Quality Team Lead - 2nd Shift

Eaton Corporation•Richmond, VA

20d•$28 - $30•Onsite

About The Position

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is hiring a Quality Team Lead at its Oakley Ct site in Richmond, Virginia. The role leads the quality inspection team and related manufacturing quality processes for electrical assemblies, ensuring products meet customer, industry, and internal specifications. The position is on second shift and pays $28.12 per hour plus a $2 shift differential. A $2,000 sign-on bonus is available to eligible new hires. The Quality Team Lead supports safe operations, coordinates inspection work and team training, and oversees inspections, audits, documentation, and non-conformance controls. The role also leads root-cause analysis and corrective actions, communicates quality alerts, contributes to pre-production planning, and supports manufacturing engineering with machine capability and other quality activities. Candidates must reside within 50 miles of the Richmond facility, except active-duty military service member candidates. Relocation benefits are not offered.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED from an accredited educational institution.
At least 2 years of experience in a quality function.
Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to lead through peer coaching and guidance, lead by example, and guide others.
Ability to work overtime as needed to support customer demand.
Ability to work in a matrix environment, achieve results, and drive change through others.
Effective oral and written communication, planning, and organizational skills.
Ability to sit, stand, and walk regularly; lift up to 50 pounds throughout the shift; and potentially stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, reach, push, and/or pull.
Must reside within 50 miles of the Richmond, Virginia facility; active-duty military service member candidates are exempt from this geographic limitation.
Eaton does not provide employment or immigration sponsorship or support for this position.

Nice To Haves

Ability to read and interpret drawings and schematics.
Associate degree in electronics, electrical engineering technology, or another technical field.
ASQ Quality Technician Certification.
3 to 5 years of experience as a Quality Technician, preferably in the power industry.
Six Sigma and Lean certifications and/or experience.
Statistical Process Control (SPC) experience.

Responsibilities

Promote a zero-incident safety culture through adherence to environmental, health, and safety policies, participation, and communication.
Guide and support the quality inspection team through routine communication, inspection and production scheduling, onboarding, training, peer coaching, and other team leadership activities.
Monitor and report on-time quality performance for assigned product lines through inspections, first article inspection verification, documentation, non-conformance identification and quarantine, and scheduled control and process audits.
Lead root-cause analysis, structured problem solving, and corrective actions to identify and address non-conformance, production errors, and related quality concerns.
Create and communicate quality alerts to affected personnel, including assembly, production, and engineering teams, to support corrective action and prevent future errors or rework.
Complete inspections and audits using appropriate computer systems, including Microsoft Word, and maintain accurate, timely quality documentation and reporting.
Contribute to pre-production quality planning by developing Quality Assembly documents, attending product and process reviews, and providing technical training to production personnel.
Support Manufacturing Engineering with machine capability studies for new and existing machines, work and assembly standards, machine calibration, and other quality support activities.