Career Area:
Manufacturing
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
Role Definition:
Provides the technical expertise necessary to design, develop, and implement manufacturing engineering, complex manufacturing operations, and sophisticated machinery. This position functions as a specialist in the following major areas: planning, tooling, maintenance, plant engineering, releasing, manufacturing processes, costs, quality, compliance with safety guidelines, and environmental requirements for manufacturing.
What You Will Do:
- Identify and implement enhancements and modifications to complex manufacturing operations equipment and processes.
- Monitor sophisticated equipment and process reliability; identify and address problem areas.
- Provide direct supervision, coaching and development for operations technical staff and support areas.
- Lead engineering support on planning, development, operation, and maintenance of equipment, processes, or facilities.
What You Will Have:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Industrial Technology OR Associate degree plus relevant work or military experience.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Extensive Experience:
- Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
- Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
- Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
- Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
- Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
- Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Knowledge of the decision-making process; ability to carefully evaluate the impact of emerging business situations and choose the best path forward communicating actions and activities that maximize organizational performance.
Working Knowledge:
- Discerns between "signal" and "noise" when considering courses of action.
- Selects the right activities to work on from a range of competing priorities.
- Stands by decisions in the face of conflict or unexpected outcome.
- Makes the transition from evaluation to conclusion readily and in a timely manner.
- Revisits decisions when appropriate, but infrequently and without disrupting focus.
Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes.
Working Knowledge:
- Discusses considerations for work cell design and effectiveness monitoring.
- Finds solution for key technical and people problems associated with transformation to lean.
- Explains issues and considerations of implementing lean in own function or area.
- Selects and utilizes tools, techniques and measurements associated with a lean assessment.
- Explains benchmarks and measures of effectiveness of lean.
Manufacturing Equipment: Knowledge of the electrical, mechanical and logistics equipment used in manufacturing; ability to safely operate, maintain, update and store them.
Working Knowledge:
- Performs routine maintenance: cleaning, replacing defective or worn parts.
- Performs basic care and safety considerations for a specific type of manufacturing equipment.
- Participates in setting up new machines and testing according to manufacturer's specifications.
- Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques; resolves common problems.
- Conducts routine inspections; checks machine performance and equipment safeguards; reports standards violations.
Manufacturing Processes: Knowledge of existing product manufacturing methods, technologies and processes; ability to execute, plan, manage and monitor the entire manufacturing process.
Extensive Experience:
- Advises others using industry experience and benchmarks for methodology effectiveness.
- Develops best practices documentation for all major activities and tasks.
- Trains others on all major tasks and considerations for the full manufacturing process.
- Participates in measuring and monitoring new processes and technologies.
- Selects and optimizes specific methodologies for specific products.
- Evaluates benefits, drawbacks and appropriateness of alternative processes and technologies.
Manufacturing Safety: Knowledge of manufacturing safety; ability to identify work-related hazards and perform necessary activities to meet regulatory requirements for the safety and protection of workers, environment and site.
Extensive Experience:
- Consults on the use of new tools and techniques for safety protection.
- Performs safety inspections to assure compliance with OSHA requirements.
- Designs and implements emergency response processes and procedures.
- Promotes workplace safety among supervisors and workers; communicates safety rules and regulations.
- Assesses and reports unusual or new safety hazards or violations; initiates corrective action.
- Ensures that all employees and contractors comply with relevant safety policies and regulations.
Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies: Knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance.
Extensive Experience:
- Consults on development and implementation of cross-functional standards.
- Participates in the development of organizational policies and practices.
- Develops and uses control and monitoring mechanisms for adherence.
- Collaborates with other functions on establishing and documenting joint standards.
- Participates in defining architectural principles and standards for organization.
- Ensures communication vehicles are effectively informing affected areas and employees.
Problem Management Process - MFG: Knowledge of manufacturing problem management processes, methodologies and techniques; ability to use a disciplined approach to bringing that problem to a successful resolution.
Extensive Experience:
- Evaluates alternative approaches to resolving a customer problem.
- Receives, clarifies, and resolves a variety of standard and atypical problems.
- Implements the processes and activities for handling unusual problems.
- Advises others on the process and associated costs for different types of problems.
- Monitors and improves problem reporting, tracking, escalation, and resolution.
- Participates in trend and root cause analysis to identify and address recurring problems.
Top Candidates May Also Have:
- Previous machine tools process (CNC) experience.
- Experience with grinding and honing processes.
- Diesel and fuel system experience.
- Supplier collaboration and management experience.
- Advanced product quality planning (APQP) experience.
- Knowledge of and experience with 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing concepts.
Additional Information:
- This is an on-site position in Pontiac, IL.
- Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.
- Visa sponsorship is not available.
- Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.
Summary Pay Range:
$95,640.00 - $143,520.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits:
Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
401(k) savings plans*
Health Savings Account (HSA)*
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
Health Lifestyle Programs*
Employee Assistance Program*
Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
Career Development*
Incentive bonus*
Disability benefits
Life Insurance
Parental leave
Adoption benefits
Tuition Reimbursement
* These benefits also apply to part-time employees
Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.
Posting Dates:
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
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