Manager - Projects & Methods Engineering

What you'll do:

If you desire to be part of something special, to be part of a winning team, to be part of a fun team - winning is fun. We are looking forward tohire Manager - Projects & Methods Engineering in Pune, India. In Eaton, making our work exciting, engaging, meaningful; ensuring safety, health, wellness; and being a model of inclusion & diversity are already embedded in who we are - it's in our values, part of our vision, and our clearly defined aspirational goals. This exciting role offers opportunity to:

• Eaton India Manufacturing Operations Center of Excellence,is looking for Manager - Projects & Methods Engineering to work across the enterprise supporting manufacturing plants. This position is based at our office in Om Chambers, Pune.
• This position involves supporting the newly established Manufacturing Operations CoE to drive manufacturing excellence and growth for Eaton.
• The incumbent will work with the CoE leader, plant leadership team and businesses to achieve significant improvements in HIGH Five performance at top revenue-generating manufacturing sites. They will utilize CI and Lean tools to drive these improvements.
• Over the next 3-4 years, the incumbent will support to build a globally effective organization with strong CI/Lean Sigma and project management capabilities.
• They will be accountable for meeting the schedule, scope, and cost targets for the Manufacturing CoE, while also developing and managing relationships with Eaton business leaders and stakeholders.
• CAPEX expenditures: provide growth projects program management that are important but not large enough to be supported by Divisions. Establish a team to deliver on these.
• NPI: support NPI launches from the capital perspectives and program management associated with that
• Align with advanced manufacturing team to ensure synergise with COE advanced manufacturing expertise.
• Support implementation of Operating for Growth strategy by working with focus sites;
• To execute Obsessed with Basics program to improve Hi 5 performance to World Class level
• Identify and support plant cost out initiatives
• Support OpA maturity roadmap
• Identify and support productivity improvement projects
• Deploy continuous improvement culture and tools to improve Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery & Employee Morale
• Identification and support deployment of I4.0 initiatives

Qualifications:

Requirement:

• Masters / Bachelors in manufacturing, industrial, mechanical or electrical engineering
• 15+ years of industry experience, preferably in electrical / industrial / automotive products manufacturing industry.
• Exposure in working with global cross functional team and experience in managing stakeholder relationships working closely with multi-functional global senior leadership.

Skills:

• Expertise in industrial engineering, manufacturing systems, processes and tools. Experience of working on broad range of products in industrial and electrical applications ( PD & PQ ).
• Strong problem solving skills, Six sigma
• Ability to identify opportunities for process optimization and implement cost effective solutions
• Greenfield / Brownfield project experience
• Experience in NPI/STP/VAVE project management
• Experience in TPM/Lean/Six Sigma tools
• International working experience at global factories through onsite deputation / assignments and I4.0 tools implementation will be added advantages
• Drive for results - can be counted on to exceed goals successfully. Very adept at influencing to achieve results through others when required
• Team player, ability to get things done through teams effectively
• Managerial courage - doesn't hold back that needs to be said; provides positive & corrective feedback
• Decision quality - makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment
• Business acumen - knows how business work; knowledgeable in current and possible future technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Position requires 25% travel ( both domestic & International)
• Plant capacity planning and layout optimization.
• Support plants with PFMEA, design error-proofing methods, improve manufacturing capability, enhance DFM, optimize SOP, and improve fixture design.
• Ad hoc projects based on need
• Support deployment of Plant NPI/STP/VAVE/cost-out/automation projects
• Develop and deploy manufacturing procedures, process design, quality control and improvement to support dynamic business needs

Client-provided location(s): Pune, India

Job ID: Eaton-49540Pune

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-08-22T18:39:12