Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Quality Inspection Supervisor.
This role is located at our Waukesha, WI site. No relocation assistance will be provided.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you'll do:
As a Quality Inspection Supervisor you will proactively implement, promote and maintain a safe working environment, through diligence in accident prevention, investigation, equipment maintenance and Zero Incident culture enforcement. The supervisor will gain an understanding of planning, initiating, leading, measuring, monitoring and assessing continuous improvement programs and manufacturing process improvements by applying appropriate Eaton Business System (EBS) processes and problem-solving tools such as Standard Work and 5S.
In this role you will:
• Engage workforce and promote personal accountability by identifying goals, empowering employees to drive decision making, foster innovation and continuously learn by providing ongoing feedback on employee performance with formal evaluation provided at least annually.
• Gain understanding of setting, communicating and achieving department goals and objectives and develops and maintains performance metrics as required to monitor results and uses those results as a tool to identify and initiate process improvements within own work area.
• Develop employees on the operation of equipment in the department, machine practices and inspection procedures.
• Keep production costs to a minimum while producing quality products with minimal scrap.
• Review and revise production procedures to improve department.
• Establish and maintain acceptable work practices among employees.
• Create and maintain a safe working environment and implement good housekeeping standards for a clean department. Become familiar with line and staff functions, management viewpoints, and company policies and practices that affect each phase of business.
• Receive training in several functional departments such as Environmental Health and Safety, Materials, Quality, Continuous Improvement, Human Resources, Finance, Engineering/Maintenance, and Plant Operations.
• Become familiar with line and staff functions, management viewpoints, and company policies and practices that affect each phase of business.
• Coordinate and monitor production schedules to meet customer ship dates.
• Maintain effective communication with other supervisors to ensure efficient and flexible operations.
• Learn process for time and attendance, staffing, recruitment, selection, promotion, and performance management.
• Gain understanding of work-in-process and Eaton's Quality Policy and procedures.
• Acts as a strong advocate of Lean operating principles and database decision making such as Six Sigma and SPC
• Has departmental responsibility and provides departmental leadership across all his/her respective shift/s
• Distributes end of shift notes to manager and respective off-shift supervisors
Qualifications:
Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• Three (3) years of Production Supervisor or Team Lead experience in a manufacturing environment
• 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, H1B cap registration, O-1, E-3,TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation assistance will be provided for this position. Only candidates that reside 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
Skills:
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment, get results and drive change through others.
• Effective oral and written communication skills as well as planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage by influence through solid relationships and process focus
• Ability to effectively present results and recommendations to leadership team.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
