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Posted June 11, 2026

Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift (Assembly)

Waukesha, WI, United States Full Time
Compensation: $86,000 to $126,000 Annually
Reference: Eaton Aerospace_687237016102

Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift (Assembly). 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:

Eaton's Electrical Division is currently seeking a 2nd Shift Production Supervisor to join our team. This position is based at our Waukesha, WI facility.

The Production Supervisor is responsible for directing and training a productive workforce to meet established production goals while maintaining schedules, safety objectives, quality objectives, and employee morale on assigned shift. In this role you would have responsibility to improve throughput velocity to achieve sales growth, on-time shipping, and WIP inventory targets.
  • Staff, develop and maintain an effective workforce of production personnel to accomplish department goals.
  • Responsible for employee selection, counseling, training and development and for managing the department through contemporary management to ensure continued non-union status.
  • Establish personal and departmental performance goals and objectives.
  • Achieve plant safety objectives to improve incident rate, OSHME score, and safety risk rating.
  • Improve employee involvement and communications to achieve strategic operating objectives.
  • Plan, direct, and control the work of assigned work centers to make maximum effective utilization of employees, equipment and material within budgetary requirements and cost/quality standards. This includes complete responsibility for the effective utilization of overtime and control of absenteeism.
  • Own the overall performance of assigned area. Facilitate smooth hand offs between all shifts, identify and facilitate continuous improvement activity, participate and lead initiatives to meet plant level goals, work with Shift Supervisors to set appropriate staffing levels and staffing alignment.
  • Maintain the quality as well as quantity of various manufactured parts so that they meet engineering specifications. Manage each work center to achieve the lowest level of scrap and rework possible.
  • Responsible for analyzing operating reports and taking necessary corrective action to effectively control all costs and expenses related to the department.
  • Prepare budgets for all controllable expense accounts pertaining to own department and provide other budgetary information to supervisor as requested to meet plan budgeting requirements.
  • Responsible for effective implementation of modern manufacturing methods that will reduce costs and increase production while improving the quality of goods produced. Responsible for being knowledgeable of new technologies and applications of state of the art manufacturing.
  • Identify specific training needs of assigned employees and work with HR to develop programs designed to address their needs. Where required, participate in these programs as a trainer.
  • Act as a strong advocate of company Safety and Environmental initiatives and priorities
  • Ensure that all SAP systems and functions are being maintained, supported and used
  • Act as a strong advocate of Lean operating principles and database decision making such as Six Sigma and SPC
  • Departmental responsibility and provide departmental leadership across all three shifts


Qualifications:

Basic (Required) Qualifications:
  • Must have a high school diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
  • A minimum of 3 years 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 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
  • No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within the immediate area of Waukesha, WI (50 miles) will be considered for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution required
  • A minimum 5 years of supervisory experience
  • Lean/Six Sigma certifications
  • Experience with SAP planning and ordering functions
  • Proficiency in Word, Excel, and SAP

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