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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.

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. Join us.

Job Summary:

Caterpillar’s Advanced Materials Technology (AMT) division has responsibility for Caterpillar wrought steel specifications and quality for the global procurement of wrought steel products. AMT is currently seeking an experienced metallurgical or materials engineer to deliver world-class support to our business unit customers. In this role you will lead Caterpillar’s Steel Mill Assessment team to develop high quality suppliers for producing and processing of wrought steel product. The supplier assessment team provides troubleshooting, design support, and guidance for business units to meet quality, velocity, and cost requirements. The successful candidate will be knowledgeable in Steelmaking and processing, application of Caterpillar Steel specifications, and APQP.

What You Will Do:

• Lead global steel mill assessment process, including budgeting, planning, tracking, and corrective actions.

• Plan and manage audits, including funding requests, prioritization, and oversight for teams in North and South America, Asia and Europe.

• Conduct 20-30 domestic and international assessments annually.

• Track audit completion, distribute reports, and maintain audit data for communication to client business units

• Train and qualify new auditors; maintain audit processes and materials.

• Solve high-impact metallurgical problems and lead corrective actions.

• Participate in APQP, New Supplier Introduction, and New Product Introduction processes for various business units.

• Provide technical support and training to design engineers, manufacturing, quality and procurement personnel, and Caterpillar suppliers

• Responsible for Caterpillar Steel Quality specifications.

• Lead global Steel Improvement Team.

Education Requirement:

• Requires a degree in an accredited Metallurgical Engineering or Materials Science curriculum.

What Skills You Will Have:

Planning: Tactical, Strategic:

• Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.

• Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.

• Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.

• Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.

• Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.

• Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

Analytical Thinking:

• Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.

• Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.

• Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.

• Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.

• Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.

• Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking:

• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.

• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.

• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.

• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.

• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.

• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Effective Communications

• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.

• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.

• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.

• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.

• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Technical Excellence:

• Fosters an environment that encourages, supports and rewards technical excellence.

• Provides recognized technical leadership to an organization that includes vision, innovation, superior technical competence and the desire to excel.

• Provides highly effective solutions to very complex technical challenges, applying outstanding technical competence to understand and resolve issues.

• Champions the use of new innovations and technologies that solve technical business problems.

• Consistently applies the latest developments, practices and technologies to resolve complex technical challenges in one's general area of competence.

• Develops organizational policies, best practices and management methods that are highly conducive to technical excellence.

Project Management:

• Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.

• Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects.

• Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.

• Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients.

• Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.

• Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.

Product Testing:

• Predicts industry and marketplace trends; explores new methods and technologies.

• Leads the evaluation, selection, and implementation of testing approaches, tools and scenarios.

• Mentors others in improving the throughput and efficiency of the manufacturing test processes.

• Oversees the testing processes of multiple products in a high-volume manufacturing environment.

• Consults on product-testing costs, tools, approaches and benefits.

• Directs the development of standards, guidelines and best practices for testing.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems:

• Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.

• Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.

• Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.

• Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.

• Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.

• Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.

Top Candidates will also have

• 10 years’ experience in wrought steel making, failure analysis, metallurgical support to design engineering.

• Previous experience from within the steel industry or foundry melting operation.

• An understanding of ingot and continuous casting processes

• Basic knowledge of wrought steel processing (for example hot rolling of flat & long product, manufacturing of tubular product).

• Basic knowledge of external certification and compliance (for example RoHS and CBAM)

• Strong manufacturing engineering experience and understanding of PFMEA, APQP, PPAP & Control plans

• Demonstrated experience of the application of wrought steels

• Ability to understand both technology and business domains

• Good written and oral communication skills

• Experience supporting multi-functional teams for the validation and procurement of steel from qualified suppliers.

• Thorough knowledge of related steelmaking processes

• Experience leading diverse teams

Additional Information

• Locations for this position include East Peoria, IL and Mossville, IL.

• Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

• This position may require up to 30% travel.

What You Will Get:

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. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary

• 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)

• Short and long-term disability coverage

• Life Insurance

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy Lifestyle Programs

• Employee Assistance Programs

• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

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 .

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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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:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

• These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Posting Dates:

April 3, 2025 - April 17, 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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