Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

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

Job summary

Eaton Corporation’s Electrical division in Santa Ana, CA seeks a Production Supervisor for the 1st shift. You will direct manufacturing activities, drive continuous improvement, and maintain safety and quality standards to achieve on-time delivery and cost targets.

The role requires a minimum of five years in a supervisory capacity within manufacturing, plus a Bachelor’s or HS diploma with relevant experience. Relocation is not provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or HS Diploma/GED with 5+ years of supervisor or team leadership experience in manufacturing.
• Minimum 1 year of team leadership or supervisor experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Eaton will not sponsor immigration or CPT/OPT/STEM OPT, nor H-1B or other visa categories.
• No relocation is offered; candidates must reside within 50 miles of Santa Ana, CA (military exceptions apply).

Responsibilities

• Foster a zero-incident safety culture and align with Eaton’s Quality Management System.
• Lead department operations and prioritize production to meet on-time delivery.
• Promote continuous improvement using the CIF framework and standard work.
• Develop direct reports through coaching and cross-training; coordinate across shifts.
• Schedule daily work and review in-process inventory to align with goals.
• Lead daily and weekly meetings to discuss safety, performance, and policy updates.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

HS Diploma/GED + 5 years experience

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

Eaton’s Electrical division is currently seeking a Production Supervisor - 1st Shift. This position is based at our Electrical Manufacturing facility in Santa Ana, CA. Relocation is not provided.

The 1st Shift Production Supervisor is responsible for directing and coordinating the manufacturing/production activities to achieve maximum productivity at minimum cost, while maintaining world class levels Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. In this role, you will assist the Plant Manager and Production Manager in the development of processes to achieve a zero-incident culture, maximize output, maintain machinery, and reduce overall costs. Through these improvements, you will exceed the customers’ expectations by making sure that the organizational decision making is based on a process-oriented culture to ensure the linkage from strategy to actions.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $99000 - $145000 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:

• Foster a Zero Incident Safety Culture. Align department requirements with Eaton’s Quality Management System. Manage department operations and prioritize production requirements to meet on-time delivery for our customers.
• Implement Eaton’s Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF): Create the basis for continuous improvement by ensuring that standardized processes are followed. Empower employees to improve the standard work and implement countermeasures when needed.
• Promote a collaborative team environment and develop direct reports through problem-solving skill sets and other cross-training opportunities. Facilitate cooperation across shifts and among other department supervisors.
• Assist the Management Team in determining personnel requirements, provide necessary training resources for new employees, and facilitate the job bidding process. Monitor and provide employee coaching with respect to safety, quality, and productivity performance (attendance, training, coaching, overtime, vacation requests, etc.).
• Assign daily work schedules and review in-process inventory reports to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Lead daily accountability meetings with a cross-functional team focused on departmental performance and issue resolution (Tier, GEMBA). Lead weekly department meetings to communicate safety topics, department or plant-wide activities, business updates, and policy/procedural changes as needed.
• Maintain daily statistics on customer demand, production, and overdue orders.
• Communicate production metrics to management and other functional supervisors and maintain active communications between all levels of plant personnel.
• Serve as a central point of contact for management regarding production issues in one’s functional area.
• Initiate and coordinate assistance as required from other support functions (e.g., Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, etc.).
• Assign overtime as required to meet production schedules.
• Evaluate qualifications and performance of team members based on Division and Plant policies.
• Ensure that department work areas are kept clean, organized, and orderly per 5S standards.

Qualifications:

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or a High School Diploma/GED from an accredited institution and a minimum of five (5) years of experience as a supervisor or team leadership role.
• Minimum one (1) year of experience in a team leadership or supervisor role within a manufacturing environment.
• 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, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.
• No relocation is available for this position. All candidates must currently reside within a 50-mile radius of Santa Ana, CA to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with MRP/ERP systems
• Lean fundamental understanding
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and safety.
• Flexibility to work occasional Saturdays to support the operations team

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

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.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. 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.