Early Career Leadership Development Program: Human Resources

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You want to make an impact in the world. At Eaton, we're solving some of the toughest challenges on the planet. Our Early Career Programs open up an exciting world of opportunities for you to make a difference on a global scale. Your assignments are more than tasks and busy work, they''re your chance to drive innovation in intelligent power management and shape the future of our company. You''ll team up with seasoned leaders, gaining diverse experiences that''ll drive you forward to define and reach your career goals.

What sets our Early Career Programs apart:

• Personalized Program Experience: We're committed to energizing your career and empowering your impact. No two participants share the same experience or set of responsibilities.
• Global Perspectives: Our Development Program spans diverse businesses and locations. Relocating to an endorsed Eaton site is a required part of the adventure, enhancing your learning and maximizing program benefits.
• Role Exploration: You''ll explore various roles early on and participate in our LDP Core Learning Series. These experiences allow you to build your functional expertise and leadership capabilities to maximize your potential for future roles.
• Strategic Networking: Collaborate with senior leaders with mentorship programs woven into your experience. Directly shape peer engagement, learning, development, and the overall participant experience by serving on LDP advisory boards.
• In our Human Resources Program: You'll collaborate with peers and HR leaders on high-impact projects. Many HRLDP graduates move to a managerial position immediately upon program completion.

It's time to make connections, get energized, and power ahead.

Eaton provides a competitive total rewards package commensurate with applicable skills, knowledge, and experience and consistent with internal and external market practices. The annual salary for this role is $90,000. This position offers a one-time $12,000 signing bonus.

Position Overview:

The Human Resource Leadership Development Program (HRLDP) at Eaton is designed with one thing in mind, your career in Human Resources. During the two-year rotational program, you'll gain challenging experience working in two diverse manufacturing plants. The scope of each assignment is designed to build your HR foundational skillset. In addition, you will sharpen key leadership skills & operational knowledge needed to accelerate your career at Eaton. The HRLDP is ideal for individuals who are passionate about pushing themselves outside of their comfort zone in order to develop into a HR Business Leader.

The focus of the program is to challenge each participant in a variety of critical, developmental areas through robust assignments across Eaton's core businesses. At Eaton, you'll find a community of HR professionals that are aligned around building a HR leadership pipeline. The HRLDP has a rich tradition at Eaton and has produced senior leaders across the enterprise. You'll encounter leaders & alumni who value connection & collaboration. As a HRLDP, you'll receive mentoring & leadership connection opportunities to build your network & clearly envision potential career paths at Eaton.

The HRLDP provides you with the following developmental opportunities, through the perspective of a HR Generalist:

• Structured & deliberate exposure to critical experiences to expediate development of key Human Resources & Leadership competencies.
• Diverse array of foundational HR experiences such as; employee relations, talent acquisition, organizational design/change, labor relations, performance management, training & development, compensation & benefits, & HR Analytics.
• Varied assignments in program to develop your ability to get results and adapt quickly to different environments: Cross-business, Union/Non-Union, Legacy Eaton/Acquisition sites, etc.
• Influence & partner with functional & business leaders though exposure to a variety of Eaton processes.
• Direct exposure to some of Eaton's best Plant HR leaders who serve as Assignment Managers.
• Close-knit network of HRLDP peers & alumni.

Upon successful completion of the program, you will be prepared to take on a HR leadership role within Eaton including Lead HR Generalist, HR Supervisor, HR Manager, and other roles as identified by the business needs and individual performance.

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Master''s or MBA degree with a focus in Human Resources Management, Industrial & Labor Relations or IO Psychology from an accredited institution with graduation date before July 2027
• Minimum of one prior internship or work experience in a Human Resources function or an equivalent of 3 months of Human Resource work experience completed at the time of this application
• Must be geographically flexible to relocate anywhere within the United States
• 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:

• Prior HR internship or work experience
• Demonstrated leadership experience on campus and/or the community

Position Criteria:

• Strong analytical, communication and presentation skills
• Leadership aptitude
• Desire to build a human resources career in a plant manufacturing environment
• Ability to execute with minimal direction and prepared to navigate change with patience, optimism, and poise
• Intellectually curious; always willing to probe deeper to understand organizational behavior and performance
• This role may include travel (up to 25%) within a local region as determined by the assignment manager

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