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.

Job Description:

Monitors and improves the maintenance of the production unit by overseeing maintenance staff and equipment; ensures employees comply with safety procedures and standards.

Responsibilities/Job Duties

• Coaching and mentoring teams in order to encourage, motivate, and guide individuals in learning and improving effectiveness.
• Creating work plans for staff and contractors; reviewing the maintenance work performed by technicians.
• Making purchasing decisions and recommendations regarding equipment and tools; training the workers periodically on various maintenance processes and techniques.
• Monitoring the maintenance budget; identifying cost-effective alternatives for current maintenance activities.
• Tracking daily inventories, inspecting production units for wear and tear; ensuring replacements are made on time.

Top Candidates Will have:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering preferred or equivalent experience in a maintenance environment

What Skills You Will have:

Planning: Tactical, Strategic:
• Contributes to short-term operational plans.
• Anticipates and adapts to plan changes.
• Monitors progress of work against plan as required to meet objectives.
• Reports variances and makes agreed-upon corrections.
• Under guidance, develops tactical plan for own direct responsibility.

Conflict Management:
• Mediates and resolves conflicts among individuals, groups, and departments.
• Practices positive collaboration and converts difficult interactions into productive ones.
• Guides participants in a conflict to rethink their current views.
• Demonstrates good judgment in deciding when to involve a third party.
• Makes parties aware of case studies of constructive and destructive conflicts.
• Surfaces disagreements in early stages.

Problem Solving:
• Gains agreement on the problem-solving process, risk assessment, decision points, and criteria.
• Trains others in the process of eliciting alternatives and assessing their impact.
• Orchestrates the resolution of high-impact and cross-functional problems.
• Successfully organizes problem solvers and stakeholders for high-impact problems.
• Predicts and explains long-term trends and implications for alternatives.
• Monitors industry for best practices and new techniques in problem-solving.

Project Management:
• 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 Preventive Maintenance:

• Coordinates resources for maintenance, repair, and overhaul of plant equipment.
• Designs procedures for preventive measures to help improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Diagnoses problems and malfunctions in a wide variety of manufacturing equipment.
• Oversees that safety and health standards adhere to the preventive maintenance tasks.
• Trains the subordinates as well as equipment operators on how to prolong the life span of manufacturing equipment.
• Updates preventive maintenance systems for all schedules of manufacturing equipment.

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM):
• Advises operators to perform routine maintenance tasks on their respective equipment.
• Analyzes plant floor operations; analyzes trends and implements corrective actions as necessary.
• Educates others on quality maintenance strategies, techniques, and best practices.
• Implements a feedback system for optimizing the maintenance intervals.
• Manages and organizes regular training for machine operators, manufacturing staff, management, and administrators.
• Supervises others during the implementation of TPM strategies and maintenance processes within the organization.

Additional Information:

The primary location for this position is South Milwaukee, WI

Domestic relocation assistance is available

Travel will be up to 5%

Sponsorship is not available

What you will get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary
• Annual incentive bonus plan*
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
• 401k savings plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details:

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.

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

Posting Dates:

November 11, 2024 - November 24, 2024

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.   

EEO/AA Employer.  All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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