In this function you will:

• Drive Zero Incident Safety Culture
• Align Eaton Quality System priorities to department requirements
• Manage department operations and prioritize production requirements
• Facilitate shift activity among other department supervisors
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and contributing towards becoming a lean organization
• Initiate and coordinate assistance as required from support departments
• Create the basis for continuous improvement and employee empowerment by ensuring that standardize work processes are followed, countermeasures implemented, and the area is compliant with safety requirements
• Review daily in-process inventory reports to determine and assign priorities
• Assign daily work schedules for direct and indirect labor to meet business goals
• Monitor and provide coaching follow-up for performance regarding safety, quality, and productivity
• Monitor machinery, equipment and facility and initiate maintenance work orders, as required, to ensure efficient, effective, and safe working conditions
• Coordinate and maintain associate clerical files regarding attendance, overtime equalization, vacation, training, and time-off requests
• Manage department expense budgets
• Conduct daily tier meetings regarding communications, department and plant concerns, and policy interpretation
• Provide training resources within the department
• Lead cross functional team to improve processes and meet plant objectives

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution with a minimum of 3 years' experience in a manufacturing/operations environment with 1 year of leadership experience OR High School Diploma/ GED from an accredited institution with 15 years of experience in a manufacturing/operations environment with 2 years of leadership experience
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Nacogdoches, TX will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of problem-solving tools and lean manufacturing practices - i.e. 5 Why's, Fishbone diagrams, Brainstorming, Value Stream maps, 8D, A3, 5S+
• Experience in large manufacturing environments
• Six sigma/ green belt certification
• 3+ years leadership experience
• Experience leading cost savings initiatives or continuous improvement efforts within cross functional teams

Position Criteria:

• Ability to travel up to 20%
• Physical requirements: Must be able to stand, bend, twist, stoop, climb and lift up to 25 pounds occasionally
• Ability to interpret policies and other plant communication

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