Site Project Manager

Eaton Corporation • Bethel, CT

14h • $97,000 - $143,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Site Project Manager is responsible for the successful execution and supply chain deliverables of New Product Development (NPD) projects and repeat business in Eaton Bethel’s Space value stream.

In this role, you will act as the primary interface between plant operations, supply chain, technical support, and operations. This role is responsible for developing the program execution strategy while managing supplier development, purchasing, engineering deliverables, and production planning activities for new program execution. This role will involve coordination with plant buyers, planners, design engineering, operations, supplier quality, manufacturing, and FED supply chain teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in a Supply Chain, Operations, or Project Management function.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
• This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 60-mile radius of Bethel, CT will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with standard manufacturing processes, electronic manufacturing, and/or assembly/test in an Aerospace environment.
• Experience with ERP and procurement processes.
• Experience with problem-solving tools/processes such as cycle time reduction and process improvement tools: Six Sigma, DMAIC methodology, Kaizen, DOE, Pareto Charts, Process mapping, Tree diagrams, Root cause analysis, Analytical software programs.
• Experience leading new product development projects, specifically Eaton’s ProLaunch support.
• Proficient in the development and tracking of internal metrics.
• Strong project and time management, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, from production associates to the leadership team.
• Innovation with documented invention disclosures leading to the possible application for US patents by corporate legal department.
• Opportunity to gain exposure to and work with many teams from manufacturing operations, new product development, test engineering, etc.

Responsibilities

• Manage the successful execution of assigned projects. Responsibility, Authority and Accountability (RAA) for project scope delivery and successful execution within contractual, technical, schedule, budget, cost, and quality commitments.
• Forward-thinking vision to see total scope of progress and able to move the internal and external stakeholders and processes as necessary to keep progress moving (e.g. vision within sourcing to detect other critical path processes that could impact subcontractor processes such as another supplier).
• Manage PO reviews with Customer Service and Contracts team members to ensure customers’ requirements match Eaton’s proposal, are within scope, and can be executed.
• Execute IPT leadership across the Project by seeking team inputs to promote rapid resolution to issues. Coach and provide feedback/rewards on performance indicators.
• Drive the objectives and goals of the program (sometimes set forth by the Operations Manager) and provide direction to the project teams in areas of customer concerns, potential changes in scope, and risk assessment.
• Manage and own hardware delivery schedules for projects in alignment with PMO, customer service and/or customer program milestones. Coordinate with Value Streams, Program Management, and Customer Service groups to communicate new product development scheduling information.
• Provide input to the Operations Manager to help maintain financials, quality, technical performance, and delivery through the life cycle of the product.
• Interface with the Sales team to help lead new business proposals in response to RFQs. Work with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate and efficient responses.
• Help lead Continuous Improvement (CI) events to increase efficiencies and overall customer satisfaction.
• Support and execute all assigned tasks within PROLaunch and gate review phases.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

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