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
Design, optimize, control, and ensure the efficiency, quality, and safety of liquid paint processes, ensuring compliance with technical specifications, environmental regulations, and production standards.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and optimize liquid paint processes to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and ensure product quality.
• Design or improve layouts of paint booths, pretreatment lines, application areas, and curing systems.
• Control and adjust operating parameters such as viscosity, temperature, atomization pressure, curing times, etc.
• Supervise proper surface preparation (pretreatment) and coating application procedures.
• Implement and maintain preventive maintenance plans for painting equipment.
• Provide technical support to operators, painters, and maintenance personnel.
• Establish performance indicators (KPIs) such as paint yield, defect rate, and consumption per unit.
• Coordinate testing of new products, colors, or processes with suppliers and laboratories.
• Document operational procedures and train personnel on best application practices.

Academic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or a related field
• 50% English proficiency required

• Skill Descriptors
   

• Operational Functions

Supervise the start and stop of the painting line.

Control application parameters

Monitor paint and solvent consumption

Train operators in standard painting procedures

Follow up basic maintenance

Participate in root cause analysis of defects

Teamwork and operational leadership.

Effective communication with production, quality, and maintenance teams.

• Engineering (Knowledge)

How to clean and prepare parts before painting.

How to check paint quality (thickness, strength, etc.).

Different types of paint (urethane and epoxy).

Liquid electrostatic painting, pretreatment and cleaning processes based on shot blasting.

• Manufacturing Processes:

Problem-solving and data analysis.

Surface preparation Knowledge

Paint mix and viscosity control

Application process control

Curing and drying process

Coating quality inspection

Additional information:

• Job vacancy located in Acuña, MX,
• Relocation is not available for this position.

This Job Description 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.

Posting Dates:

octubre 2, 2025 - octubre 8, 2025

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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