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 technical expertise and guidance in manufacturing process development projects for the continuous improvement of the safety, quality, velocity and cost of manufacturing
Key Responsibilities
Providing technical expertise and guidance in major manufacturing projects, working with internal/external suppliers to support/improve manufacturing productivity and cost effectiveness.
Evaluating enterprise systems and the coordination of those systems with the total plant.
Directing suppliers to analyze their current or proposed product/process designs to determine feasibility of using existing designs or modifying the designs to improve process and/or product.
Providing guidance and mentoring to manufacturing engineers and operators in order to develop high quality products and processes.
Skill Descriptors
Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.
Level Extensive Experience:
Achieves influence and impact even when holding a position contrary to the majority.
Discards examples of persuasive arguments lacking substance or impact.
Leads and presents collaborative assessments that persuasively influence decision makers.
Advises on techniques to build rapport and commitment to common purpose.
Determines and leverages the decision-making style of the individual or group being influenced.
Delivers well-received presentations of cost, benefits, risks, and other considerations.
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.
Level Extensive Experience:
Seeks input from multiple sources to generate diverse ideas for decision making.
Sustains organization strategies over time by accurately analyzing tradeoffs in changing direction or staying the course.
Makes decisions that remain defensible beyond the short term.
Communicates decisions confidently and resolutely.
Remains steadfast in championing others' decisions that later come under scrutiny.
Coaches' others to improve judgment and confidence in decision making skills.
Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Level Working Knowledge:
Provides input for Gantt or PERT charts or their equivalent to track project progress and status.
Under guidance, plans and estimates simple projects.
Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements.
Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a project.
Produces standard project status reports.
Manufacturing Best Practices and Standards: Knowledge of best practices and standards for improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and safety of the design, production, and distribution of manufacturing products; ability to create and implement best practices and standards for various manufacturing processes and activities.
Level Working Knowledge:
Analyzes the feasibility of applying best practices within a manufacturing facility.
Describes common problems and implementation issues with applying best practices.
Explains the process of creation, dissemination, and maintenance of best practice documentation.
Reviews and assesses proposed criteria for identifying best practices.
Works with existing best practices within own's area of responsibility.
Manufacturing Process Design and Development: Knowledge of how to develop or design a manufacturing process; ability to establish and determine which processes and parameters should be opted to improve functionality and costs.
Level Extensive Experience:
Creates a practical layout to carry out process development activities.
Designs strategies to simplify and optimize the manufacturing process development steps.
Identifies vital process parameters that must be monitored and controlled.
Incorporates risk management tools throughout manufacturing process development.
Oversees all the guidelines are adhered to while designing a manufacturing process.
Recommends advanced manufacturing technologies and software for manufacturing process development.
Engineering - MFG: Knowledge of processes, techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment; ability to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems and processes that safely realize a desired objective or invention.
Level Extensive Experience:
Trains others on most components of engineering as related to manufacturing.
Guides others on the application of manufacturing industry and organizational best engineering practices and explains their rationale.
Facilitates the integration of engineering systems and applications for a manufacturing organization.
Advises others on the key benefits, drawbacks and rationale for engineering standards, policies and practices.
Monitors the effectiveness and efficiency of processes and improves engineering operations performance.
Works with various complex engineering operations in a manufacturing environment.
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.
Level Extensive Experience:
Manages the adoption of lean manufacturing principles across the organization.
Teaches others about how lean approach integrates operations, customers, logistics and product development.
Consults on work cell design and plan layout in support of lean principles.
Consults on the use of lean approaches across multiple functions.
Trains others on key lean measurements and tools and techniques for measuring performance.
Participates in detailed planning for implementing and monitoring lean manufacturing.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.
Level Extensive Experience:
Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.
Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.
Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.
Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.
Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.
Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.
Minimum Requirements
3 -5 years of experience in manufacturing engineering or a related field with a proven track record in managing complex projects.
Strong leadership and team management skills with experience in mentoring and developing relationships with management and hourly employees.
Exceptional organizational and problem-solving abilities.
In-depth knowledge of standard work and designing process standards in area assigned and developing and deploying best practices.
Strong experience dealing with capital projects and the ability to maintain and complete multiple projects of varying levels.
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, adept at building relationships at all organizational levels.
Bachelor's degree in, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
Lean Six Sigma experience and understanding.
Summary Pay Range:
$120,660.00 - $180,900.00
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.
Competitive salary and annual bonus program
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Sick, Etc.)
Health savings account (HSA)
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs
Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)
Potential base salary increases from annual performance reviews
All eligible candidates MUST pass the following pre-employment screenings before they can be hired to any position:
Background Screening
Physical and drug/alcohol screening
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Job Description
Summary Pay Range:
$120,660.00 - $180,900.00
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:
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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