Facilities Engineering Supervisor

Facilities Engineering Supervisor

Hodges, South Carolina

Industry: Manufacturing & Production

Job Category: Engineering - Industrial / Manufacturing

Visa Candidate Considered: No

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Job Title: Facilities Engineering Supervisor

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Important Position Information

• Position is located in Hodges, SC.
• Domestic relocation is available for this position.
• To be considered for the role, please apply by 1/17/2024 at 11:59pm.
• The incumbent will have 15-25 direct reports across a three-shift operation.

Role Definition:

The Maintenance Engineer Manager leads team supporting operations and manufacturing processes, tooling and tool design, and equipment needed to produce assigned parts/products successfully and economically in accordance with engineering specifications.

What you will do:

• Facilitates the safe and effective preventative and unplanned maintenance of production and facility equipment and infrastructure.
• Maintain the workflow process (work identification, PM and repair planning, scheduling, execution, and auditing).
• Monitor, coordinate, and track maintenance compliance items such as precision instruments and PPE in adherence to safety and quality requirements.
• Investigate and source parts, technical documentation to repair machinery and equipment; work with machinery vendors to resolve maintenance items.
• Provide leadership and support to personnel through mentoring and shared problem solving and RCCA’s.

Degree/ Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required, but an Engineering discipline (Metallurgical, Manufacturing, Industrial, etc.) is preferred.
• 15 years of experience in an industrial maintenance position (tactical maintenance)

Skills you will need to be successful:

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 Working Knowledge:

• Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
• Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
• Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
• Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
• Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Judgment and Decision Making : Knowledge of the decision-making process; ability to carefully evaluate the impact of emerging business situations and choose the best path forward communicating actions and activities that maximize organizational performance.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Seeks input from multiple sources to generate diverse ideas for decision making.
• Sustains organization strategies over time by accurately analyzing tradeoffs in changing direction or staying the course.
• Makes decisions that remain defensible beyond the short term.
• Communicates decisions confidently and resolutely.
• Remains steadfast in championing others' decisions that later come under scrutiny.
• Coaches others to improve judgment and confidence in decision making skills.

Capacity Planning & Management - MFG: Knowledge of tools, approaches, and practices for determining production demand and ability to manage resources needed to provide satisfactory levels of service.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Documents major considerations of product promotions and analyzes their effect on production and required capacity.
• Provides management reports on actual and projected capacity requirements.
• Uses available tools to interpret forecasts and work out required capacity.
• Participates in developing short-term capacity requirements for a specific product or plant.
• Collects and collates key elements of demand chain used in developing capacity requirements.

Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of the philosophy, principles, and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Manages the adoption of lean manufacturing principles across the organization.
• Teaches others about how lean approach integrates operations, customers, logistics and product development.
• Consults on work cell design and plan layout in support of lean principles.
• Consults on the use of lean approaches across multiple functions.
• Trains others on key lean measurements and tools and techniques for measuring performance.
• Participates in detailed planning for implementing and monitoring lean manufacturing.

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.

Manufacturing Processes: Knowledge of existing product manufacturing methods, technologies and processes; ability to execute, plan, manage and monitor the entire manufacturing process.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Advises others using industry experience and benchmarks for methodology effectiveness.
• Develops best practices documentation for all major activities and tasks.
• Trains others on all major tasks and considerations for the full manufacturing process.
• Participates in measuring and monitoring new processes and technologies.
• Selects and optimizes specific methodologies for specific products.
• Evaluates benefits, drawbacks and appropriateness of alternative processes and technologies.

Manufacturing Safety: Knowledge of manufacturing safety; ability to identify work-related hazards and perform necessary activities to meet regulatory requirements for the safety and protection of workers, environment and site.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Consults on the use of new tools and techniques for safety protection.
• Performs safety inspections to assure compliance with OSHA requirements.
• Designs and implements emergency response processes and procedures.
• Promotes workplace safety among supervisors and workers; communicates safety rules and regulations.
• Assesses and reports unusual or new safety hazards or violations; initiates corrective action.
• Ensures that all employees and contractors comply with relevant safety policies and regulations.

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

Level Working Knowledge:

• Contributes to the development and implementation of specific manufacturing procedures.
• Investigates the need to refer potential exceptions upward for review and approval.
• Explains the rationale for procedures and standards in own area of responsibility.
• Participates in the implementation of manufacturing standards and procedures to one's own function.
• Provides feedback for improvement of procedures.

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What you will get:

• 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)

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.

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