Senior Manager Manufacturing Operations - EPD Griffin
Caterpillar

Career Area:
Manufacturing
Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Your work shapes the world at Caterpillar. We are building the future - join us!

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We do not just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. 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 100-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

From supporting data center infrastructure to ensuring uninterrupted power to hospitals to delivering emergency power during natural disasters, Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) develops the power solutions our customers need to build a better, more sustainable world.

With over 95 years in the power industry, our dynamic and global team is at the forefront of energy transition. Whether electrifying a mine site or providing power solutions as utilities modernize their infrastructure, our 2000 team members across more than 20 countries deliver world-class expertise to ensure our customers have the capacity and power resiliency they need to achieve their climate-related and operational goals.

To support this exciting work, we are looking for a Senior Manager Manufacturing Operations to join our Electric Power team.

As the Senior Manager Manufacturing Operations , you will oversee and direct daily plant operations including manufacturing, quality, manufacturing engineering, safety, maintenance and regulatory compliance. This position will report directly to the Director of Operations and Supply Chain. In this role you will be responsible for:

What you will do:

• Directing all aspects of manufacturing for the plant to produce cost-effective, timely and high-quality products in a safe working environment.
  

• Managing development, implementation and continual improvement of the operating methods, equipment, systems, and other operating infrastructure used to realize operating goals and objectives.
  

• Directing development of production work schedules to meet internal goals and customer expectations; monitoring process and personnel performance of scheduled work activities to remove operating impediments and achieve established operating goals.
  

• Inspire, motivate, and develop the operations team.
  

• Manage all dimensions of the facility by setting directions for the facility using insights and safety performance.
  

• Ensure production scheduling can be met in a lean manufacturing environment to satisfy assembly line and parts schedule requirements.
  

• Partner with support organizations (Medical, Business Resources, Environment, Health & Safety, Human Resources, Design Engineering, Project management) and Supply Chain.
  

• Annual business planning and execution.
  

• Leading continuous improvement process, making sure innovative ideas are generated, worked, and implemented, while eliminating roadblocks.
  

• Develop detailed new-term and long-term production plans.
  

• Clearly communicate facility results and strategy to senior leadership.
  

What You Have:

• Previous manufacturing experience, including experience in manufacturing leadership, preferably in a design to order environment
  

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience preferred
  

Key Skills for Success:

Budgeting : Extensive knowledge of organization's budget process; ability to apply policies and practices for planning and administering a budget.

Quality Management : Extensive knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.

Analytical Thinking : Extensive knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Planning and Organizing : Expert knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.

Manufacturing Operations : Expert knowledge of manufacturing operations; ability to perform day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or facility for products.

Manufacturing Safety : Extensive knowledge of manufacturing safety; ability to identify work-related hazards and perform necessary activities to meet regulatory requirements for the safety and protection of workers, environment, and site.

Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies : Extensive knowledge of organizational standards, procedures, and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance.

Additional Information:

• The location for this position is Griffin, GA
  

• Domestic relocation IS offered for this role. (U.S.)
  

• This position may require up to 10% travel.
  

• Visa sponsorship is NOT available.
  

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At management's discretion, this description may be changed at any time to address the organization's evolving needs. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of "essential job functions" as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.
Posting Dates:
November 19, 2024 - December 2, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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