Section Manager

Caterpillar’s 3rd Shift Section Manager leads teams and supervises people in manufacturing sections to maximize efficiency in quality, velocity and cost.

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Monitors and improves shop floor safety, aggressively eliminates unsafe processes
• Assures fixtures, tooling and processes are followed to meet production schedules
• Determines priorities and sequences jobs
• Schedules and prioritizes constrained resources, and adjusts staffing to meet flow and customer requirements
• Determines and executes disciplinary action when appropriate
• Procures and distributes production material to meet schedules
• Procures and distributes production material to meet schedules
• Ensures preventive maintenance is performed according to schedule
• Implements, Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma, Internal Certification and others
• Evaluates, assess, identifies and leads the deployment of workforce training
• Section Value Stream Mapping
• Actively deploys section value stream improvements
• Practices and teaches CPS Guiding Principles
• Initiates and conducts process improvement dialogs with Team Leads and Team Members
• Drives root cause corrective action projects and drives continuous improvement
• Leads section status reporting and monitors / audits section metrics
• Leads the creation, implementation and training of standard work procedures

Basic Qualifications:

• A Bachelors degree OR an Associates degree with a minimum of 1 year manufacturing experience OR In lieu of a Bachelors or Associates degree, a minimum of 5 years manufacturing experience and a minimum of 3 years leadership experience within manufacturing is required
• Good communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Ability to work with a diverse group of employees and customers.

Top candidates will also have:

• Supervisory experience
• Experience in a manufacturing assembly facility

Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs.

Employee benefit details

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with a short-term incentive plan. Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

Final details

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