Industry 4.0 Engineer

Eaton's Critical Power and Digital Infrastructure (CPDI) Division is seeking an Advanced Industrialization Engineer to join our team! This role is based in Raleigh, NC with a hybrid schedule. This is an exciting opportunity to work on several new production introductions and industrialization initiatives within our operations.

Position Overview:

As the advanced industrialization engineer, you will lead global platform industrialization and coordinate activities cross-functionally across multiple regions. This exciting opportunity will help access new growth opportunities, create resilience to market conditions, and facilitate product innovation.

Why join our business? CPDI is a ~$1.5B business with multiple locations in the US (Raleigh, NC - Richmond, VA - Chicago, IL - Worcester, MA, and Santa Ana, CA) and is currently one of the fasted growing businesses within the sector!

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It's where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential-and where you can help us reach ours.

In this role, you will:

• Drive innovation in manufacturing and supply chain processes at the local/Americas level
• Support the new product introduction team with ideas, new manufacturing technologies and processes and will ensure that similar processes are implemented across the global regions (Eg, test equipment, fixtures, torque tools)
• Proactively solicit feedback from our plants, manufacturing partners and suppliers to optimize cost and efficiency (including product cost, inventory, shipping, storage)
• Partner with our global platform leader members to source, refine, and track cost of global platform elements
• Lead all activities regarding cost estimates and supplier quotes, expediting of samples, looking for alternatives suppliers, ensuring dual sourcing is developed. Collaborate with supply chain, quality, and engineering in the supplier development process
• Coordinate with global category managers and regional supply chain managers development of the supply base, introduction of new suppliers, supplier quality audits, supplier capability assessments
• Report monthly on cost and will work with the design team to ensure target costs are delivered.
• Ensure labor estimates are developed early in the project and constantly refined (innovation in assembly)
• Develop prototype suppliers and ensuring fast prototyping
• Collaborate with supply chain on sourcing activities for an identified product platform
• Work with OPEX and Operations leader to develop strategic manufacturing and footprint plans for any new product platforms
• Drive Industry 4.0 initiatives for new product development, existing product lines and manufacturing sites, and suppliers
• Engage the Business Units, Design Engineering, Operations and other Engineering functions to ensure the effective and on-time launch into Manufacturing within budget with the highest levels of product quality and supply chain teams.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we - as individuals and as a company - are stronger.

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum 5 years of experience with new product introductions and/or design of new manufacturing lines
• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship both now and in the future

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understand fabrication and assembly processes, key supplier and internal customer processes (Sheet metal fabrication, injection molded plastics, wire harnessing, pcba fabrication, flow assembly, inventory management)
• Experience in designing products to meet UL safety requirements and working with UL for certification
• Experience with shop floor control processes and technology (barcoding, product/process traceability).
• Degrees or specialties in Manufacturing Engineering or Industrial Engineering

Job Criteria:

• Ability to work cross-functionally with global teams, both internally and externally
• Knowledge of current technologies in manufacturing, engineering, materials management/inventory control, distribution, and logistics, purchasing, quality assurance systems processes and practices.
• Strong collaborative skills with the proven ability to drive change and leadership ownership / accountability.
• An active change agent who is willing to take an appropriate amount of risk
• An individual with a strong sense of urgency; is self-directing and self-motivating

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.

We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being. Listed below are programs that are offered globally, but program availabilities may vary by site.

• Flexible work options to help balance work/life demands (at participating Eaton sites)
• Healthcare/retirement savings programs
• Competitive compensation packages to reward skills and performance
• Tuition assistance or financial help for ongoing learning and development
• Health, Dental, Vision & Wellness programs
• Donation matching (U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico)

At Eaton, we know that good benefit plans are important to employees and their families. In addition to a competitive base salary, Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits at a Glance.

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What you will get from us

Eaton's mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power - more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It's where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential-and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton's 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we - as individuals and as a company - are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company's operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

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.

Job: Engineering

Region: North America - US/Puerto Rico
Organization: CPDI OPS Operations

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: Yes - Hybrid
Does this position offer relocation?: Relocation from within hiring country only
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time