Job Description

Career Area:

Manufacturing

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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 support and guidance on all aspects of production, costs, quality, compliance to safety guidelines, and environmental requirements for manufacturing.


Responsibilities

Participating in identifying and implementing enhancements and modifications to equipment and processes. Monitoring equipment and process reliability; identifying and addressing problem areas. Analyzing engineering change notices, determines any part or process change, initiates and implements all changes. Providing engineering support on planning, development, operation, and maintenance of equipment, processes, or facilities. Creating reports and records of production processes, tools issues performance; sharing them with managers and providing suggestions to improve safety, productivity and quality.
Preparing, maintaining, and updating documentation related to operating procedures and safety and quality standards; ensuring all processes and products meet desired safety and quality standards.

Degree Requirement


Degree or equivalent experience desired


Skill Descriptors


Quality Management: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.


Level Working Knowledge:

Utilizes quality indicators relevant to own unit or function. Adheres to organizational quality management processes and practices. Applies key aspects of continuous improvement processes and evaluates impact on quality. Uses quality evaluation tools and techniques such as walkthroughs and inspections. Works with quality assurance methods, tools and techniques.

Manufacturing Equipment: Knowledge of the electrical, mechanical and logistics equipment used in manufacturing; ability to safely operate, maintain, update and store them.


Level 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.


Level 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.


Level 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.


Level 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.


Level Working Knowledge:

Uses a specific discipline or approach to problem solving and resolution. Records common problems and associated resolution alternatives. Monitors problem resolution and provides feedback to customer. Implements the established procedures for handling non-standard or unusual problems. Works with features of problem reporting and tracking software.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.


Level Working Knowledge:

Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance. Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions. Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns. Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand. Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

Process Improvement: 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.


Level Working Knowledge:

Defines the critical workflow for executing key processes. Identifies process problems that limit performance. Implements methods for improving and establishing controls for critical processes. Focuses on the most significant problems to maximize efficiency gains. Surfaces systemic problems to be addressed at the organizational level.

Manufacturing Operations: Knowledge of manufacturing operations; ability to perform day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or facility for products.


Level Working Knowledge:

Identifies safety hazards and anomalies during the manufacturing process and reports to an immediate superior. Works with basic manufacturing related operation procedures like productivity enhancement, quality control, etc. Participates in regular and ad-hoc operations review meetings. Assists in the process improvement projects of the plant or facility to deliver high quality products. Follows regulatory processes and procedures for the plant or facility.

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.


Level 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.

Production Training: Knowledge of approaches, tools and techniques for delivering formal and informal training on the safe and efficient operation of production machinery; ability to conduct effective formal and situation-specific training.


Level Working Knowledge:

Prepares lesson plans and materials for upcoming training sessions. Documents the production process and writes user manuals detailing production machinery operation. Instructs staff in the basic set-up and operation of production machinery. Schedules and executes training sessions for production employees. Maintains records documenting employees' successful completion of production training programs.

This is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of "essential job functions" as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.


Relocation is available for this position.

Posting Dates:

May 23, 2025 - June 5, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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