Manufacturing Project Engineer - Process Improvement

Caterpillar Inc.; Mapleton (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Mapleton, IL is seeking a process development professional to support continuous improvement of safety, quality, velocity and cost across manufacturing at the Mapleton Foundry.

This role emphasizes technical leadership in major projects and collaboration with suppliers to optimize production systems. The position is a 1st shift with onsite work five days a week, relocation is available, and visa sponsorship is not provided.

Qualifications

• Experience applying lean manufacturing and process improvement in manufacturing.
• Ability to analyze and improve safety, quality, velocity and cost.
• Experience collaborating with suppliers and internal teams.
• Understanding of change control processes in production.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical expertise and guidance in major manufacturing projects, working with internal/external suppliers to support/improve manufacturing productivity and cost effectiveness.
• Implementing major systems and the coordination of those systems with the total plant.
• Communicating with suppliers to analyze their current or proposed product/process designs to determine feasibility of using existing designs or modifying the designs to improve process and/or product.
• Providing guidance to manufacturing engineers and operators in order to develop high quality products and processes.

Skills

Problem Solving

Judgment & Decision Making

Project Management

Manufacturing Best Practices

Manufacturing Process Design

Capacity Planning

Change Control

Lean Manufacturing

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Mapleton, IL is seeking a process development professional to support continuous improvement of safety, quality, velocity and cost across manufacturing at the Mapleton Foundry.

This role emphasizes technical leadership in major projects and collaboration with suppliers to optimize production systems. The position is a 1st shift with onsite work five days a week, relocation is available, and visa sponsorship is not provided.