Manufacturing Manager

About Eaton and the Role

Join Eaton, a company committed to providing impactful, energy-efficient solutions for a sustainable future. Eaton prioritizes ethics, inclusion, diversity, and its people in the workplace. We are seeking a Manufacturing Engineering & Continuous Improvement Manager to lead manufacturing engineering, maintenance, operational excellence, and digital manufacturing functions at our Dammam site in the Eastern region. This is a full-time position requiring 5-10 years of experience.

Role Overview

The Manufacturing Engineering & Continuous Improvement Manager drives the development, optimization, and standardization of manufacturing processes. This role supports new product introductions and strategic transfer projects, while leading Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, automation, and Industry initiatives. The position also oversees maintenance and asset management strategies to ensure equipment reliability, operational efficiency, and plant performance. Collaboration with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Engineering, and EHS teams is essential to deliver sustainable improvements in safety, quality, productivity, cost, and customer satisfaction, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the site's manufacturing engineering strategy and standards, including process design, validation, qualification, and optimization.
• Improve process capability using statistical and quality tools, and drive FMEA implementation and risk reduction activities.
• Maintain routings, BOMs, work instructions, and labor standards; develop tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing equipment strategies.
• Lead process and equipment standardization initiatives, and support capacity planning, line balancing, and layout optimization.
• Lead root cause analysis and structured problem-solving activities.
• Manage manufacturing readiness for New Product Introduction (NPI), New Product Development (NPD), and Strategic Transfer Projects (STP).
• Deploy Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma programs, leading Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and improvement projects.
• Drive improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), productivity, quality, cost, and delivery, while coaching teams on operational excellence methodologies.
• Lead Industry , automation, and Operational Technology (OT) initiatives, implementing automation solutions to enhance manufacturing performance.
• Support machine connectivity, production analytics, and digitalization, promoting MES, SCADA, PLC, and Industrial IoT applications.
• Lead manufacturing capital investment projects, developing business cases and ROI analyses.
• Lead the maintenance function and asset management strategy, driving preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Promote Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) to improve uptime and reduce downtime.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of relevant experience in manufacturing engineering, continuous improvement, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in leading Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma programs.
• Proficiency in process design, validation, and optimization.
• Experience with Industry , automation, and digital manufacturing initiatives.
• Strong understanding of maintenance and asset management strategies.

Work Environment

This full-time position is based in Dammam, Eastern region. The role involves cross-functional collaboration with various teams including Production, Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Engineering, and EHS.

Application Information

Eaton is dedicated to fostering a workplace that values ethics, inclusion, and diversity. We encourage qualified candidates to apply for this role.