Production Manager – Electric Power

Production Manager

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About EPD

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands.

We're committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

Job Summary Located in Alpharetta, Georgia, our Switchgear facility plays a critical role in delivering customized power distribution and control solutions for customers around the world. Our team designs, manufactures, tests and supports low- and medium-voltage switch gear systems that help ensure reliable power for mission-critical applications, including data centers, healthcare facilities, industrial operations and other essential infrastructure.

As a Production Manager, you will lead a team of skilled production employees responsible for the manufacturing and assembly of switch gear products. This role is responsible for driving safe, quality-focused production execution while developing employees, supporting business objectives and fostering a collaborative, high-performing work environment. Success in this position requires strong people leadership, operational decision-making, cross-functional partnership and a commitment to continuous improvement.

What You Will Do

• Lead and direct day-to-day production activities, assign work based on business priorities and support the team in meeting safety, quality and production goals.
• Lead, coach and develop production employees by setting expectations, providing feedback, addressing performance and attendance concerns and supporting employee growth and development.
• Champion a safety-first culture by reinforcing safe work practices, identifying and addressing risks and ensuring compliance with established safety standards.
• Monitor production performance, staffing needs, capacity and workflow to effectively support changing production demands and project requirements.
• Collaborate with project management, engineering, manufacturing engineering and other cross-functional partners to support project execution, resolve production challenges and communicate progress.
• Analyze production metrics, operational data and team performance to identify trends, remove barriers and drive informed decision-making.
• Maintain documentation related to operating procedures, production processes, safety requirements and quality standards.
• Communicate production priorities, status updates and business changes clearly to employees and stakeholders.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity, efficiency and overall team performance.

What You Will Have

• Problem Solving:
  Working 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.

  • 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.

• Performance Management:
  Working knowledge of successful performance management techniques; ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance.

  • Identifies opportunities to enhance performance, e.g., practice assignments, training, shadowing.

  • Ensures performance goals, checkpoints, and feedback focus on behaviors.

  • Provides documented input to formal performance review conducted by manager.

  • Observes individual performance and provides fair and objective feedback.

  • Uses formal and informal rewards and recognition programs for employees.

• Analytical Thinking:
  Basic understanding and knowledge of techniques and tools that promote…