**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. **About EPD** Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data canters, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations! **Role Definition** Manage maintenance activities along with Manufacturing Engineering functions in a manufacturing plant or site. This will include day to day management, long term strategy, capital planning, tooling and services procurement, installation and runoff or procured equipment to support manufacturing timelines. You will be supported through two-way collaboration as we might need to lean on you as part of our larger leadership team. We will empower you and provide you the autonomy to exercise your unique leadership style to motivate your team of production and management personnel to ensure their engagement and the success of the product line. We are counting on you to develop and establish processes and a governance program within our manufacturing area to ensure we are meeting and exceeding our key performance indicators in terms of people, quality, velocity, and cost. **What do you say? Join us and let’s do the work!** **Responsibilities:** + Collaborates with engineers, partners and suppliers to meet business goals in accordance with sustainable use of facilities and budget demands. + Constructs an efficient facility maintenance team and guides training sessions to ensure quality performance. + Lead manufacturing engineering function to develop world class processes as well as governance and control mechanisms. Spearhead capital investment opportunities to deliver improved OEE results. + 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). + Develops and maintains budgetary controls for the section, establishes and reviews objectives, and provides personnel requirements and future forecasts. Maintains awareness of new technology and evaluates its value to the profit center. Assists staff in developing and implementing new systems and keeps other areas informed of progress. Effectively utilizes Class A, 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing methodologies. + Oversees inspections, repairs and updates of facilities and relevant operational activities; maintains order at the facility. + Promote growth and engagement opportunities for Manufacturing Engineers, Manufacturing Planners, while building the best team to deliver results. **What you have:** **Degree:** Bachelor’s Degree or applicable experience in manufacturing, supply chain or operations **Plant Facilities Management:** Experience in processes, methodologies and techniques used to manage plant facilities; ability to handle the full spectrum of activities for managing and maintaining physical facilities and infrastructure. Level Extensive Experience: • Experience within lean manufacturing principles • NPI Process experience • Works with the installation, maintenance and upkeep for a large or multiple facilities. • Monitors environmental, safety and equipment requirements and conditions. • Participates in the development of change, contingency and back-up or recovery plans. • Deals effectively with customers and vendor support staff to resolve routine problems. • Manages space planning processes and establishes requirements for staff and equipment. • Monitors processes and procedures for developing and maintaining building security to ensure regulatory compliance. **Managing People:** Demonstrated people management experience within manufacturing operations. Ability to direct and motivate a diverse team of people to ensure divisional goals are met. Level Extensive Experience: • Anticipates and manages difficult interpersonal situations and conflicts; resolves them to mutual satisfaction. • Consults within the team; seeks inputs from subordinates and considers all views while making decisions. • Effectively manage employee performance and utilize organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance. • Implements coaching and mentoring programs to ensure the holistic development of employees. • Monitors employee morale and satisfaction; recognizes employee contributions and achievements. • Regularly reviews employee performance and provides constructive feedback. • Works collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds; understands their needs and perspectives. **Budgeting:** Knowledge of organization's budget process; ability to apply policies and practices for planning and administering a budget. Level Working Knowledge: • Applies established organizational practices in budgeting. • Under guidance, produces budget reports of planned vs. actual expenses with variances explained. • Supplies supporting information and justification for major line items. • Documents capital appropriations and project authorizations. • Uses budgeting and charge-back practices within own area. **Effectiveness Measurement:** Knowledge of effective measurement techniques and ability to measure the quality and quantity of work effort for the purpose of improvement. Level Working Knowledge: • Under guidance, reports measurement results in actionable form to management. • Interprets and analyzes results vs. established benchmarks. • Establishes short-range and long-range improvement goals for own function. • Uses assigned measurements for own function or specialization. • Under guidance, develops action plans to achieve those goals. **Problem Solving:** Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations. Level Working Knowledge: • Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives. • Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder. • Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information. • Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution. • Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems. **Manufacturing Application Systems:** Knowledge of company and industry databases and applications used in a manufacturing environment; ability to operate, maintain and update these systems. Level Working Knowledge: • Uses and maintains information or data stored in specific application; reports unusual situations. • Documents the major interfaces and dependencies to and from other systems. • Follows procedures for the maintenance and upkeep of the databases. • Uses all basic features of the information system in context of own work. • Works with a specific type of manufacturing application or information system. **Manufacturing Equipment:** Knowledge of the electrical, mechanical and logistics equipment used in manufacturing; ability to safely operate, maintain, update and store them. Level Working Knowledge: • 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 Standards, Procedures and Policies:** Knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance. Level Working Knowledge: • Contributes to the development and implementation of specific manufacturing procedures. • Investigates the need to refer potential exceptions upward for review and approval. • Explains the rationale for procedures and standards in own area of responsibility. • Participates in the implementation of manufacturing standards and procedures to one's own function. • Provides feedback for improvement of procedures. **Supplier Management - MFG:** Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice. Level Working Knowledge: • Follows procedures in carrying out routine supplier management tasks. • Uses electronic systems or tools to record/retrieve supplier information and carry out transactions with suppliers. • Resolves routine supplier issues; escalates non-routine issues up chain of command. • Researches alternative vendors or suppliers; participates in supplier selection. • Works with suppliers to ensure that purchases meet delivery date and quality specifications. **Other:** + Relocation is available for this position + Sponsorship is not available for this position + Position is located in Alpharetta, GA. **Summary Pay Range:** $110,520.00 - $165,840.00 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. **Benefits:** 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) Disability benefits Life Insurance Parental leave Healthy Lifestyle Programs Employee Assistance Programs Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts Tuition Reimbursement Career Development _*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines_ . **Posting Dates:** January 29, 2025 - February 12, 2025 Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen. EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .