Production Supervisor (3rd Shift)

About the role

Eaton's Power Components Division (PDC) is seeking a Production Supervisor for 3rd Shift at our Horseheads, NY manufacturing facility. This role leads and directs hourly manufacturing employees on 3rd shift (11pm - 7am) to achieve plant goals focusing on safety, quality, on-time delivery, continuous improvement, productivity, and cost-out. Relocation is provided within the United States.

What You'll Do

• Proactively implement, promote, and maintain a safe working environment while supporting MESH and other Eaton initiatives
• Guide the manufacturing team to meet production schedules, exceed customer expectations, and improve on-time delivery, labor utilization, and productivity
• Fully engage the workforce by empowering team members with decision-making authority and encouraging involvement in change initiatives
• Promote lean manufacturing, continuous learning, and innovation through the Continuous Improvement Framework Management System
• Reduce past due orders, scrap, rework, and overtime costs while maintaining quality objectives and standard work formats
• Train, evaluate, coach, and develop employees to meet performance goals, including operator certifications and cross-training
• Advise and support employees in achieving value stream, departmental, and plant goals
• Uphold employee relations and ensure adherence to the Union-Management Labor Contract, applying disciplinary measures judiciously
• Conduct weekly team meetings, daily Tier Meetings, and shift handovers to share vision, priorities, and critical information
• Integrate the Eaton Leadership Model and Leader Attributes into daily operations and maintain consistent policy administration
• Ensure attendance and pay records are kept up to date and are accurate for assigned personnel, including OT equalization per CBA language
• Effectively communicate with department engineers, planning, and maintenance to support plant and departmental goals

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a team lead or manager of people

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CNC Programming and electronics assembly
• Labor relations experience, managing a team under a Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Experience supervising maintenance or similar technical team members

Skills

• Ability to read and understand manufacturing drawings and specified technical information
• Familiarity with process improvement methodologies and project management skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
• Comfortable being the Company Agent, carrying messages from Sr. Leadership to the shop floor even in instances where that message differs from personal opinion
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to be able to respond and deal with diverse employee-related situations (recruitment, training, motivation, discipline, changes in priorities)

Pay

The expected annual salary range for this role is $71,000 - $105,000 a year. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.