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:
This position will provide leadership to improve lab safety, efficiency, and employee engagement. The role will also provide leadership and metallurgical experience for sustaining team development in the Mapleton Met Lab.
The Quality Manager has responsibility to provide support for metallurgical quality initiatives in facility operations, supplier quality, and materials technology. Position will ensure conformity to metallurgical processes and requirements, day to day management of quality resources, and ensure resources are trained and competent. The Quality Manager oversees the administration and continual improvement of metallurgical quality.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting development of metallurgical quality strategies, processes, guidelines and control plans which assure quality and reliability of manufactured products.
- Leading the development and implementation of corrective action and preventive measures to achieve metallurgical quality targets.
- Investigating and addressing trends with internal and external non-conformance.
- Leading, managing and developing multiple teams, team leaders, metallurgical technicians, and inspectors to assure that metallurgical quality standards are met.
- Developing and reviewing reports to review with metallurgical quality, production, management, and engineering personnel to solve metallurgical quality issues.
Requirements:
- Experience in a manufacturing, quality, metallurgy, or engineering role
- Effective Communications: Basic understanding 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.
- Planning and Organizing: Basic understanding of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.
- Problem Solving: Basic understanding of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Top Candidates will also have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Manufacturing/Metallurgy
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PowerBI)
- Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Basis understanding of the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
- Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Experience using the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
- Lean Manufacturing: Basic understanding of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes.
- Performance Management: Basic understanding of successful performance management techniques; ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance.
- Quality Management System (QMS): Basic understanding of Quality Management System's (QMS) functions, features, and capabilities; ability to design, implement, test, and maintain Quality Management Systems to consistently meet customer requirements and regulatory compliances.
Additional Information:
- 2nd shift is Monday- Friday 3-11pm.
- This position may require overtime.
- This position is eligible for a 7% night shift premium.
- This position is located in Mapleton, IL.
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Summary Pay Range:
$87,480.00 - $131,280.00
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
This position requires working onsite five days a week.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:
November 19, 2025 - December 7, 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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