Production Supervisor

Caterpillar Brazil; Tangerang; Hybrid; IDR 180,000,000 - 300,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Annual bonus potential

Total rewards package

Job summary

Caterpillar Indonesia Batam is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead daily operations on the fabrication/assembly line, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity targets are met while coaching a high‑performing team. You'll coordinate schedules, resolve production issues, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and apply lean manufacturing principles in a hands‑on environment.

If you have strong leadership and a passion for continuous improvement, this is your chance to impact globally with

Qualifications

• A university degree in an operations-related discipline.
• A minimum of three (3) years of supervisory experience in manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, or multitask operations.
• Willingness to work outside of normal hours, including overtime and alternate shifts.

Responsibilities

• 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 line 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.

Skills

Manufacturing Operations

Quality Management

Planning and Organizing

Manufacturing Safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in operations-related discipline

Job description

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.

Why you want the job and why it’s awesome!

As a Production Supervisor at Caterpillar Indonesia Batam, you will lead daily operations on the fabrication/assembly line, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity targets are met while coaching a high-performing team that supports the production of our world‑class Hydraulic Shovels. This role offers the opportunity to coordinate schedules, resolve production issues, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and implement lean manufacturing principles in a dynamic, hands‑on environment. If you have experience in fabrication or heavy manufacturing, strong leadership and problem‑solving skills, and a passion for continuous improvement, this is your chance to make a global impact with a Fortune 100 company that values integrity, innovation, and career growth.

Shift:

• Rotating Work location: Batam, Kepulauan Riau
• This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.
• Work Environment: This position is based in a manufacturing setting.
• Relocation: Domestic relocation options are available.

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 line 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 Skills You Have:

• Manufacturing Operations: Knowledge of manufacturing operations; ability to perform day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or facility for products.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Degree and Experience Requirement:

• A university degree in an operations-related discipline.
• A minimum of three (3) years of supervisory experience in manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, or multitask operations.
• Willingness to work outside of normal hours, including overtime and alternate shifts.

Physical Requirements:

This job requires extensive active movement throughout the plant including climbing stairs and steps, lifting devices, and pushing and pulling equipment.

What You Will Get:

• Medical, dental, vision, pension, and accident & life insurance.
• Potential of an annual bonus.
• Total rewards package.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

September 2, 2026 - September 15, 2026

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs.

We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar. Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.