**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. **Your Impact 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. **Job Summary** As the **Production Manager** , you will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the activities of two complex manufacturing production lines supporting the Medium Engine Vee product. In this role, the candidate prepares schedules, resolves issues, and ensures adherence to safety and quality standards. This position will serve as a senior leader on 2nd shift and the main point of contact for the facility. **What You Will Do:** • Creating reports and records of production processes, tools issues performance, and inventory; sharing them with managers and providing suggestions to improve safety, productivity and quality. • Preparing, maintaining, and updating documentation related to operating procedures and safety and quality standards; ensuring all processes and products meet desired safety and quality standards. • Supervising and directing the daily activities of production lines workers, assigning tasks, ensuring coordination between different teams, ensuring their safety and monitoring their performance. • Training new hires, managing scheduling and work conflicts, monitoring safety, and promoting internal communication to create a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. **What You Will Have:** Quality Management: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization. Level Working Knowledge: • Utilizes quality indicators relevant to own unit or function. • Adheres to organizational quality management processes and practices. • Applies key aspects of continuous improvement processes and evaluates impact on quality. • Uses quality evaluation tools and techniques such as walkthroughs and inspections. • Works with quality assurance methods, tools and techniques. Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems. Level Extensive Experience: • Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances. • Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation. • Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research. • Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action. • Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts. • Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation. Planning and Organizing: Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way. Level Working Knowledge: • Raises awareness of potential bottlenecks and disruptions to the schedule. • Breaks tasks into manageable steps that can be incorporated into a personal work plan. • Escalates concerns over competing or conflicting priorities. • Monitors progress continuously and adjusts tactics for handling situations on a case by case basis. • Creates action plans that ensure the accomplishment of responsibilities. Manufacturing Operations: Knowledge of manufacturing operations; ability to perform day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or facility for products. Level Extensive Experience: • Monitors organizational adherence to policies and procedures. • Facilitates communications across departments to ensure a smooth workflow in the plant or facility. • Evaluates the risks and safety hazards present in manufacturing operations. • Recommends key industry benchmarks of manufacturing operations and relates to own organization. • Supervises daily operations to ensure production targets and forecasts are achieved. • Employs tools and techniques for anticipating demand and assuring capacity. Manufacturing Safety: Knowledge of manufacturing safety; ability to identify work-related hazards and perform necessary activities to meet regulatory requirements for the safety and protection of workers, environment and site. Level Extensive Experience: • 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. **Additional Information:** + This position is located in Schertz, TX and is a 2nd Shift Schedule: Monday – Friday, 2:30 PM – 10:30 PM CST. **7% Shift Premium!** + Overtime expectation up to 30% + Relocation will not be offered **Caterpillar Inc.** is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. Caterpillar’s **Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD)** designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L engines that not only power Caterpillar machines, but also power over 5000 other applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to 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 \#LI **Summary Pay Range:** $95,640.00 - $143,520.00 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:** December 23, 2024 - January 7, 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) .