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
This role will lead a team of 3 to 5 members providing skills and resources focused on supporting the continuous improvement of operations and manufacturing processes across the RIOP Global manufacturing footprint.  Role will work closely with the facilities to prioritize requests, coordinate resources and monitor initiative progress.   Frequent travel to facilitate hands-on implementation and improvement activities is required.
Responsibilities
•    Identifying, replicating and continual improvement of the operating methods, equipment, systems and other operating infrastructure used to realize operating goals and objectives.
•    Reviewing and prioritizing incoming resource requests.  Identifying correct team members to support request and maintaining deployment schedule.  
•    Development and training of team members  that perform and support the improvement and replication projects. 
Skill Descriptors
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
•    Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
•    Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
•    Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
•    Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

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.

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: 
•    Understands correct application and safety considerations for a specific type of manufacturing equipment.
•    Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques; resolves common problems.
•    Checks machine performance and equipment safeguards; recognizes and helps correct 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 and replicates 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 Working Knowledge: 
•    Contributes to the development and implementation of specific manufacturing procedures.
•    Investigates the need to refer potential exceptions upward for review and approval.
•    Explains the rationale for procedures and standards in own area of responsibility.
•    Participates in the implementation of manufacturing standards and procedures to one's own function.
•    Provides feedback for improvement of procedures.

Travel up to 75% and includes domestic as well as potential international travel. 

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 A

Relocation is available for this position.

Posting Dates:

September 3, 2024 - September 12, 2024

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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