2nd Shift Production Manager - Lean & Safety

Caterpillar Inc.; North Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 81,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Employee Assistance Program

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. seeks a Production Manager in North Little Rock, AR to lead a dedicated team producing Motor Grader and Medium Wheel Loader products in a large, climate-controlled facility.

The role focuses on safety, process discipline, and continuous improvement; you will manage workloads, coach staff, and drive Lean and Six Sigma initiatives to deliver quality outputs. The position offers robust benefits and a pathway to long-term career development within Caterpillar, with a strong emphasis

Qualifications

• Experience supervising in Manufacturing/Logistics/Engineering/Quality environments.
• Knowledge of manufacturing safety and ability to identify hazards and provide solutions.
• Knowledge of quality management methods, tools and techniques.
• Strong customer focus and ability to influence and direct hourly direct reports.
• Good communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 products.
• Experience with SAP.
• Experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Foster a safe environment through education, awareness, and ownership.
• Monitor and improve safety on the shop floor, eliminating unsafe operations and maintaining a safe environment.
• Communicate with team daily to designate workload, priorities and sequence for work assigned.
• Collaborate with support teams to train and develop staff; keep time; estimate personnel needs; assign work; meet completion dates; ensure consistent application of organizational needs; evaluate overtime needs; determine disciplinary actions.
• Manage Continuous Improvement idea process to change working conditions as required.
• Drive root cause corrective action projects and continuous improvement.
• Work to improve processes, timeliness and reduce costs by eliminating non-value-added activities.
• Ensure the quality of product produced and conforms to Caterpillar's Quality Policy while maintaining cost.
• Be responsible for initiatives within your assigned team to enable 6S, Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma, CQMS/ISO certification programs.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Planning and Organizing

Problem Solving

Supervisory experience

Manufacturing safety

Quality management

Customer focus

Communication

Teamwork

Microsoft Office 365

SAP

Lean Manufacturing

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. seeks a Production Manager in North Little Rock, AR to lead a dedicated team producing Motor Grader and Medium Wheel Loader products in a large, climate-controlled facility.

The role focuses on safety, process discipline, and continuous improvement; you will manage workloads, coach staff, and drive Lean and Six Sigma initiatives to deliver quality outputs. The position offers robust benefits and a pathway to long-term career development within Caterpillar, with a strong emphasis