Manufacturing Engineer

Posted:
11/5/2025, 1:21:10 AM

Location(s):
Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico ⋅ Nuevo León, Mexico

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level

Field(s):
Mechanical Engineering

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 Summary

This position will be responsible of executing the day-to-day on manufacturing , support tasks for the production lines in the facility, accountability to meet goals on PQVC metrics. Compliance to safety guidelines and environmental requirements for manufacturing. Manage NPI and EC aligned with APQP/PPAP. Provides support on all aspects of production including programing, cost, quality, compliance to safety guidelines, training of colaborators and environmental requirements for manufacturing

What You Will Do:

• Ensure robust production process

• Creating/updating value stream documentation

• Defect analysis

• Create safe standard work procedures

• Update CNC machines to prevent/detect defects

• Analyzing updating process workflow to optimize delivering velocity

• Establishing measurements and metrics on consumables to lower production cost

• Team work to implement new products

• Participating in identifying and implementing enhancements and modifications to equipment and processes.

• Maintaining APQP system documentation.

• Ensure CQMS is aligned and properly executed in the value stream.

• Monitoring equipment and process reliability; identifying and addressing problem areas.

• Providing coaching and development for operations technical staff and support areas.

• Providing engineering support on planning, development, operation, and maintenance of equipment, processes, or facilities.

Education requirement:

Requires a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering or related field.

Intermediate English required
 

What skills you will have:

Lean Manufacturing:

  • Functional knowledge six sigma.
  • CAD-CAM (Bobcad-cam/NX)
  • VSM - lay out (AutoCAD) installed capacity bottle neck.
  • Knowledge of the management of basic tools for observing existing processes and identifying waste. Tack time/cycle time.

Manufacturing Processes:

  • Advanced knowledge of APQP concepts; PFMEA, Control Plan, SWES, and MSA.
  • Programing on language ISO with controls Siemens, Fanuc, Okuma P500, Mazatrol and others .
  • Advanced knowledge of measurement equipment and able to perform CMM report interpretation.
  • Knowledge of software systems: ETQ, SAP, Infinity, AQE.
  • Functional knowledge to develop tooling/fixturing/templates (essential).

Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies:

  • Functional knowledge engineering drawing reading and 1E spec interpretation.
  • Functional knowledge welding process (essential).
  • Advanced understanding of Standard work instructions for operations.

Additional Information:

  • This position will be in Santa Catarina HCC2 Facility, Nuevo Leon, MX.
  • Availability is required depending on the support needs for the production line. Your work schedule is Monday to Friday from 6:30am-5pm, subject to change from Monday to Saturday. Saturday's schedule is set from 6:30am-2:30pm.
  • International travel may be required up to 20% of the time (during production line implementation only).
  • Relocation is not available for this position.

Final details     

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Posting Dates:

noviembre 5, 2025 - noviembre 12, 2025

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

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