Continuous Improvement Supervisor
Eaton · Santa Ana, CA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Base pay
- $99k–$145k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 24 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management continuous improvement role at Eaton (industrial) in Santa Ana, CA. The Continuous Improvement Supervisor will lead and drive Lean transformation initiatives across the Santa Ana manufacturing site.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, Value stream mapping, Tooling, AutoCAD
- Base pay
- $99k–$145k
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- Is CI run from the plant floor or from a corporate OpEx group?
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About the role
Qualifications
Basic
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- ✓Minimum 3 years' experience in Continuous Improvement framework
- ✓Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification
- ✓Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Knowledge in AutoCAD, PowerBI and simulation software
- ✓Exposure to Continuous Improvement training/events
- ✓Proficiency with components of Eaton Lean Six Sigma, Eaton Business Excellence, EHS, ProLaunch.
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Eaton’s Electrical Sector is currently seeking a Continuous Improvement Supervisor to join our team. This position is based at our Santa Ana, CA facility.
As a key member of the Operations team, the Continuous Improvement Supervisor will lead and drive Lean transformation initiatives across the Santa Ana manufacturing site. This role is responsible for advancing Eaton Lean Six Sigma (ELSS) deployment, improving operational performance, strengthening problem-solving capabilities, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The Continuous Improvement Supervisor will partner closely with manufacturing, operations, engineering, supply chain, and leadership teams to identify opportunities, eliminate waste, improve productivity, and deliver measurable business results.
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
- •Mentor and support CI Technicians to support initiatives in manufacturing.
- •Document current state metrics such as cycle times, downtime, deficiencies, and WIP to make recommendations for improvement.
- •Lead Value Stream Mapping initiatives that capture process steps, systems, hand-offs, bottlenecks, waste and misallocated resources.
- •Develop computer simulations to inform layout decisions and lean material flow initiatives.
- •Provide lean training to support a culture of continuous improvement.
- •Own the site’s RIE Roadmap to strategically align with Operational Excellence areas of opportunity, and business vision.
- •Develop and implement process standardization, visual controls, process checks and leader standard work through partnering with area operations supervisor and ME.
- •Develop knowledge and best practice sharing across site and benchmark best practices across division.
- •Create model cells, in conjunction with line ME and operations supervisors to deliver world class metrics.
- •Design and deploy digital tier boars for real-time metric tracking and visual enterprise.
- •Provide regular ELSS/CI updates to leadership team.
- •Drive employee engagement through the Ideas program, own the tracking of submission, the progress, and drive to completion.
- •Drive Cost out accountability for the site in alignment to plant’s profit plan goals.
- •Build Eaton Lean Six Sigma organizational capability and develop ELSS Tools Champions by providing a training plan, and RIE alignment for certifications.
- •Ensure maintenance of records and reports, such us RIE event documents, pre-work activities, focus factory files, SW templates, etc.
- •Support NPI with manufacturing feasibility and industrialization activities including production layout, materials and costing for new products.
- •Lead site’s readiness plan for OpA self-assessment and validated OpA assessment by driving action plan according to category open action items.
- •Design and develop tooling, shadow boards, etc. to support the assembly and test of products.
- •Lead the 5S+, Gemba process, LPA audits
- •Champion industry 4.0 initiatives such as AMR/AGV and partner with manufacturing engineering team to deploy PCAT, digital torque tools and visual management systems, as needed.
- •Lead initiatives for site improvement within next 5 years timeframe.