Production Leader / Manager in South Molton

Eaton South Molton is home to a team of over 400 talented professionals, driving excellence in aerospace manufacturing. This facility has grown into a powerhouse of precision engineering, delivering high-quality components to some of the world's most renowned aerospace brands. Our investment casting foundry 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.

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).
• Champion a culture change through the framework of High Performance Work Teams (HPWTs).
• Champion implementation of Lean activities to eliminate waste opportunities of key processes.
• 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 and be a positive role model.
• Actively engage and recognise employees.
• Enable success of employees by providing resources and removing barriers.
• Empower employees to drive decision making down through the organisation.
• Responsible for High-5 metrics for assigned value stream.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors 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:

• 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.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Challenging projects in a dynamic collaborative team.
• Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible.
• We invest in our employees for the long term with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University.
• Reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people's lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• Wellness at Eaton is about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees.

Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their 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.