Sr Engineer

What You’ll Do

Responsible to plan, coordinate, and oversee daily operations for MV products (RMU) and to ensure delivering quality products on a timely schedule, while meeting efficiency and productivity objectives. Provide direct supervision for employees in assigned areas and lead in the coaching, counseling, and disciplinary/performance management activities while simultaneously administering and maintaining company local policies.

• Coach and motivate employees in the assigned area to encourage optimum performance and continued skill development
• Plan production activities in coordination with Supply Chain, Engineering, and Quality departments, and establish production priorities to meet on-time delivery requirements and to obtain optimum utilization of manning, machines, and equipment
• Ensure required documentation and system transactions are executed to meet process/system requirements
• Monitor and control in-process inventory to achieve production requirements with minimal impact on inventory levels
• Promote a Zero Incident Safety Culture enforcing safety standards that include housekeeping objectives, following and ensuring compliance with all safety rules and procedures including PPE standards, addressing unsafe conditions, and championing MESH element(s)
• Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of manufacturing processes for assigned product lines to facilitate cost reduction and continuous improvement efforts in safety, quality, and productivity.
• Establish, maintain, and audit Engineering Specifications, Bills of Material, Process Routers, Production Standards, and Standard Work for new and existing products for assigned product lines
• Provide day to day support for assigned product lines, including investigating, analyzing, and troubleshooting issues related to materials, tooling, equipment, and manufacturing methods/processes
• Participate in investigating and solving safety and quality issues and/or serve as a point of contact through which safety/quality concerns or issues can be addressed and solved
• Engage direct reports in manufacturing LEAN initiatives including but not limited to operator standard work, 5S, pull systems standard work, empowered work teams, and structured problem solving (e.g. A3, 8D)
• Assist in driving plant-wide Continuous Improvement initiatives stemming from plant key projects
• Maintain departmental personnel records and reports on productivity, quality, and attendance
• Responsible for maintaining timely and transparent communication within assigned areas to ensure changes and important messages (policies, procedures, guidelines, etc.) are delivered to each employee
• Adhere to all duties assigned by management and deemed pertinent to the continued success of Eaton and employee objectives and/or goals.
  
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• A minimum of 6 years equivalent experience in similar roles with progressive levels of responsibility in manufacturing with product knowledge of MV (RMU).
  
  
  

• Working knowledge of current manufacturing, engineering, project management and quality assurance methods and practices.
• Have thorough understanding of plant layout, waste elimination, continuous improvement, engineering change control and manufacturing and financial KPI.
• Knowlede of Industry 4.0 and/or process automation is preferred
• PC literate with MS Office 365 including Power Apps.
• Experience working with ERP (SAP).
• Decision making, sound business judgment.
• Demonstrated Lean Manufacturing experience in a High Mix-Low Volume environment"
  
  
  

• Strong problem-solving skills (containment & counter-measure) and analytical skills and change Agent.
• People management, including application of basic Employment Law.
• English and Tamil language capability required.
• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Strong leadership, motivational, & interpersonal skills.
• The position requires excellent communications and employee relations skills, the ability to lead and motivate subordinates.
• Ability to effectively communicate ideas, concepts, and programs to all levels of the organization providing “leadership” to employees in a constantly changing environment.
• Ability to create and maintain relationships with customers and supplier at all levels of their respective organizations"