NC facility. This full-time, on-site position requires a Bachelor's degree and leadership experience. The supervisor will oversee production activities, ensuring safety and quality, and will work flexible hours from 10:30 PM to 8:00 AM.

The expected salary ranges from $86,000 to $126,000 annually, depending on qualifications and experience. Eaton provides various health benefits and promotes positive employee relations.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.
• At least one year experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum one year manager of people experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and schedule production activities while leading hourly employees.
• Establish a positive employee relations environment.
• Drive activities to reduce costs while meeting safety and quality objectives.

Skills

Problem solving tools (A3, 8D)

Production planning techniques

Continuous improvement activities

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

Job description

Eaton’s IS VEH VGNA division is currently seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor-Nights. This is a full-time, on-site position based at our Kings Mountain, NC manufacturing facility. Relocation assistance is available to those within the US/PR.

Core Hours: 10:30PM-8:00AM EST

The Manufacturing Supervisor is responsible for coordinating, prioritizing and scheduling production activities while leading hourly employees to meet customer requirements by providing a safe work environment. This role also establishes and maintains a positive employee relations environment by adherence to Eaton’s Values, Ethics and Philosophies.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86,000 - $126,000 a year. 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

• Champion, coach, recognize, communicate expectations (during daily Tier I meetings) and motivate employees to utilize Continuous Improvement tools to exceed safety, cost, productivity, quality, employee engagement and delivery targets.
• Establish and maintain an environment conducive to continuous improvement manufacturing; recommend alternatives for improving production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions.
• Champion manufacturing team in achieving production schedule goals and exceeding customer expectations.
• Drive activities to reduce past due, scrap, and overtime cost while meeting safety and quality objectives by escalating issues to Tier meetings for timely resolution.
• Lead the Flow Line Team (FLT) or High-Performance Work Team (HPWT) in your shift to improve the High 5 metrics (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Productivity) by engaging your employees and leveraging all support functions.
• Conduct process checks within areas of responsibility and monitor performance to establish standard work formats and daily accountability by reviewing the hour by hour boards.
• Maintain and consistently administer local policies to meet day to day operating requirements. Ensure that all regulatory standards and company policies are understood, supported and followed on the production floor.
• Promote positive employee relations to ensure success within the manufacturing environment while identifying and implementing improvement opportunities.
• Initiate and coordinate assistance as required from support functions to ensure process capability & improvement through measuring and monitoring performance and root cause problem solving using A3 or 8D processes.
• Coordinate on the job training, provide training resources within the department and maintain training matrix accordingly.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution and/or candidates with an anticipated graduation by 8/2026.
• Minimum one (1) year experience in a manufacturing environment (internship, co-op experience will be accepted as experience).
• Minimum one (1) year manager of people experience.
• 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

• Three (3) years experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Three (3) years manager of people experience.

Skills

• Experience using problem solving tools such as A3 and 8D.
• Demonstrated technical understanding of production planning techniques.
• Experience in driving continuous improvement activities.

Benefits

Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws. You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.