Maintenance production Manager

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.

Caterpillar's Resource Industries Operations and Products division is currently seeking a 2nd shift Maintenance Production Manager at the Decatur, IL. As a Maintenance Production Manager, you will supervise and provide leadership to a team of Maintenance Mechanics and Electricians while adhering to Caterpillar's core values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment, and sustainability. You will own the value stream metrics for your respective section and partner with support groups in the implementation of changes needed. You will drive continuous improvement efforts as well as practice and teach LEAN principles. Our Production Managers play a key role in our success by leading the production teams and maximizing efficiency in quality, velocity, and cost. We have a fabulous team that does some of the most exciting work at Caterpillar, and we can't wait for you to join the team!

What you will do:

-Identifying and implementing enhancements and modifications to complex manufacturing operations equipment and processes.

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

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

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

Degree Requirement

Degree preferred

What Skills You Will Have:

Analytical Thinking : Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Working Knowledge

• Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.

• Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.

Planning and Organizing: Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.

Level Working Knowledge

• Raises awareness of potential disruptions to the schedule.

• Breaks tasks into manageable steps that can be incorporated into a personal work plan.

• Escalates concerns over competing or conflicting priorities.

• Monitors progress continuously and adjusts tactics for handling situations on a case by case basis.

Talent Management: Knowledge of human resources and talent management processes; ability to lead, motivate, evaluate, employees at the workplace.

Level Working Knowledge

• Delegates tasks to the right people in managing a program or a group of people.

• Explains processes on leading, motivating, evaluating, and developing people.

• Coordinates work schedules and workloads for employees.

• Transforms resistance into support and turns poor performers into team players.

Manufacturing Operations: Knowledge of manufacturing operations; ability to support day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or facility for products.

Level Extensive Experience

• Facilitates communications across departments to ensure a smooth workflow in the plant or facility.

• Evaluates the risks and safety hazards present in maintenance operations.

• Supervises daily operations to ensure maintenance targets and forecasts are achieved.

• Employs tools and techniques required to complete maintenance tasks and goals.

Maintenance Safety: Knowledge of 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.

Additional Information:

The primary location for this position is Decatur, IL

Domestic relocation assistance is not available

This position may require 5% travel

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:

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Posting Dates:

May 15, 2024 - May 29, 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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There's more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.

Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee's contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we've built.