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Are you a results-driven leader with a passion for operational excellence? Eaton’s Power Reliability Division is hiring a Plant Manager to lead our high-performing team at our Olean, NY manufacturing facility. This role focuses on overseeing production of Arresters and M-Force Load Break Switches, which are critical components used throughout the division. The Olean plant’s core competencies are MOV Discs manufacturing and Arresters assembly processes, serving as a key internal supplier to other business units within the company.
In this pivotal role, you’ll oversee a team of 130 employees, champion a culture of safety and continuous improvement, and drive strategic initiatives that support our commitment to delivering high-quality, reliable power solutions. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment. Relocation assistance is provided.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $141,000 - $206,800 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.
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
Basic Qualifications:
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 (https://www.youreatonbenefits.com/candidates) 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.
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Are you a results-driven leader with a passion for operational excellence? Eaton’s Power Reliability Division is hiring a Plant Manager to lead our high-performing team at our Olean, NY manufacturing facility. This role focuses on overseeing production of Arresters and M-Force Load Break Switches, which are critical components used throughout the division. The Olean plant’s core competencies are MOV Discs manufacturing and Arresters assembly processes, serving as a key internal supplier to other business units within the company.
In this pivotal role, you’ll oversee a team of 130 employees, champion a culture of safety and continuous improvement, and drive strategic initiatives that support our commitment to delivering high-quality, reliable power solutions. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment. Relocation assistance is provided.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $141,000 - $206,800 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.
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
- Develop short- and long-term plans in alignment with the strategic plan and annual profit plan objectives to drive superior operational performance and financial results.
- Establish objectives and track key performance indicators across the organization; ensure continued improvement in all balanced scorecard indicators with emphasis on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Cost and Culture.
- Proactively champion a culture focused on Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS), driving a zero-incident culture. Empower employees and drive accountability for EHS to all levels in the organization.
- Create a culture of exceeding customer expectations, ensuring that the organization is highly responsive to customer needs and issues. Work with key stakeholders across Marketing, Sales, Engineering and Operations to ensure achievement of end-to-end quality goals.
- Establish inventory plans by product family/site; proactively manage inventory to profit plan, driving improved and sustainable processes; execute the Supply Demand Planning (SIOP) process, driving ownership and collaboration across all stakeholder groups; generate forecasts that meet customer expectations and profit plan objectives.
- Develop and cultivate relationships with key suppliers (internal and external) to ensure high quality relationships and products.
- Drive cost out, meeting or exceeding profit plan targets.
- Continuously improve operations through alignment with the Eaton Business System with a strong focus on driving a Continuous Improvement Culture. Support meeting all of the criteria identified in the Eaton Business System (EBS) including Eaton Lean System, OpA, MESH, HR-Opr review, PROLaunch and MMA.
- Build organizational capability by providing leadership in recruiting, goal alignment, employee development, performance management and communication. Ensure motivation and retention of a high performance plant leadership team and workforce.
- Demonstrate a leadership style that perpetuates the Eaton Values and Philosophy and the Eaton Code of Ethics.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
- Minimum 10 years of experience with progressive levels of accountability and responsibility in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, OPEX and/or related support functions in a manufacturing environment.
- Minimum 5 years of experience managing people in a manufacturing environment.
- 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 H1B, H1-B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
- Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from an accredited institution is preferred.
- Knowledge of current technologies in manufacturing, engineering, materials management/inventory control, distribution and logistics, purchasing, quality assurance systems processes and practices.
- Strong financial and business acumen.
- Strong collaborative skills with proven ability to drive change and leadership ownership / accountability.
- Ability to build high performance teams, lead cross-functionally, develop & train employees.
- Ability to provide leadership, performance results, org development and operational improvement.
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 (https://www.youreatonbenefits.com/candidates) 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.
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Salary : $141,000 - $206,800