Manufacturing Supervisor-Nights

About the role

Eaton’s IS VEH VGNA division is currently seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor-Nights. This is a full time, on-site position based at our Kings Mountain, NC manufacturing facility. Relocation assistance is available to those within the US/PR.

Responsibilities

• Champion, coach, recognize, communicate expectations (during daily Tier I meetings) and motivate employees to utilize Continuous Improvement tools to exceed safety, cost, productivity, quality, employee engagement and delivery targets
• Establish and maintain an environment conducive to continuous improvement manufacturing; recommend alternatives for improving production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions
• Champion manufacturing team in achieving production schedule goals and exceeding customer expectations. Drive activities to reduce past due, scrap, and overtime cost while meeting safety and quality objectives by escalating issues to Tier meetings for timely resolution
• Lead the Flow Line Team (FLT) or High-Performance Work Team (HPWT) in your shift to improve the High 5 metrics (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Productivity) by engaging your employees and leveraging all support functions
• Conduct process checks within areas of responsibility and monitor performance to establish standard work formats and daily accountability by reviewing the hour by hour boards
• Maintain and consistently administer local policies to meet day to day operating requirements. Ensure that all regulatory standards and company policies are understood, supported and followed on the production floor
• Promote positive employee relations to ensure success within the manufacturing environment while identifying and implementing improvement opportunities
• Initiate and coordinate assistance as required from support functions to ensure process capability & improvement through measuring and monitoring performance and root cause problem solving using A3 or 8D processes
• Cook up on and coordinate on the job training, provide training resources within the department and maintain training matrix accordingly

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Minimum Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution and/or candidates with an anticipated graduation by 8/2026. Minimum one (1) year experience in a manufacturing environment (internship, co-op experience will be accepted as experience)
• Minimum one (1) year manager of people experience
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position.
• Preferred Qualifications: Three (3) years experience in a manufacturing environment
• Three (3) years manager of people experience

Skills

• Experience using problem solving tools such as A3 and 8D
• Demonstrated technical understanding of production planning techniques
• Experience in driving continuous improvement activities

Benefits

Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview.