Director of Engineering: Lean Manufacturing & Tech Leader

Caterpillar Inc.; Pontiac (MI); On-site; USD 189,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an Engineering Director to lead manufacturing engineering, technical services, and facilities engineering across machining, heat treat, assembly, and supporting infrastructure.

You will drive lean improvements, improve asset performance, and deploy manufacturing technologies in a cross-functional environment. The role emphasizes capital deployment, process introduction, and standards across manufacturing and infrastructure, with focus on safety, quality, cost, and

Qualifications

• Degree required, Engineering degree preferred.
• Planning: Tactical, Strategic knowledge for short-term, tactical and strategic planning.
• Decision making and critical thinking using formal tools and judgment.
• Technical excellence in a given technology and application methods.
• Communicating for impact to influence others effectively.
• Customer/market focus and responsiveness to needs.
• Managing people and leading teams.
• Collaborating globally across cultures and geographies.
• Influencing through expertise to deepen impact.

Responsibilities

• Managing the engineering staff and activities toward goals and development.
• Monitoring and improving product and process performance, quality and cost.
• Providing leadership to design, develop and manufacture components and technologies.
• Managing engineering issues from concept through end of life-cycle.

Skills

Planning

Decision Making

Technical Excellence

Communicating for Impact

Customer Focus

Managing People

Collaborating Globally

Influencing Through Expertise

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an Engineering Director to lead manufacturing engineering, technical services, and facilities engineering across machining, heat treat, assembly, and supporting infrastructure.

You will drive lean improvements, improve asset performance, and deploy manufacturing technologies in a cross-functional environment. The role emphasizes capital deployment, process introduction, and standards across manufacturing and infrastructure, with focus on safety, quality, cost, and