About This Role
This full-time, on-site Engineering Manager position is based at the Kings Mountain, NC manufacturing facility within Eaton's Industrial division, Mobility group. The role involves driving manufacturing excellence and building organizational capability within the Engineering Department, reporting to the Plant Manager and serving as a member of the Kings Mountain Senior Leadership Team.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an active member of the Kings Mountain Senior Leadership team, fulfilling leadership duties and providing input for strategy, direction, and continuous improvement
- Develop strategic plans to identify and address current and future challenges for the department and plant
- Conduct performance reviews to improve organizational performance
- Manage the Engineering Department, including Manufacturing Engineering, Systems Engineering, Tool Design, Maintenance, Facilities, and Program Management
- Assist with timely development and implementation of operating capacity plan, facilities programs, business systems, product changes, and introductions
- Manage, develop, recommend, and implement approved capital programs to support the profit and strategic plans
- Direct engineering services in implementing changes to all factory operations
- Provide support for EHS (Environmental, Health, & Safety) procedures and training, to drive a Zero Incident Culture across the plant
- Serve as a MESH (Management of Environmental, Health & Safety) Category Champion, as assigned
- Initiate, support, and lead continuous improvement activities within the department through effective deployment of assessment and lean tools (Value Stream Mapping, Rapid Improvement Events, A3 Problem Solving, Work Station Risk Assessments, PFMEA and other Eaton Business System Tools) to drive efficiency and results
- Schedule, lead, and communicate departmental priorities with the team and coordinate activities with other functions within the plant
- Execute flawless launch of new products as required
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
- Minimum 2 years’ experience directly managing people in a manufacturing setting
- Minimum 3 years’ technical experience in one or more of the following areas: Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Plant Engineering, Production Planning, Quality Control, metal cutting, fabrication, and machine application
- Minimum 1 year experience in a program and/or project management role
- Good working knowledge and experience with operational improvement tools such as Lean, Six-Sigma, problem solving/decision making methods
- Strong interpersonal skills used for the review, motivation, and development of direct reports in addition to building relationships with internal customers and external vendors
