Foundry Operations Leader – Multi-Shift Excellence

Caterpillar Brazil; Ramos Arizpe; Presencial; MXN 900.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Caterpillar Inc. in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead a multi‑shift foundry facility, converting customer demand into high‑quality cast products and guiding teams through core, mold, melting, and finishing processes.

The role requires developing leaders, optimizing labor and equipment capacity, and collaborating with safety, quality, maintenance, engineering, supply chain, and HR to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and engagement

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical, Materials, Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or a related engineering discipline.
• Progressive manufacturing leadership expertise with multi-shift operations.
• Strong understanding of safety, environmental controls, quality systems, equipment reliability, capacity planning, and cost control.
• Advanced English skills.

Responsabilidades

• Lead all shifts, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, cost, housekeeping, and employee engagement.
• Direct core making, molding, melting, pouring, shakeout, finishing, inspection, and material flow.
• Convert customer demand and production schedules into shift priorities, staffing, capacity, maintenance, and recovery plans.
• Develop operations leaders through goals, coaching, performance management, succession planning, training, and recognition.
• Manage daily KPIs for safety, yield, scrap, schedule attainment, throughput, downtime, labor, energy, and cost.
• Partner with Quality and Metallurgy to control process parameters, traceability, defects, containment, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, critical repairs, and capital priorities with Maintenance and Engineering.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, labor, and quality requirements, particularly for foundry hazards.
• Lead continuous improvement to reduce defects, waste, energy use, cycle time, and variation while improving equipment effectiveness.

Conocimientos

Analytical Thinking

Effective Communications

Educación

Metallurgical/Materials/Industrial Eng.

Descripción del empleo

Caterpillar Inc. in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead a multi‑shift foundry facility, converting customer demand into high‑quality cast products and guiding teams through core, mold, melting, and finishing processes.

The role requires developing leaders, optimizing labor and equipment capacity, and collaborating with safety, quality, maintenance, engineering, supply chain, and HR to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and engagement