Operations Manager - 2nd Shift

Eaton’s ES AMER ARS division is currently seeking a Operations Manager - 2nd Shift.

What you’ll do:

The Operations Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day manufacturing operations to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality, and cost-effective production. This position provides leadership to production teams, drives continuous improvement, coordinates cross-functional support, and ensures that operational objectives are aligned with business goals and customer expectations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Lead day-to-day operations in assigned production areas to meet safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost goals.

• Plan, organize and direct production activities to ensure that customer requirements and business objectives are achieved.

• Develop and implement standard operational plans, policies, procedures, and work to improve performance and consistency.

• Monitor key performance indicators, analyze operational results, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using manufacturing tools such as 5S, Kaizen, visual management, standard work, and waste reduction.

• Ensures compliance with company policies, safety standards, environmental requirements, and applicable regulatory guidelines.

• Lead, train, develop, and evaluate functional team members, supervisors, and production team members to strengthen accountability, capacity, and commitment.

• Coordinate with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, Supply Chain, Human Resources and Finance to solve operational issues and support plant priorities.

• Manage workforce planning, staffing levels, overtime, training needs, and resource allocation to support production schedules.

• Support budget management by controlling labor, material usage, waste, overtime, express freight, and other operating expenses.

• Promote a culture of safety, quality, teamwork, discipline, urgency and continuous improvement throughout the operation.

• Prepare and communicate operational reports, performance updates, action plans, and escalation points to plant leadership.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum 7 years of experience in manufacturing operations, including experience leading engineers, supervisors, and production teams.

• Solid knowledge of production planning, lean manufacturing, quality systems, safety practices and cost control.

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, solve complex problems, and promote sustainable performance improvements.

• Experience in managing operational metrics, budgets, staffing plans, and continuous improvement projects.

• Bilingual Spanish - English

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, APICS, PMP, or other relevant operational excellence certifications.

• Experience in a high-volume/low-variety and low-volume/high-variety manufacturing environment.

• Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, capacity planning, root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving methods.

• Experience leading transformation initiatives, cost reduction projects or productivity improvement programs.

Skills:

Key skills and competencies

• Strong leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.

• Ability to influence, coach, and develop teams at different organizational levels.

• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills and data-driven decision-making.

• Customer-centric approach with a strong sense of urgency and accountability.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Strong understanding of safety, quality, delivery, inventory, productivity, and performance cost indicators.
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