Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Full time
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Career Area:
Manufacturing
Job Description:
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:
Works closely with operations and product managers for automated manufacturing systems, manufacturing processes and product engineering to ensure common goals in support of product group objectives.
· Lead manufacturing engineering functions to develop world class processes as well as governance and control mechanisms. Spearhead capital investment opportunities to deliver improved OEE results. Maintain EPP and capacity requirements to support evolving demand and customer needs.
· Coordinate the effective operation of assigned areas of manufacturing to meet established schedules and production requirements while maintaining cost.
· Leverage Lean principles to maximize process footprint and layout to achieve world class efficiencies within all assembly operations.
· Supervise Manufacturing Engineering and Support functions for current manufacturing processes, new process justification and implementation, machines, equipment, tooling, work standards, gage planning and technical troubleshooting to provide the most efficient and economical manufacturing and assembly of quality products.




· Manage and communicate facility and production readiness within the new product introduction (NPI) process, new capital introduction (NCI), and new source introduction (NSI).
Responsibilities
+ Overseeing programs and practices for hiring, performance management and developing/training the personnel that perform and support the plant operating functions.
+ Leading assembly, manufacturing processing, cost estimating, systems planning, layout, standards, releasing, gaging and checking equipment, tooling and work standards.
+ Managing development, implementation and continual improvement of the operating methods, equipment, systems and other operating infrastructure used to realize operating goals and objectives.
+ Coordinating release dates and availability of machines, equipment and material schedules to satisfy demand. Ensuring implementation of modern technology and verifies the effectiveness of equipment and systems.
Skill Descriptors:
Capacity Planning & Management - MFG: Knowledge of tools, approaches and practices for determining production demand and ability to manage resources needed to provide satisfactory levels of service.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Documents major considerations of product promotions and analyzes their effect on production and required capacity.
- Provides management reports on actual and projected capacity requirements.




- Uses available tools to interpret forecasts and work out required capacity.
- Participates in developing short-term capacity requirements for a specific product or plant.
- Collects and collates key elements of demand chain used in developing capacity requirements.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately
analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
- Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
- Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
- Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
- Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.
Lean Manufacturing : Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and
implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes.
Level Extensive Knowledge:
- Manages the adoption of lean manufacturing principles across the organization.
- Teaches others about how lean approach integrates operations, customers, logistics and product development.
- Consults on work cell design and plan layout in support of lean principles.
- Consults on the use of lean approaches across multiple functions.
- Trains others on key lean measurements and tools and techniques for measuring performance.
- Participates in detailed planning for implementing and monitoring lean manufacturing.
Manufacturing Equipment: Knowledge of

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