Engineering Support Coordinator

About the job

Eaton's Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division is currently seeking an Engineering Support Coordinator to join our global team. This position is based at our Raleigh, NC facility.  Candidates must be local and commutable to Raleigh as relocation assistance is not available.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $56000 - $83000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

Reporting to the Engineering Director, this role provides administrative and coordination support to the Engineering Leadership Team and the broader engineering function. The coordinator helps leaders operate effectively by organizing meetings, documenting decisions and actions, maintaining a predictable communication cadence, supporting onboarding and engagement, and coordinating day-to-day logistics across engineering sites and teams.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It is where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential and where you can help us reach ours.

Job Responsibilities: •    Coordinate engineering leadership, staff, town hall, engagement, project and recurring operating meetings, including scheduling, room or virtual-meeting setup, agendas, materials, catering and participant communications. •    Attend designated engineering meetings, capture clear notes, decisions, owners and due dates, distribute timely recaps, and follow up with action owners to support completion. •    Manage complex calendars and meeting logistics for the Engineering Director and designated senior engineering leaders, resolving conflicts and coordinating internal and external participants. •    Develop and maintain an annual engineering communication plan that defines audiences, messages, channels, owners and recurring communication activities across the function. •    Create, edit and release a monthly engineering newsletter and related communications, including leadership updates, project highlights, employee recognition, new-hire announcements, engagement activities and key dates. •    Maintain engineering distribution lists, organizational charts, shared calendars, communication channels, meeting records and administrative resources so information remains current and accessible. •    Coordinate day-one and early onboarding logistics for new hires and contractors with the HR team, including workspace readiness, equipment and access follow-up, orientation details, welcome communications, introductions and required meetings. •    Support engineering engagement events, recognition activities, town halls, leadership visits and team-building events by coordinating venues, invitations, supplies, food, participant lists and on-site logistics. •    Coordinate visitor logistics and support plant or engineering-site tours in partnership with site administrators, security and appropriate engineering contacts. •    Process or coordinate administrative purchasing activities such as office and event supplies, catering orders, purchase requests and invoices in accordance with applicable procedures. •    Support expense-report and corporate-card administration for assigned leaders, including receipt collection, reconciliation, documentation and timely submission. •    Provide professional administrative support for presentations, correspondence, document preparation, records, travel and other recurring needs of the engineering leadership team. •    Build effective working relationships across Engineering, Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Communications, partner with any local admins at each designated site (Raleigh/Richmond/Santa Ana/Hub), site teams and other partners to reduce duplication and ensure clear ownership of shared activities. •    Identify opportunities to improve administrative, communication, onboarding and meeting processes, and document repeatable standard work for the role.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we as individuals and as a company are stronger.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications •    High School diploma required. •    Minimum of three years of administrative, executive support, office coordination, communications or related experience. •    Experience supporting senior leaders within an organization. •    Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

Preferred Qualifications •    Associates or Bachelor’s degree in business administration, communications, human resources or a related field from an accredited institution •    Experience supporting an engineering, technical, manufacturing or other matrixed organization. •    Experience developing annual communication calendars and producing recurring newsletters or digital employee communications. •    Experience with SharePoint, Microsoft Forms, Viva Engage, digital-signage tools or similar collaboration and communication platforms. •    Experience with purchase orders, invoice coordination, expense reports or corporate-card reconciliation. •    Experience coordinating new-hire onboarding, leadership meetings, employee engagement events, catering and visitor logistics.

Skills:

•    Experience coordinating calendars, meetings and events for multiple stakeholders. •    Experience preparing meeting notes, action-item summaries, newsletters, presentations or other business communications. •    Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. •    Excellent organization, follow-through and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. •    Clear, concise and professional written and verbal communication skills. •    Ability to handle sensitive information with appropriate discretion and sound judgment. •    Proactive service mindset with the ability to anticipate needs, clarify ownership and close administrative gaps. •    Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with leaders, employees and cross-functional partners. •    Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and geographically dispersed stakeholders. •    Strong proofreading, document-formatting and presentation-development skills. •    Consistent professionalism, reliability and commitment to creating a positive employee and visitor experience.

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. 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. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.