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.

At Caterpillar, we work to help our customers build a better world. Without our team of talented, bright and driven individuals, we wouldn’t be the Caterpillar we are today. Now, this is your chance to join our team and do work that matters. We want you to help us enable customer success, make progress possible around the world and help our communities grow and thrive. We are looking for a dynamic, organized self-starter to join our Product Support and Logistics Division as a Maintenance Manager (3rd Shift) in Morton, IL.

The Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD) is one of the most innovative divisions within Caterpillar. In PSLD, as within all of Caterpillar, our priority is our customers and helping them build a better world. We touch nearly every element of the services value stream from procurement to design and manufacturing to distribution. PSLD is responsible for Aftermarket Parts Distribution of Cat Parts, Integrated Logistics, segment Procurement and the design and manufacture of Wear Components (Undercarriage and GET) and Maintenance Components (Seals, Tubes & Hardware, Hose & Couplings, Fluids and Filters).

We’re committed to our customers, who build a better world with our products, services and solutions. We understand and show the value of why they should always choose us. We’re exploring new ideas and opportunities –innovating to discover the breakthroughs necessary for tomorrow’s growth.

Through it all, we are one team– creating and delivering world-class components and solutions superior to the competition.

Learn more about the Caterpillar Experience.

Job Summary

• This Maintenance Manager (3rd Shift) position is critical to the success of the Morton facility. This position is responsible for: providing maintenance support for operations, janitorial, buildings, grounds, and equipment. Supervising skilled trades craftsmen including electricians, mechanics, and painters. Leading repairs of equipment, coordinating projects with engineering and supporting contracted services as needed. The impact that the maintenance team has on the Morton facility is apparent when considering that the tasks they accomplish enable safe operation of the facility along with proper throughput of material. As with any team, these craftsmen require a leader to help them prioritize tasks, perform in a safe manner, and lead engagement efforts.  

Additional Info:

• This role is located in Morton, IL and does not offer relocation
• This role is 3rd Shift: Sunday-Thursday 11pm-7am
• This role is 100% on-site with no opportunity for remote or hybrid schedules

What You Will Do:

• Directly supervising skilled trades employees and contracted technicians.  
• Providing all maintenance support for operations, janitorial, buildings, grounds, and equipment.  
• 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.

What You Have (Required Skills):

• Conflict Management: Knowledge of managing conflicts; ability to anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level.

• Problem Solving: Knowledge 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.
• 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.
• Warehouse Preventive Maintenance: Knowledge of manufacturing equipment and its functioning; ability to conduct Preventive Maintenance at scheduled intervals to determine equipment's corrective actions and avoid untimely breakdowns.
• Plant Operation and Maintenance: Knowledge of plant operation principles, methods and processes; ability to handle day-to-day and strategic issues, operational requirements and management of a manufacturing facility.
• Competent and functional with Microsoft based applications.

What Will Put You Ahead (Preferred Skills):

• Prior operation or maintenance organization experience

What You Will Get

• The maintenance department for our Morton, IL Distribution Center is responsible for over 400 PM (Preventive Maintenance) work orders and over 400 unplanned work orders a month, and we provide constant support for operations. Our mechanics, electricians, and technicians lead troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance for a highly automated and connected warehouse. We manage over 30 miles of light-duty and heavy-duty conveyors and over 40 ASRS (Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems) material handling cranes. Additionally, we support over a dozen Vision Guided Vehicle robots (Seegrid), Autostore (144 robots and 24 ports), along with many other automated types of equipment such as tote exchange, deconsolidation cell, goods to person stations, lantech stretch wrapper, customer box builder and more!

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:

August 15, 2024 - August 22, 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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