Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

What you’ll do:

Position Overview:
The Production Supervisor is located in Nacogdoches, Texas. 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.

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:

Required (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
• Relocation benefits are being offered for this position. Candidates that currently reside or are willing to relocate within the immediate geographical area of 50 miles of Nacogdoches, TX will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation
• 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, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future

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:

•    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