Senior Sustaining Engineering Leader, Power Distribution

Eaton Corporation; Greenwood (SC); On-site; USD 165,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation seeks an Engineering Leader – Sustaining Engineering for the PDCA portfolio. You will own sustaining/MOL programs across MV/LV assemblies and MCC, and align with Manufacturing Operations to drive common standards and priorities.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in engineering with 5+ years in people leadership, deep knowledge of codes and certification processes, and a proven ability to improve reliability, manufacturability and field support across the NA and India sites.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading people and teams.
• Sustaining or product engineering in electrical power distribution manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of product codes, standards and certification processes.
• Experience with switchgear, motor control centers, or LV/MV assemblies preferred.
• Legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the multi-year sustaining and MOL roadmap for the PDCA portfolio.
• Lead the transition of MOL engineers from Operations into R&D while maintaining plant support.
• Drive product quality and field issue resolution with plant quality.
• Ensure codes, standards and certification compliance across the portfolio.
• Govern engineering change management and configuration control across sites.
• Identify end-of-life components and supplier-driven changes early with mitigation plans.
• Lead alternate-source qualification with Supply Chain and evaluate testing impact.
• Drive product improvements for manufacturability, reliability, safety and customer experience.
• Deploy a common intake and prioritization process for plant/product/Customer Order requests.
• Implement common sustaining engineering processes, tools and templates across all sites.
• Partner across the lifecycle with NPD, VAVE and Systems Engineering.
• Recruit, develop and retain sustaining engineering leaders across NA and India.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Sustaining engineering

Quality & compliance

Codes & standards

Electrical power distribution

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

US work authorization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Eaton Corporation seeks an Engineering Leader – Sustaining Engineering for the PDCA portfolio. You will own sustaining/MOL programs across MV/LV assemblies and MCC, and align with Manufacturing Operations to drive common standards and priorities.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in engineering with 5+ years in people leadership, deep knowledge of codes and certification processes, and a proven ability to improve reliability, manufacturability and field support across the NA and India sites.