Production Supervisor

What you’ll do:

The 1st Shift Production Supervisor is responsible for directing and coordinating the manufacturing/production activities to achieve maximum productivity at minimum cost, while maintaining world class levels Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost.  In this role, you will assist the Plant Manager and Production Manager in the development of processes to achieve a zero-incident culture, maximize output, maintain machinery, and reduce overall costs. Through these improvements, you will exceed the customers’ expectations by making sure that the organizational decision making is based on a process-oriented culture to ensure the linkage from strategy to actions. 

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. 

In this function you will:
•    Foster a Zero Incident Safety Culture. Align department requirements with Eaton’s Quality Management System. Manage department operations and prioritize production requirements to meet on-time delivery for our customers.
•    Implement Eaton’s Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF): Create the basis for continuous improvement by ensuring that standardized processes are followed. Empower employees to improve the standard work and implement countermeasures when needed.
•    Promote a collaborative team environment and develop direct reports through problem-solving skill sets and other cross-training opportunities. Facilitate cooperation across shifts and among other department supervisors.
•    Assist the Management Team in determining personnel requirements, provide necessary training resources for new employees, and facilitate the job bidding process. Monitor and provide employee coaching with respect to safety, quality, and productivity performance (attendance, training, coaching, overtime, vacation requests, etc.).
•    Assign daily work schedules and review in-process inventory reports to ensure alignment with business goals.
•    Lead daily accountability meetings with a cross-functional team focused on departmental performance and issue resolution (Tier, GEMBA). Lead weekly department meetings to communicate safety topics, department or plant-wide activities, business updates, and policy/procedural changes as needed.
•    Maintain daily statistics on customer demand, production, and overdue orders.
•    Communicate production metrics to management and other functional supervisors and maintain active communications between all levels of plant personnel.
•    Serve as a central point of contact for management regarding production issues in one’s functional area.
•    Initiate and coordinate assistance as required from other support functions (e.g., Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, etc.).
•    Assign overtime as required to meet production schedules.
•    Evaluate qualifications and performance of team members based on Division and Plant policies.
•    Ensure that department work areas are kept clean, organized, and orderly per 5S standards.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger. 

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or a High School Diploma/GED from an accredited institution and a minimum of five (5) years of experience as a supervisor or team leadership role.
•    Minimum one (1) year of experience in a team leadership or supervisor role within a manufacturing environment.
•    Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on an ongoing basis without company sponsorship. 
•    No relocation is available for this position. All candidates must currently reside within a 50-mile radius of Santa Ana, CA to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:
•    Experience with MRP/ERP systems
•    Lean fundamental understanding 

Skills:

Position Criteria:
•    Strong leadership and communication skills.
•    Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
•    Commitment to continuous improvement and safety.
•    Flexibility to work occasional weekends to support the operations team

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