Career Area:
Manufacturing

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a integral 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:
Responsibilities:
- Developing and maintaining an effective manufacturing engineering organization capable of supporting painting operations, achieving business objectives, and driving technical excellence across the paint shop.- Managing the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of painting methods, equipment, systems, and operating infrastructure to improve safety, productivity, first-pass yield, coating quality, transfer efficiency, throughput, cost performance, and overall equipment effectiveness.
- Ensuring assigned paint facilities, booths,



ovens, conveyors, spray systems, tooling, fixtures, process parameters, and methods are available and capable of supporting authorized product programs, production schedules, and capacity requirements.
- Partnering with production, quality, maintenance, environmental, supply chain, and product engineering teams to resolve paint defects, support new product introductions, improve manufacturability, reduce rework and scrap, and optimize painting performance.

Educational Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
- Advanced English
- Expert in industrial painting, coating, pretreatment, and curing processes

Skills:
Capacity Planning & Management
- Defines resource and capacity needs with R&D; and operations teams.
- Develops forecasts across product lines, sites, and painting operations.
- Converts demand forecasts into production, cost, and capacity plans.

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📌 Manager Manufacturing Engineering (Santa Catarina)
🏢 Caterpillar
📍 Santa Catarina