Production Supervisor - Transformers 1st Shift

What you’ll do:

As a Production Supervisor, you will direct departmental activities and initiate/participate in cross-functional activities to accomplish the objectives of safety, quality, on-time delivery, inventory, productivity, and continuous improvement, which focuses on removing cost from the business as well as meeting departmental metrics, goals, and objectives.

In this role, you will: 

• Drive Zero Incident Safety Culture
• Align Eaton Quality System priorities to department requirements
• Manage department operations and prioritize production requirements             
• 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 are implemented, and the area of responsibility is compliant with safety requirements.
• Review daily in-process inventory reports to determine and assign priorities
• Facilitate shift activity among other department supervisors. 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 equipment and facility conditions; create maintenance work orders to ensure safe, efficient operations.
• Maintain associate files, including attendance, OT equalization, vacation, training, and time-off requests.
• Manage and adhere to department expense budgets.Lead daily/weekly meetings to communicate updates, address concerns, and interpret policy.
• Provide training resources and support onboarding of new business partners.
• Coordinate job bidding processes and verify candidate eligibility.
• Lead cross-functional teams to improve processes and achieve plant goals.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• Five (5) years of manufacturing experience
• One (1) year of supervisor or Team Lead Experience
• 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 being offered for this position.  Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Waukesha, WI will be considered.  Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution required

• Five (5) years of supervisory experience

• Lean/Six Sigma certifications

• Experience with SAP planning and ordering functions

• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and SAP