Team Lead 1 - 1st Shift

Eaton Corporation; La Grange (NC); On-site; USD 29,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Team Lead 1 for 1st Shift in the United States. The role oversees production scheduling, staff coordination, and quality control. Key duties include maintaining boards, optimizing workflows, and escalating issues to supervision.

Qualified candidates have at least two years in manufacturing, a high school diploma or GED, and strong interpersonal skills. This position requires US person status and adherence to export controls, located in the designated area.

Qualifications

• Experience reading, analyzing, and interpreting general business reports.
• A minimum of two years in manufacturing environment.
• Must have a high school diploma or GED from an accredited institution.

Responsibilities

• Maintains production control boards/Tier boards in area.
• Recommends work schedule for area, including overtime and staffing, estimates worker hour requirements, and adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules as instructed by supervisor.
• Escalates all corrective actions to supervisor.
• Ensures all work instructions are followed in assigned areas.
• Assists supervisor in defining current associates level of training, cross training needs, training plans, maintaining a training matrix, and training employees in new operations and equipment.
• Analyzes work orders and blueprints to determine information such as material to be used, type of operations, and sequence of operations required to machine parts to print specifications.
• Examines defective machinery to determine cause of malfunction and reports need for machine repairs.
• Inspects work in progress and finished products.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and product quality.
• Analyzes and resolves work issues and assists co-workers in solving issues.
• Assists in production as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Team leadership

Manufacturing experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Eaton’s ES AMER PCS division is currently seeking a Team Lead 1 - 1st Shift.

Hourly rate: $25.57 per hour.

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:

• Maintains production control boards/Tier boards in area
• Recommends work schedule for area, including overtime and staffing, estimates worker hour requirements, and adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules as instructed by supervisor
• Escalates all corrective actions to supervisor
• Ensures all work instructions are followed in assigned areas
• Assists supervisor in defining current associates level of training, cross training needs, training plans, maintaining a training matrix, and training employees in new operations and equipment
• Analyzes work orders and blueprints to determine information such as material to be used, type of operations, and sequence of operations required to machine parts to print specifications
• Examines defective machinery to determine cause of malfunction and reports need for machine repairs
• Inspects work in progress and finished products
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and product quality
• Analyzes and resolves work issues and assists co-workers in solving issues
• Assists in production as needed
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Experience reading, analyzing, and interpreting general business reports
• A minimum of two years in manufacturing environment
• Must have a high school diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
• 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.
• No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within the immediate area of LOCATION (50 miles) will be considered for this position.
• This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158.

Position Criteria:

• Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work weekends and extended shifts as needed

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