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Lead Engineer

Eaton
Eaton Salary
Greenwood, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 5/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/26/2026
Eaton’s division is currently seeking a Lead Engineer.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $117,000 - $143,000 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

Job Description:

Monitor or supervise Shop floor activities to solve wiring diagram issues. Create wiring diagrams for metal enclosed breakers. Review wiring diagrams for Metal Enclosed Breaker (MEB), Gas Insulated Switchgear (IGX), and Medium Voltage Switch over Breaker (MSB) jobs for quality checks. Create Power BI dashboards to track engineering metrics. Review high complexity jobs for quality checks to achieve quality metrics. Detail job estimation, planning and allocation for India Team. Check schematics drawings, three line and mechanical drawings to ensure correct output. Raise queries to discuss the discrepancies and find solutions to expedite orders. Create training plans for team members and arrange knowledge sharing sessions to build organizational capabilities. Implement continuous improvements tools to identify problems which create delays in on-time delivery. Implement design automation for Medium Voltage Assemblies (MVA) product lines to enable automation of current processes. Position is fixed location based in Greenwood, SC office; however, telecommuting from a home office may also be allowed.

Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or a directly related field plus seven (7) years of experience in an engineering position.

Experience Must Include

Five (5) years of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

  • Creation of detail wiring diagrams for medium voltage applications, including MVA, IGX, MSB, and MEB.
  • Checking schematics drawings, three line and mechanical drawings to ensure correct output.
  • Raising queries to discuss the discrepancies and find solutions to expedite orders.
  • Reviewing wiring diagrams for MVA, MVS, & IGX jobs for quality checks.


Four (4) years of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

  • Implementation of continuous improvements tools to identify problems which create delays in on-time delivery.
  • Implementation of design automation for MVA product lines to enable automation of current processes.


Three (3) years of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

  • Reviewing high complexity jobs for quality checks to achieve quality metrics.


Two (2) years of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

  • Detail job estimation, planning, and allocation in team environment.
  • Creation of MVA team level metrics dashboard to track performance.


One (1) year of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

  • Creation of training plans for team members and arranging knowledge sharing sessions for organizational capabilities.


All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

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 believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

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.

Salary : $117,000 - $143,000

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