Facilities Engineering Mgr

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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.

Role Definition

Leading and Managing the Facility and Maintenance team in a heavy manufacturing plant or site.

Responsibilities

• Leading the team and Collaborating with Stack holders, Engineers, partners and suppliers to meet business goals in accordance with the sustainable use of facilities and budget demands.
• Constructs an efficient facility maintenance team and guides training sessions to ensure quality performance.
• Evaluates the operation's effectiveness with current utilities and equipment; provides appropriate solutions to challenges and risks.
• Oversees inspections, repairs and updates of facilities and relevant operational activities; maintains order at the facility.
• Proactive and Strategic thinking 
• Leading the installation of new machines and equipment and process changes to provide the most efficient and economical manufacturing

Degree Requirement

Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

Cross-Team Integration: Understanding of the importance of inter-team collaboration in breaking down silos and achieving business results; ability to lead employees from various functions to communicate, coordinate work across divisions, and collaborate in solving problems as one team.

Level Extensive Knowledge:

• Involves key stakeholders in upfront planning efforts.

• Enlists formal and informal network contacts to improve collaboration among teams.

• Generates "win-win" strategies to gain support for key initiatives from others across boundaries.

 
• Establishes ways to encourage teamwork across functions.

• Coaches others on best methods for performing teamwork across organizational boundaries.

• Recommends systems and technology to promote widespread collaboration.

Data Gathering & Analysis: Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes; ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Reports problems that arise in the data collection process.

• Participates in gathering and analyzing an organization's data based on requirements.

• Follows proper data gathering and analysis processes and policies.

• Utilizes basic data collection and evaluation tools and techniques.

• Documents data from various sources and in various formats.

Manufacturing Application Systems: Knowledge of company and industry databases and applications used in a manufacturing environment; ability to operate, maintain and update these systems.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Uses and maintains information or data stored in specific application; reports unusual situations.

• Documents the major interfaces and dependencies to and from other systems.

• Follows procedures for the maintenance and upkeep of the databases.

• Uses all basic features of the information system in context of own work.

• Works with a specific type of manufacturing application or information system.

Manufacturing Equipment: Knowledge of the electrical, mechanical and logistics equipment used in manufacturing; ability to safely operate, maintain, update and store them.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Performs routine maintenance: cleaning, replacing defective or worn parts.

• Performs basic care and safety considerations for a specific type of manufacturing equipment.

• Participates in setting up new machines and testing according to manufacturer's specifications.

• Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques; resolves common problems.

• Conducts routine inspections; checks machine performance and equipment safeguards; reports standards violations.

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.

Plant Facilities Management: Knowledge of processes, methodologies and techniques used to manage plant facilities; ability to handle the full spectrum of activities for managing and maintaining physical facilities and infrastructure.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Performs the installation and maintenance of such items as plant's electric, air conditioning, telephone and cabling infrastructure.

• Interprets facilities-related reports and explains record-keeping requirements.

• Works with addressing basic physical requirements of a manufacturing plant.

• Assesses potential security or safety risks and notifies appropriate team members.

• Follows access and security control procedures and equipment.

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 Working Knowledge:

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.

• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.

• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.

• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.

• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

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