Foundry Maintenance Manager — 1st Shift

Caterpillar; Mapleton (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mapleton Foundry at Caterpillar is seeking a skilled Maintenance Supervisor to lead a multi-skilled team and drive safety, reliability, and continuous improvement in our US-based foundry. You will manage maintenance planning, budgeting, and execution to support production goals and equipment performance across the shift.

Join a legacy of precision and teamwork. You will mentor technicians, coordinate with engineering and operations, and ensure compliant, cost-effective maintenance that keeps

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience is required or desired.
• Experience leading maintenance teams in a foundry setting.
• Strong safety and regulatory compliance knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate daily maintenance activities across the foundry, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable operation of production equipment and facilities.
• Develop, prioritize, and coordinate work plans for maintenance employees and contractors, ensuring maintenance activities are executed effectively and aligned with production requirements.
• Review, audit, and validate maintenance work performed by technicians and contractors to ensure quality workmanship, adherence to standards, and effective resolution of equipment issues.
• Drive daily maintenance execution by providing direction, coaching, and oversight to off-shift Section Managers, ensuring leadership expectations, priorities, and business objectives are consistently communicated and achieved across all shifts.
• Monitor and improve key maintenance performance metrics, including safety performance, preventive maintenance compliance, schedule compliance, equipment availability, asset reliability, Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), backlog management, and departmental goals.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis activities for equipment failures, implementing corrective actions that improve reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with all company, regulatory, and environmental requirements, including lockout/tagout (LOTO), confined space, hot work, and contractor safety procedures.
• Manage maintenance resources, including labor, tools, equipment, contractor services, spare parts, and inventory, while ensuring resources are available to support operational needs.
• Oversee maintenance budgeting and cost management activities, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, optimize spending, and reduce maintenance costs without compromising safety or reliability.
• Ensure completion of required employee training, certifications, compliance requirements, and workforce development activities, while coaching and developing team members to enhance technical capability and leadership skills.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, and Planning teams to establish maintenance priorities, coordinate planned outages, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

MS Office Suite

Foundry management

Machining experience

Reliability engineering

Mechanical/electrical systems

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

PLC & Automation

Preventive maintenance tooling

Job description

The Mapleton Foundry at Caterpillar is seeking a skilled Maintenance Supervisor to lead a multi-skilled team and drive safety, reliability, and continuous improvement in our US-based foundry. You will manage maintenance planning, budgeting, and execution to support production goals and equipment performance across the shift.

Join a legacy of precision and teamwork. You will mentor technicians, coordinate with engineering and operations, and ensure compliant, cost-effective maintenance that keeps