Lean Engineering Project Team Leader

Caterpillar
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Posted on: 29 Jan 2021

Mossville, IL

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Job Description

Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

WE BUILD WHAT MATTERS

What matters most to you? Is it being part of a strong team? Supporting your family? Solving global problems? You can do these and more at Caterpillar; where your work enables progress around the globe, and you contribute to meaningful work. Together, we can build what matters!

The Industrial Power Systems Division has an exciting opportunity for a Lean Engineering Project Team Lead located in Mossville, Illinois. As a Lean Engineering Project Team Lead at Caterpillar, you will be empowered to use Lean principles to drive continuous improvement and a Lean culture within the Industrial Power Systems Division. This position will be responsible for leading Lean initiatives and continuous improvement methodology throughout the IPSD Large Engines Product Engineering Teams, including Engine, Aftertreatment, Systems Integration, Mechatronics and Virtual Product Development. Communication and collaboration with other process partners across values streams is required.

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

* Coordinate and deliver Lean training and coach improvement project teams

* Manage the development and maintenance of methods and systems for measuring continuous improvement and generate, analyze and broadcast metrics

* Provide technical guidance to Process Owners and Team Leads towards developing stop capability improvements and process root cause corrective actions

* Lead defect sorting and oversight for quality and velocity defect investigation

* Coordinate governance meetings with Leadership

Basic Qualifications:

* Requires a bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum

* Minimum of 5 years of Engineering Experience

Top Candidates will also have:

* Excellent team leadership, change management and communication skills

* Experience with Engine and Aftertreatment design

* Experience with Lean deployment and application of Lean tools

* Experience with Built in Quality (BIQ) and Quality Management Systems

Relocation assistance is 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.

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

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Caterpillar

Deerfield, IL

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, cold planers, feller bunchers, harvesters, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, skidders, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; backhoe, knuckleboom, compact track, multi-terrain, skid steer, and track-type loaders; forestry and wheel excavators; and site prep and track-type tractors.

The company’s Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, electronics and control systems, select work tools, and hard rock continuous mining systems.

Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines and integrated systems for the power generation, marine, oil, and gas industries; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; remanufactured reciprocating engines and components; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products.

The company’s Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products. Its All Other operating segment manufactures filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; integrated logistics solutions and distribution services; and digital investments services.

The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar Inc. in 1986. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.