Manufacturing Team Manager in South Molton

Eaton South Molton is home to a team of over 400 talented professionals, driving excellence in aerospace manufacturing. With a proud history dating back to 1973, this facility has grown into a powerhouse of precision engineering, delivering high-quality components to some of the world’s most renowned aerospace brands.

What makes South Molton unique? Our one-of-a-kind investment casting foundry, established in 1975, sets us apart from all other Eaton Aerospace plants. Today, our focus is on designing, manufacturing, and testing top-tier aerospace components, ensuring safety, reliability, and cutting‐edge innovation.

We proudly collaborate with industry giants such as Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, and Augusta Westland, with our main customer being Eaton’s Titchfield facility in Hampshire, UK. If you’re looking for a dynamic environment, world‐class engineering, and the opportunity to shape the future of aerospace, South Molton is the place to be!

What you’ll do:

• The position is responsible for overseeing and leading all activities associated with manufacturing and production of deliverable product to meet customer expectations within a defined production area.
• The leader monitors and manages hourly and salaried resources in the assignment of work responsibilities, development, and alignment of resources to load.
• The position drives continuous improvement in production, quality, and safety while utilizing the framework of the Eaton Business System (EBS) and the Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF).

Essential Functions:

• Champion a culture change through the framework of High Performance Work Teams (HPWTs).
• Drive continuous improvement and application through the use of EBS, BOS, CIF, and HPWTs.
• Champion implementation of Lean activities to eliminate waste opportunities of key processes.
• Achieve key BOS metrics including TRCR, Productive Utilization, On-Time Delivery, First Pass Yield and DPPM.
• Effective management of plant assets through leadership of maintenance and facilities resources.
• Champion implementation of MESH to achieve improvement in year over year safety performance measures.
• Train and develop team members as well as providing oversight and coaching to other team members.
• Provide the vision and strategy.
• Lead by example – be a positive role model.
• Actively engage and recognize employees.
• Enable success of employees (providing resources and removing barriers).
• Empower employees – drive decision making down through organization.
• Responsible for High‐5 metrics for assigned value stream.
• Employee Engagement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in Manufacturing/Operations.
• Minimum 1-3 years of experience leading others.
• Proficient in reading and writing English.

Skills:

• Technical knowledge and skills: Computer skills – Excel, MS Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; strong leadership, coaching and influence management skills; ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Lean manufacturing / Operational Excellence skills in 6S, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Visual Management, process focused.
• Problem solving skills (e.g., 8‐D or A3).
• Intrinsically motivated, champion of change, visionary.
• Life‐long learner; promotes a learning culture.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Challenging projects in a dynamic collaborative team.
• Internal promotion opportunities, whenever possible.
• Investment in employees for the long term – ongoing learning and development opportunities through Eaton University.
• Commitment to reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability.
• Well‐being focus – health and safety first, wellness programs offering the right tools to empower employees.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.

The successful applicant will be in contact with US ITAR controlled technology, goods and information. As a condition of employment, employees with access to US ITAR controlled technology and goods may be required to undergo an additional screening process as part of the recruitment process.