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.

Caterpillar’s Earthmoving division is hiring a Global Quality Manager position for their Motor Grader product group. This role leads a team that analyzes Motor Grader customer requirements, defines specifications for Motor Grader products and services, develops quality control processes, reviews and ensures compliance with quality standards, and executes projects to resolve defects.

What You’ll Do

• Recruiting, developing, and leading staff to accomplish personal and organizational goals, adhere to policies/procedures and promote a culture of continuous improvement.

• Developing, implementing, monitoring, and optimizing quality assurance processes to ensure final products and services are compliant with quality standards and regulatory requirements.

• Communicating adherence to customer requirements, product or service specifications, and ensures that their expectations are met to achieve high customer satisfaction rates.

• Managing process to achieve compliance for internal quality audits and coordinate external on-site audits; analyzing all product development and manufacturing procedures to identify deviations from quality standards and recommend and implement corrective actions.

• Manage the CPI list for motor graders by prioritizing for customer impact and lead a team of CPI engineers to resolve design, manufacturing and supply defects.

What You Have (Skills & Experience)

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience in engineering, manufacturing or supplier management

• Extensive Planning Experience (Tactical & Strategic): knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.

• Expert in Quality Management: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.

• Extensive Decision Making and Critical Thinking Skills: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• Extensive Influencing Skills: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.

• Extensive Problem-Solving Skills: Recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort, organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.

• Extensive Quality Risk Management Experience: Ability to implement the quality assurance process of assessment, control, communication, and review of risks to the quality of products; Coaches others on how to effectively mitigate risks associated with quality.

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

• Expert in Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Ability to use a structured approach to identify the causes of undesirable consequences in a manufacturing environment and the changes needed to prevent recurrences. Leads the implementation of structured approaches to investigate a vast range of problem types, determine causes, and find resolutions.

Additional Details:

• Location: Peoria, IL

• Domestic relocation assistance is available to Peoria, IL

• Caterpillar operates in a hybrid work model, requiring 3 days per week of onsite, in-office work to collaborate with team members

• Travel: up to 30%

Summary Pay Range:

$144,960.00 - $217,320.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Annual incentive bonus plan*

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

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:

January 13, 2025 - January 27, 2025

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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