Quality Team Lead - 3rd Shift

Eaton Corporation; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits and vacation time

Paid holidays

Overtime opportunities

Educational Assistance Program, Well-

Wellness Reimbursement, and more!

Job summary

Eaton Corporation is seeking a Quality Team Lead for the 3rd shift at the Richmond, VA facility. This role leads the quality production of electrical assemblies, guiding the inspection team and ensuring compliance with customer, industry, and internal specs.

Responsibilities include leading root cause analyses, driving CAPAs, coordinating inspections, and supporting quality planning and training. The position requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills in a

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a quality function

Responsibilities

• Foster a zero incident safety culture with adherence to EH&S policies and proactive communication.
• Guide and support the quality inspection team through routine communications, scheduling, onboarding and coaching.
• Lead timely quality performance reporting across product lines including inspections, FAI verification, documentation and audits.
• Perform root cause analysis and drive corrective actions to address non-conformance and production errors.
• Create and communicate quality alerts to ensure corrective actions and prevent rework.
• Support pre-production quality planning, including developing Quality Assembly documents and training production personnel.

Skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Communication skills

Overtime

Six Sigma

Education

Associate degree in electronics or related technical field

ASQ Quality Technician Certification

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

Career Opportunities: Quality Team Lead - 3rd Shift (76710)

Requisition ID 76710 - Posted 11/06/2026

Eaton’s ES AMER ESSdivision is currently seeking a Quality Team Lead - 3rd Shift at our Oakley Ct site in Richmond, VA.

The pay rate for this position is $28.12 + $2 Shift Differential per hour.

This site is currently offering a $2,000 sign-on bonus for eligible new hires.

Why work at Eaton?

• Health benefits and vacation time
• Paid holidays
• Overtime opportunities
• Educational Assistance Program, Wellness Reimbursement, and more!

What you’ll do:

Eaton’s Electrical Sector is currently seeking a Quality Team Leader to join our 3rd Shift team. This position is based at our Richmond, VA facility.

Position Overview

This position will guide, support and lead quality production of electrical assemblies through leadership of the quality inspection team and other related quality manufacturing processes to meet customer, industry and internal specifications.

In this function you will

• Foster a zero incident safety culture through proactive environment, health and safety policy adherence, participation and communications.
• Guide and support the quality inspection team through routine communications, inspection / production scheduling, onboarding / training procedures, peer to peer coaching and other team leadership activities.
• Facilitate and report on on-time quality performance of all assigned product lines through part and product inspections, first article inspection (FAI) verification, appropriate documentation, non-conformance identification and quarantine, control and process audits as scheduled.
• Lead root cause analysis, structured problem solving, and corrective actions to identify, communicate and correct sources of non-conformance, production errors, and other related quality concerns.
• Identify, create and effectively communicate quality alerts to all impacted personnel (assembly, production, engineering, etc.) to ensure corrective actions are in place and avoidance of future errors / re-work.
• Complete all inspections and audits using appropriate computer systems including Microsoft word to ensure accurate, on-time documentation and sustainability of quality reporting.
• Contribute to pre-production quality planning, including developing Quality Assembly documents, attending product and process reviews and technical training of production personnel.
• Support Manufacturing Engineering in machine capability studies for new and existing machines, work / assembly standards, machine calibration and other quality support activities.

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required from an accredited educational institution
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a quality function

No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within the immediate area of the Richmond, VA facility (50-mile radius) will be considered for this position. Active‑Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

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 cap registration, O‑1, E‑3, TN status, I‑485 job portability, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret drawings and schematics
• Associate degree in electronics, electrical engineering technology or other technical degree
• ASQ Quality Technician Certification preferred
• 3 to 5 years of work experience as a Quality Technician, preferably in the Power industry
• Six Sigma and Lean certifications and/or experience
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) experience

Skills

Position Criteria

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Leadership capability through others via peer to peer coaching and guidance
• Lead by example and guide others
• Ability to work overtime as needed to support customer demand
• Ability to work in a matrix environment, get results and drive change through others
• Effective oral and written communication skills as well as planning and organizational skills
• Individual may be required to sit, stand and walk regularly
• Individual must be able to lift up to 50 pounds throughout work shift.
• Individual may be required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, reach, push and/or pull.

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