Eaton

Eaton’s Electrical Sector is currently seeking a Manufacturing Engineer in Nacogdoches, TX! 

The expected annual salary range for this role is $65,250 - $95,700 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:

• Create, train and guide the optimal design and layout of cells and manufacturing flow lines considering safety/guarding, productivity, ergonomics, first pass yield, process and test capabilities, machine uptime and machine efficiency, cost of non-conformance, inventory and waste.
• Create and maintain standardize work elements (Balance charts, layouts, etc.) to ensure all safety requirements are met and processes are operating with their defined specifications. 
• Identify potential safety hazards and provides input into the remediation process, ensuring equipment functionality meets required specifications. Enforce safety expectations, documents and communicates hazards and unsafe conditions, conducts training to team members on safety regulations and methods.
• Lead cost-out initiatives and promotes culture of continuous improvement. Lead teams that leverage the use of Lean and/or Six Sigma tools to solve problems within manufacturing. Participate in Continuous Improvement Kaizens/BPIs as appropriate to the facility. 
• Perform root cause and failure analysis. Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to provide specified cost, quality, and performance in a safe and efficient manner. Teach others in critical thinking and problem solving. 
• Participate in concurrent engineering efforts and critical design reviews to minimize product costs and maximize useful life of products. Support new product development projects to ensure design for manufacturability. Participate in PROLaunch projects. Drive completion of PROLaunch activity matrix deliverables as appropriate to the manufacturing role. 
• Lead projects for extended value streams, develops project goals, budgets, and work breakdown structures. Proactively aligns cross functional resources such as production, quality, EHS, Maintenance, Engineering, and contractors/vendors to ensure that project goals are met. 
• Responsible for executing sustained change management as it applies to product and processes within manufacturing operations. 
• Guide and instruct the capital equipment selection process. Develop and evaluate Capital Appropriation Requests (CAR's) for new product or process programs and initiatives.
• Leverage advanced technology and innovation to improve the use and effectiveness of information systems. Seek opportunities to eliminate waste associated with the flow of factory floor information. 

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology from an accredited institution (with an expected graduation date no later than May 2024).
• Minimum of 1 year of manufacturing engineering experience, including internships.
• Legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship, on an ongoing basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a manufacturing or similar industrial environment.
• Detailed knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques – i.e. value stream mapping, one piece flow, 5S, Standard work, visual controls, etc. 
• Project Management Experience 
• Experience with AutoCAD

#LI-LS3

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 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.