Senior Manager Production

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.

Definition: As a Senior Manager Production, you will provide leadership and direction to teams of machinists and/or assembly technicians while fostering a culture of safety, engagement, and continuous improvement. Pontiac Fuel Systems is a global leader in the production of fuel injectors and assemblies for off-highway diesel and dual-fuel applications. This position plays a key role in delivering business results through ownership of value stream budgets, workforce planning, resource allocation, and execution of strategic SPQVC priorities. The successful candidate will demonstrate the flexibility and adaptability needed to effectively lead teams across 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shifts in support of a continuous manufacturing operation.

Managing staffing, development, and performance management programs for operations staff; managing, motivating, and developing management team. Overseeing operations activities, ensuring that safety, and schedules and performance requirements are met and system resources are used effectively. Driving improvements for  overall operations performance and implementing production safety, cost, and quality control mechanisms. Ensures the compliance of all regulatory guidelines and forges a safe and sound manufacturing environment. Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. What Skills You Have: Production Training: Knowledge of approaches, tools and techniques for delivering formal and informal training on the safe and efficient operation of production machinery; ability to conduct effective formal and situation-specific training. Conducts needs analysis to determine skill gaps or areas where training is needed. Develops training programs on the use of new or improved production machines. Directs staff on the set-up and operation of production machinery for custom or nonstandard jobs. Evaluates the pros and cons of various training media and the value of each to the organization. Facilitates the training of employees on new equipment provided by equipment manufacturers. Measures the value of the training program by gathering pre- and post-training performance metrics. 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. Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort. Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts. Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate. Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes. Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies. Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems. Flexibility and Adaptability: Knowledge of successful approaches and techniques for dealing with change; ability to adapt to a changing environment and be comfortable with change. Creates processes with provisions to accommodate change. Helps others adapt to changing environments and accept new situations. Recovers from disappointments and setbacks. Works effectively with unstructured teams, situations, or environments. Leverages prior experience as a help towards handling changing situations. Makes progress in an atmosphere of ambiguity and uncertainty. Performance