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Production Supervisor - 1st Shift - Santa Ana, CA

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Santa Ana, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/2/2026
Job Description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

Eaton’s Electrical division is currently seeking a Production Supervisor - 1st Shift. This position is based at our Electrical Manufacturing facility in Santa Ana, CA. Relocation is not provided.

The 1st Shift Production Supervisor is responsible for directing and coordinating the manufacturing/production activities to achieve maximum productivity at minimum cost, while maintaining world class levels Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. In this role, you will assist the Plant Manager and Production Manager in the development of processes to achieve a zero-incident culture, maximize output, maintain machinery, and reduce overall costs. Through these improvements, you will exceed the customers’ expectations by making sure that the organizational decision making is based on a process-oriented culture to ensure the linkage from strategy to actions.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $99000 - $145000 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

Foster a Zero Incident Safety Culture. Align department requirements with Eaton’s Quality Management System. Manage department operations and prioritize production requirements to meet on-time delivery for our customers.

Implement Eaton’s Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF): Create the basis for continuous improvement by ensuring that standardized processes are followed. Empower employees to improve the standard work and implement countermeasures when needed.

Promote a collaborative team environment and develop direct reports through problem-solving skill sets and other cross-training opportunities. Facilitate cooperation across shifts and among other department supervisors.

Assist the Management Team in determining personnel requirements, provide necessary training resources for new employees, and facilitate the job bidding process. Monitor and provide employee coaching with respect to safety, quality, and productivity performance (attendance, training, coaching, overtime, vacation requests, etc.).

Assign daily work schedules and review in-process inventory reports to ensure alignment with business goals.

Lead daily accountability meetings with a cross-functional team focused on departmental performance and issue resolution (Tier, GEMBA). Lead weekly department meetings to communicate safety topics, department or plant-wide activities, business updates, and policy/procedural changes as needed.

Maintain daily statistics on customer demand, production, and overdue orders.

Communicate production metrics to management and other functional supervisors and maintain active communications between all levels of plant personnel.

Serve as a central point of contact for management regarding production issues in one’s functional area.

Initiate and coordinate assistance as required from other support functions (e.g., Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, etc.).

Assign overtime as required to meet production schedules.

Evaluate qualifications and performance of team members based on Division and Plant policies.

Ensure that department work areas are kept clean, organized, and orderly per 5S standards.

Auto req ID

480234BR

Minimum Education Required

High School/GED

Job_Category

Manufacturing

Qualifications

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

Basic (Required) Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or a High School Diploma/GED from an accredited institution and a minimum of five (5) years of experience as a supervisor or team leadership role.

Minimum one (1) year of experience in a team leadership or supervisor role within 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, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.

No relocation is available for this position. All candidates must currently reside within a 50-mile radius of Santa Ana, CA to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with MRP/ERP systems

Lean fundamental understanding

Strong leadership and communication skills.

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Commitment to continuous improvement and safety.

Flexibility to work occasional Saturdays to support the operations team

City*

Santa Ana

State*

California

Job Code

Manufacturing Manufacturing

Affiliate Sponsor

Eaton

Salary Range

$75,000-$100,000

Salary : $75,000 - $100,000

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