MAPLETON, IL

The Mapleton Foundry is one of the largest in the United States and home to the largest core making machine in the world! Working at the foundry is hard work that demands focus and safety, quality, and commitment to helping our customers build a better world.
With over 1000 employees at the foundry, we are looking for someone who can provide technical expertise in manufacturing process development projects for the continuous improvement of the safety, quality, velocity and cost of manufacturing.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:

• Experience in managing large scale capital projects including concept development, project funding and execution of large-scale capital projects.

SKILL DESCRIPTORS

Judgment and Decision Making: Level Extensive Experience:
Knowledge of the decision-making process; ability to carefully evaluate the impact of emerging business situations and choose the best path forward communicating actions and activities that maximize organizational performance.
Project Management: Level Working Knowledge:
Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Manufacturing Process Design and Development: Level Working Knowledge:
Knowledge of how to develop or design a manufacturing process; ability to establish and determine which processes and parameters should be opted to improve functionality and costs.
Capacity Planning & Management - MFG: Level Working Knowledge:
Knowledge of tools, approaches and practices for determining production demand and ability to manage resources needed to provide satisfactory levels of service.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Providing technical expertise and guidance in major manufacturing projects, working with internal/external suppliers to support/improve manufacturing productivity and cost effectiveness.
• Evaluating major systems and the coordination of those systems with the total plant.
• Directing suppliers to analyze their current or proposed product/process designs to determine feasibility of using existing designs or modifying the designs to improve process and/or product.
• Providing guidance and mentoring to manufacturing engineers and operators in order to develop high quality products and processes.

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS INTENDED AS A GENERAL GUIDE TO THE JOB DUTIES FOR THIS POSITION AND IS INTENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING THE SPECIFIC SALARY GRADE. IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO CONTAIN OR BE INTERPRETED AS AN EXHAUSTIVE SUMMARY OF ALL RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND EFFORT REQUIRED OF EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THIS JOB. AT THE DISCRETION OF MANAGEMENT, THIS DESCRIPTION MAY BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME TO ADDRESS THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION. IT IS EXPRESSLY NOT INTENDED TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF “ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS” AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED BY THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

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Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.