Manufacturing Manager

What you’ll do:

Manufacturing Engineering
•    Own the site's manufacturing engineering strategy and standards.
•    Lead process design, validation, qualification, and optimization.
•    Improve process capability using statistical and quality tools.
•    Drive FMEA implementation and risk reduction activities.
•    Maintain routings, BOMs, work instructions, and labor standards.
•    Develop tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing equipment strategies.
•    Lead process and equipment standardization initiatives.
•    Support capacity planning, line balancing, and layout optimization.
•    Lead root cause analysis and structured problem-solving activities.
NPI / NPD / Strategic Transfers
•    Lead manufacturing readiness for NPI, NPD, and STP projects.
•    Ensure production processes, tooling, and controls are established before launch.
•    Coordinate process validation and production readiness reviews.
•    Support Design for Manufacturability (DFM) initiatives.
Continuous Improvement
•    Deploy Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma programs.
•    Lead Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and improvement projects.
•    Drive improvements in OEE, productivity, quality, cost, and delivery.
•    Coach teams on operational excellence methodologies.
•    Sustain and monitor continuous improvement initiatives.
Digital Manufacturing & Automation
•    Lead Industry 4.0, automation, and OT initiatives.
•    Implement automation solutions to improve manufacturing performance.
•    Support machine connectivity, production analytics, and digitalization.
•    Promote MES, SCADA, PLC, and Industrial IoT applications.
•    Ensure OT systems comply with cybersecurity requirements.
Capital Projects & Asset Optimization
•    Lead manufacturing capital investment projects.
•    Develop business cases and ROI analyses.
•    Support equipment selection, installation, and commissioning.
•    Improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and asset performance.
Cross-Functional Leadership
•    Partner with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Engineering, and EHS teams.
•    Lead technical decision-making and manufacturing excellence initiatives.
•    Promote a culture of accountability, innovation, and operational excellence.
Maintenance & Asset Management
•    Lead the maintenance function and asset management strategy.
•    Drive preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
•    Promote TPM to improve uptime and reduce downtime.
•    Support equipment commissioning and asset performance improvements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering
•  MS / MBA is a plus
• Minimum 7–10 years of experience in manufacturing, production, or fabrication environments, with demonstrated exposure to Continuous Improvement (Lean / Six Sigma)
• Proven experience in leading improvement initiatives and driving measurable operational results
• Experience working in low-volume, high-mix manufacturing environments is preferred
• Prior experience in a leadership or supervisory role is an advantage
• Fluent in English (spoken and written) is required

Skills:

• Strong understanding of manufacturing engineering principles, process design, process validation, process capability, and process control methodologies.
• Experience with Process FMEA, Control Plans, Statistical Process Control (SPC), MSA, and risk reduction methodologies.
• Knowledge of manufacturing routings, labor standards, standard times, cycle-time analysis, and capacity planning.
• Experience supporting NPI, NPD, product transfers, and manufacturing readiness activities.
• Knowledge of tooling design, fixture design, line balancing, plant layouts, and industrial engineering practices.
• Understanding of Operational Technology (OT) architecture and digital manufacturing systems.
• Working knowledge of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), SCADA systems, PLC controls, Industrial IoT, and machine connectivity solutions.
• Experience with production data collection, visualization, analytics, and performance monitoring systems.
• Understanding of OT cybersecurity principles and industrial network architecture.
• Experience supporting Industry 4.0, automation, robotics, and smart manufacturing initiatives.
• Experience supporting capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects, equipment selection, justification, installation, and commissioning.
• Knowledge of asset lifecycle management and equipment standardization practices.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• Great company benefits
• We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people’s lives and the through power management technologies
• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it’s about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen