What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plating Supervisor position at Eaton?
Eaton’s IS AER FED division is currently seeking a Plating Supervisor. This position is located at our Beltsville, MD location - Relocation benefits are available from within the United States! Our Beltsville, MD manufacturing facility is home to 400 passionate and creative team members. Our products power hundreds of military and commercial aircraft platforms with a focus on improved reliability, weight reduction and fuel efficiency. Components & products developed at our location are used for the Mar’s Rover, protecting the Declaration of Independence, and keeping passengers cool and safe as they travel to their favorite vacation destinations. Eaton’s comprehensive portfolio sets the industry standard for engineering excellence, customized solutions for today’s industry needs while developing new technologies for next-generation aircraft designs. If you’re looking for work that is engaging, exciting, and meaningful then join us and contribute to making what matters work.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $101774.97 - $149269.96 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:
The Plating Supervisor is responsible for directing the daily activities and development of plating operators and lab technicians that are dedicated to maintaining regulatory compliance for periodic chemical testing. This person will act as both a technical and operations leader within the integrated process team, which includes manufacturing engineering, quality control, human resources, and materials and logistics. This person is responsible for driving operational excellence and building organizational capability to achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Cost and Culture objectives.
In this function you will:
- Drive a culture of trust and accountability with team members through clearly defined expectations, continuous feedback, coaching, and appropriate escalation.
- Attract, retain, and develop team members through encouraging a flexible, high performing workforce.
- Partner with team leads to coordinate daily manufacturing schedules and priorities within the production plan to satisfy and exceed customer requirements around delivery and quality.
- Champion continuous improvement efforts by standardizing processes, reducing costs, engaging employees in problem solving, implementing new technologies in partnership with engineering, and driving daily accountability.
- Champion a Safety Culture through using MESH tools, safety best practices, and empowering all employees to take responsibility for their own and others’ safety.
- Partner with Quality Engineering team to align processes and procedures with NADCAP requirements.
- Partner with customer account representatives to ensure proactive customer communication and focus on delivering on our commitments.
- Forecast production capacity and provide insight into monthly cross-functional reviews of financial and operational planning.
- Perform lab work and chemical testing as needed
Qualifications:
Required:
- High School Diploma or GED and a minimum of 5 years of plating or chemical processing experience or bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution and a minimum of 3 years of plating or chemical processing experience
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.
- This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. ‘Green Card Holder’), Political Asylee, or Refugee
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or chemical engineering
- Supervisory experience
- Electroplater-Finisher certification through NASF or similar accredited organization
- RCRA, Hazmat, or HazWoper Certification
- Titration experience
- Industrial Waste Water experience
Skills:
- Knowledge of basic plating, passivation, and pickling processes as well as lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles.
- Ability to decipher industry specifications and military standards and ensure Eaton’s processes and procedures align.
- Familiarity with Chemistry platforms and equipment.
- Driver of change and propensity for innovation.
- Ability to convey information effectively to multiple diverse stakeholder groups at different levels of the organization.
- Ability to develop a strong cross-functional network to influence others to get results.
- Ability to evaluate an individual’s performance and provide effective coaching to aide employee development.
- Ability to evaluate competing interests from different stakeholders, establish priorities, resolve conflicts, and make high quality decisions.
- Ability to understand and process business and financial data to identify opportunities as well as effectively convey to other stakeholders.
- Ability to periodically flex work hours to provide weekend supervision
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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.
Salary : $101,775 - $149,270
