Manufacturing Engineering Manager

at Caterpillar, Inc. in East Peoria, Illinois, United States

Job Description

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.

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Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

Job Summary:

As the AMT Engineering Manager, you will provide technical leadership over the heat treat installations (~11) in East Peoria (Bldg BB/HH/LL). The primary responsibility(s) of this position is to provide oversight of the advanced equipment used to heat treat components used within our structures, transmission, and undercarriage products.

What You Will Do:

The HT Engineering Manager will have close interaction (full partnership) with local facility, operations, and EHS managers to proactively manage the operation metrics critical to the facility (PQVC). This includes facilitation of weekly meetings with leadership on metrics and improvement opportunities. The primary objective of this individual is to deliver world-class processes/quality, equipment work instructions, standard work, and training manufacturing (~40 operators). This individual will also contribute to the delivery of new processes and products to the facility.

Degree Requirement:

Requires a BS/MS degree in Materials Science, Mechanical, or Metallurgical Engineering and experience with heat treat technologies including induction and direct hardening.

What Skills You Will Have:

+ Foster positive culture for this team of engineers (~5) and technicians (~3) and operations partners (>100)

+ Maintain instructions, standard work, and training to achieve injury-free environment/culture (RIF<0.50)

+ Lead initiatives to aid with improvements aligned with facilities leadership goals

+ Deliver process that can meet quality standards (Internal <$4 scrap/m-hr & 50PPM External)

+ Coordinate metallurgical and dimensional integrity of components with respective laboratories

+ Manage $1.8M budget for expenses, manpower, and testing related costs

+ Coordinate advanced troubleshooting (24X7) of heat treat related systems

+ Manage durable tooling and other auxiliary expenses for heat treat value streams

+ Manage the creation and support of equipment startup and emergency shutdown procedures

+ Leverage data streams (analytics) that proactively monitor and help with reaction to process deviation

+ Oversee accuracy and reliability of the part specific recipes (~600 active)

+ Coordinate / validate of NCI and NPI efforts

+ Provides expertise and input to the design, procurement, and validation large-scale capital improvement plans throughout furnace and other equipment lifecycles ($2-5M annually)

Decision Making and Critical Thinking:

- Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.

- Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.

- Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.

- Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.

- Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.

- Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Judgment and Decision Making:

- Secures commitment for decisions by communicating clearly and credibly to stakeholders.

- Delegates responsibility for shaping plans through which decisions are executed.

- Monitors execution of decisions to ensure consistency with original intention.

- Empowers employees to develop sound judgment by minimizing the consequences of failure.

- Assumes the blame for unsuccessful decisions.

- Shares the credit for successful decisions.

Capacity Planning & Management – MFG:

- Works with Engineering to plan resource and capacity requirements for products under development.

- Creates consolidated forecasts for multiple product lines and production facilities.

- Advises on multiple cycles of short- and long-term capacity planning for product or site.

- Compares and contrasts alternative approaches and tools for capacity planning.

- Translates demand forecasts into production and capacity requirements.

Manufacturing Equipment:

- Monitors methods and requirements for equipment environment to ensure protection against damage.

- Participates in evaluation and selection of new equipment.

- Ensures that employees are qualified to operate equipment effectively and safely.

Manufacturing Processes:

- Leads discussions on the history and evolution of manufacturing processes.

- Oversees all activities for the organization’s manufacturing environment; establishes best practices and policies.

- Leads evaluation of accuracy and effectiveness of documented processes versus actual operations.

- Champions the use of new and emerging manufacturing processes and methodologies.

Manufacturing Safety:

- Leads in interpreting and applying safety and regulatory information throughout the company.

- Leads discussions about the latest research in industrial safety for manufacturers.

- Mentors others in monitoring safety performance vis-a-vis company objectives and industry benchmarks.

- Educates others in all aspects of Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA).

- Designs, develops or deploys company safety policies and practices across multiple functions.

Additional Information

The location for this position is East Peoria, IL.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position will require less than 10% travel.

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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