Engineering Leader - Sustaining Engineering

Eaton Corporation • Greenwood, SC

2d • $165,000 - $242,000

About The Position

Eaton Corporation is seeking an Engineering Leader for Sustaining Engineering within its Electrical Sector and Power Distribution and Assemblies Division (PDCA). The position may be based in Arden, Fayetteville, or Charlotte, North Carolina, or Greenwood, South Carolina. Reporting to the Director of Engineering for PDCA, the leader is responsible for sustaining engineering and Maintenance of Line (MOL) across the division’s Medium Voltage Assemblies, Low Voltage Assemblies, Medium Voltage Control Assemblies, and Motor Control Centers portfolio. PDCA is described as a $2 billion business with 3,500 employees and eight manufacturing locations across North America.

The role leads a divisional sustaining engineering organization covering quality, codes and compliance, product improvement, and MOL for all PDCA manufacturing plants. The leader will bring MOL engineers together under common standards, processes, and priorities while maintaining close alignment with Manufacturing Operations, and build a shared engineering bench across sites in the United States and India.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of engineering experience, including at least 5 years leading people and teams.
• Experience in sustaining or product engineering within electrical power distribution or control equipment manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of product codes, standards, and certification processes.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
• Undergraduate degree required.
• Demonstrated ability to drive and manage change, challenge the status quo, and champion new and innovative ideas.
• Professional presence and ability to communicate articulately and confidently.
• Ability to leverage functional and cross-functional resources to solve problems, improve processes, and meet objectives.
• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated success providing leadership to employees in a constantly changing environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with switchgear, motor control centers, or low- and medium-voltage assemblies.
• Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the multi-year sustaining engineering and MOL roadmap for the PDCA portfolio, aligned with the Director of Engineering’s priorities and divisional business plans.
• Lead the transition of MOL engineers from Operations into R&D Engineering while maintaining uninterrupted support to every plant.
• Drive product quality and field issue resolution in partnership with plant quality.
• Ensure codes, standards, and certification compliance across the portfolio.
• Govern engineering change management and configuration control.
• Identify end-of-life components and supplier-driven changes early, and establish mitigation plans before production is affected.
• Lead alternate-source qualification with Supply Chain, including technical evaluation, testing, and certification impact.
• Drive product improvements that strengthen manufacturability, reliability, safety, and customer experience.
• Deploy a divisional intake and prioritization process for requests from plants, Product Management, and Customer Order Engineering.
• Implement common sustaining engineering processes, tools, and templates across every site.
• Partner across the engineering lifecycle with NPD, VAVE, and Systems Engineering.
• Recruit, develop, and retain sustaining engineering managers, leads, and engineers across North America and India.

Benefits

• Base salary and employee incentive compensation.
• Health and Welfare benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Complete benefits package; specific programs and options may depend on eligibility factors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager