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Production Supervisor - 1st Shift-September 2024
South Milwaukee
Sep 5, 2025
About Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

  Eaton’s Power Reliability Division is currently seeking a 1st Shift Production Supervisor to join our team. This position is based at our South Milwaukee, WI facility.

  The Production Supervisor is responsible for driving processes in their designated department through the Eaton Business Systems. 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.

  The expected annual salary range for this role is $77,249 - $113,299 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:

  Drive 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

  Execute 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 team environment and develop direct reports through problem solving skill sets and other cross-training opportunities. You will facilitate cooperation across shifts and among other department supervisors

  Assist 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 to business goals

  Lead daily accountability meetings with a cross-functional team focused on departmental performance and issue resolution. Lead weekly department meetings to communicate safety topics, department or plant-wide activities, business updates and policy/procedural changes as needed

  Monitor machinery, equipment and facility, and initiate maintenance work orders as required to ensure efficient and safe working conditions. Initiate and coordinate assistance as required from other support functions (e.g. Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain etc.)

  Qualifications:

  Required (Basic) Qualifications:

  High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution

  Minimum 3 years of production supervisor experience in a manufacturing enviroment

  Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

  Preferred Qualifications:

  Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution required

  Minimum 5 years of supervisory experience

  Lean/Six Sigma certifications

  Experience with SAP planning and ordering functions

  Proficiency in Word, Excel, and SAP

  Skills:

  Ability to deal with ambiguity and make sound decisions

  Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems

  Ability to evaluate and develop talent

  Ability to make impactful changes to Eaton’s production processes

  We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

  Eaton considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

  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 (https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/careers/US%20Benefits%20updated%2010.24.22.pdf) 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.

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