Electrical Maintenance Section Manager

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.

"Updated: 09/29/2025

Role Definition

Monitors and improves the maintenance of the production unit by overseeing maintenance staff and equipment; ensures employees comply with safety procedures and standards.

Responsibilities

• Executing preventive & corrective maintenance schedules for instrumentation & control systems as well as conducting regular shutdown inspections, repairs & replacements of spare parts to ensure smooth operations.

• Identifying the areas of bottlenecks & breakdown (repetitive breakdown); took steps to achieve zero accident & customer complaints through the application of troubleshooting tools like root cause analysis.

• Conducting Root Cause Analysis for equipment breakdown and risk assessments to mitigate risk & adhere to compliance.

• Managing the erection & commissioning, ensuring completion of project in minimum turnaround time and effective resource utilization to maximize the output.

• Maintenance of manipulators, hydraulic presses, pneumatic presses, pneumatic nut runners, oil pulse tools, shut off tools, DC nut runners of IR-CP-ATLAS-Desoutter, Electro mono rails, Over Head, I-beam, SLAT conveyors, docking machines, leak test machines, Number punching machines,

• Expertise in PLC , HMI and SCADA programming. Spatialization in Siemens.

• BE- Electrical/Electronics/Instrumentation/ Mechatronics- Minimum Exp required 8 Ys and More.

• Creating work plans for staff and contractors; reviewing the maintenance work performed by technicians.

• Making purchasing decisions and recommendations regarding equipment and tools; training the workers periodically on various maintenance processes and techniques.

• Monitoring the maintenance budget; identifying cost-effective alternatives for current maintenance activities.

• Tracking daily inventories, inspecting production units for wear and tear; ensuring replacements are made on time.

• Coaching and mentoring teams in order to encourage, motivate, and guide individuals in learning and improving effectiveness.

Degree Requirement

Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Explains the importance of accuracy in own function or unit.

• Identifies tasks or outputs that require accuracy and detail-level attention.

• Identifies the procedures for making sure that results are mistake-free.

• Describes consequences of errors within own unit or function.

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

Level Basic Understanding:

• Explains characteristics and steps in an effective decision-making process.

• Identifies issues and communicates with others when a decision needs to be made.

• Names decision makers in own environment and cites examples of past decisions.

• Describes types of decisions incumbent may and may not make in own job or function.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Performance Management: Knowledge of successful performance management techniques; ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Demonstrates an understanding of performance management concepts.

• Describes organization's performance management process.

• Explains organization's core performance factors and ratings.

• Participates in own performance review or performance checkpoint session.

Planning and Organizing: 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.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Raises awareness of potential bottlenecks and disruptions to the schedule.

• Breaks tasks into manageable steps that can be incorporated into a personal work plan.

• Escalates concerns over competing or conflicting priorities.

• Monitors progress continuously and adjusts tactics for handling situations on a case by case basis.

• Creates action plans that ensure the accomplishment of responsibilities.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Explains the value of a disciplined approach to problem solving.

• Describes problem reporting and escalation practices.

• Utilizes accepted procedures for problem analysis and resolution.

• Identifies key aspects of problem-solving techniques used in own area.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Identifies project management tools and requirements within own function.

• Describes the key objectives, phases and deliverables of a current project.

• Explains the concepts of phase, activity, task, and deliverable.

• Gives examples of critical paths in projects.

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM): Knowledge of total productive maintenance principles, methods, and processes; ability to maximize machinery effectiveness through active involvement of all supporting departments.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Describes the maintenance indicators associated with Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

• Explains the history, concept, and objectives of TPM.

• Identifies the pillars of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).

• Outlines the similarities and differences between Total Quality Management (TQM) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).

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 the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. 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."

This position requires working onsite five days a week.Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

November 2, 2026 - November 15, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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