Career Area:
Procurement
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.
About IPSD
Caterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L engines that not only power Caterpillar machines, but also power over 5000 other applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future.
Job Summary:
As the Senior Supplier Development Engineer, you will be responsible for assessing supplier quality, supporting foundry suppliers, working on process improvements, and ensuring that all products are free from defects and comply with manufacturing specifications and legal standards
What You Will Do:
Collaborating with the supplier and Caterpillar Design Engineering teams throughout the APQP processes, PPAP processes, and through the post PPAP component performance and quality.
Serving as a conduit for Caterpillar IPSD Medium Facilities Quality Teams to their supply base located in the United States.
Ensuring the quality of supplies by conducting tests and assessments on incoming supplies to identify any quality issues; Developing supplier inspection, testing, and evaluation mechanism.
Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates
Researching the potential vendors, assessing their manufacturing environment, practices, and procedures; Conducting supplier quality control audits to ensure compliance with organizational and federal policies and standards.
Supporting suppliers in improving their performance through process enhancements, implementing process controls, and developing quality assurance plans.
Provide Supplier Training on Caterpillar BIQ and Lean Manufacturing aspects and applications.
Degree Requirement
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or a related field, with 3+ years of foundry experience working on large or complex castings in operations, engineering, or quality roles.
What You Will Have:
Effective Communications: Extensive experience of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
Maintains focus on the topic at hand.
Problem Solving: Extensive knowledge on approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.
Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate. Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.
Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.
Process Improvement: Extensive understanding and insight into evaluating current product quality and production methods and ability to maintains focus on the continuous improvement of processes, products and services.
Streamlines the critical workflow for executing key processes.
Sets priorities for addressing process problems that limit performance.
Develops methods for improving and establishing controls for critical processes.
Monitors external sources for applicable new methods and controls.
Analyzes findings from improvement cycles to ensure success of interventions.
Coaches others to develop the skills to improve processes.
Quality Orientation: Expert knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques; ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.
Promotes quality as a corporate value and source of pride.
Establishes guidelines for organizational quality programs based on strategic intent.
Leads the organization to incorporate concepts such as sustainability and fair trade into corporate policies on quality.
Shapes a culture of quality in which groups with disparate responsibilities share knowledge to improve outcomes.
Recognizes outstanding achievement in quality standards.
Contributes to best practices in quality.
Production Part Approval Process (PPAP): Expert knowledge of Production Part Approval Processes (PPAP) elements, submissions, and objectives; ability to determine whether a supplier can manufacture products that meet the quality requirements and standards of their customers consistently.
Develops a monitoring system to ensure that PPAP implementation adheres to global standards and internal guidelines.
Establishes internal best practices, guidelines, and procedures for implementing PPAP.
Leads evaluation of accuracy and effectiveness of documented processes versus actual operations.
Monitors industry and other organizations for innovations and emerging applications related to PPAP and product quality control.
Oversees all production projects implementing PPAP for quality control and evaluates their performance; introduces necessary interventions to improve their efficiency.
Promotes the use of emerging tools for implementing PPAP.
Supplier Management - MFG: Extensive Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.
Facilitates supplier partnering arrangements that share risk and reward.
Monitors supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements.
Develop quality standards and controls for suppliers.
Builds and maintains partnerships with multiple and/or large suppliers.
Evaluates issues and terminates supplier relationships as appropriate; works with legal departments.
Ensures the fulfillment of report and record-keeping requirements
Additional Information
This position is located in Mossville, IL or Seguin, TX
This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office
Travel required up to 25%
Relocation assistance is available for this position
Sponsorship is not available for this position
Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.
Summary Pay Range:
$126,000.00 - $189,000.00
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
Posting Dates:
October 17, 2025 - October 30, 2025
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. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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