Entry Level Manufacturing Engineer

** Career Area:*
* Manufacturing

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* Job Description:

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* ** 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.

** Responsibilities*
* -    Participating in identifying and implementing enhancements and modifications to equipment and processes.

-    Executing manufacturing tasks and processes according to defined SOPs and accurately documenting data.

-    Identifying issues related to manufacturing processes and implementing process improvements.

-    Providing engineering support on planning, development, operation, and maintenance of equipment, processes, or facilities.

** Skill Descriptors*
* Accuracy and Attention to Detail:
Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Working Knowledge:

-    Accurately gauges the impact and cost of errors, omissions, and oversights.

-    Utilizes specific approaches and tools for checking and cross-checking outputs.

-    Processes limited amounts of detailed information with good accuracy.

-    Learns from mistakes and applies lessons learned.

-    Develops and uses checklists to ensure that information goes out error-free.

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.

Managing Multiple Priorities:
Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.

Level Working Knowledge:

-    Recognizes changing demands and priorities; validates changes with management.

-    Obtains information about how current assignments contribute to organizational goals.

-    Completes current work according to assigned priorities.

-    Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work.

-    Performs at least 2-3 concurrent activities without reducing productivity.

Change Control - MFG:
Knowledge of the processes and procedures by which a change is identified, evaluated, approved, monitored and documented; ability to manage changes in the production environment and processes effectively.

Level Basic Understanding:

-    Explains the basic purpose of change control and consequences of lack of control.

-    Identifies common changes to manufacturing equipment, technologies and systems.

-    Describes the process for introducing any change to a production environment.

-    Describes the associated communication requirements, activities and authorization levels.

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 Basic Understanding:

-    Cites examples of benefits and risks associated with implementing lean principles.

-    Describes basic tools for observing existing processes and identifying waste.

-    Cites industry or company examples of successful and unsuccessful lean implementations.

-    Identifies key lean principles and highlights of the lean manufacturing process.

Manufacturing Equipment:
Knowledge of the electrical, mechanical and logistics equipment used in manufacturing; ability to safely…