**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**
Provides support and guidance on all aspects of production, costs, quality, compliance to safety guidelines, and environmental requirements for manufacturing.
**Responsibilities**
- Participating in identifying and implementing enhancements and modifications to equipment and processes.
- Monitoring equipment and process reliability; identifying and addressing problem areas.
- Analyzing engineering change notices, determines any part or process change, initiates and implements all changes.
- Providing engineering support on planning, development, operation, and maintenance of equipment, processes, or facilities.
**Degree Requirement**
Bachelor's degree or degree in an appropriate field of manufacturing or engineering.
**Skill Descriptors**
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.




- Ability to work simultaneously in multiple projects and decision-making skills.
- Quality focused, and urgency committed per business requirements.
- Ability to effectively communicate to team members and other process associates.
Judgment and Decision Making:
- Discerns between "signal" and "noise" when considering courses of action.
- Selects the right activities to work on from a range of competing priorities.
- Stands by decisions in the face of conflict or unexpected outcome.
- Makes the transition from evaluation to conclusion readily and in a timely manner.
- Revisits decisions when appropriate, but infrequently and without disrupting focus.
Lean Manufacturing:
- Discusses considerations for work cell design and effectiveness monitoring.
- Finds solution for key technical and people problems associated with transformation to lean.
- Explains issues and considerations of implementing lean in own function or area.
- Selects and utilizes tools, techniques and measurements associated with a lean assessment.
- Explains benchmarks and measures of effectiveness of lean.
Manufacturing Equipment:
- Performs routine maintenance: cleaning, replacing defective or worn parts.
- Performs basic care and safety considerations for a specific type of manufacturing equipment.
- Participates in setting up new machines and testing according to manufacturer's specifications.




- Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques; resolves common problems.
- Conducts routine inspections; checks machine performance and equipment safeguards; reports standards violations.
Manufacturing Processes:
- Advises others using industry experience and benchmarks for methodology effectiveness.
- Develops 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.
- Usage experience in gear manufacturing processes. (bevel gear, cylindrical gears)
- In-depth knowledge of machining processes.
- This position requires thorough knowledge of manufacturing concepts, etc.
- Knowledge in NCI
- Robot programming is considered a plus
Manufacturing Safety:
- 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:
- Consults on development and implementation of cross-functional standards.
- Participates in the development of organizational policies and practices.
- Develops and uses control and monitoring mechani

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