Production Manager

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.

Manages the day-to-day operations of one or more manufacturing production lines, prepares schedules, resolves issues, and ensures adherence to safety and quality standards.

* Creating reports and records of production processes, tools issues performance, and inventory; sharing suggestions with managers and leading improvements to safety, productivity and quality for assigned areas of accountability.

* Overseeing operations activities, ensuring that safety, and schedules and performance requirements are met and system resources are used effectively.

* Monitoring 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.

Skill Descriptors

Analytical Thinking:
Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Working Knowledge:

* Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.

* Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.

* Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.

* Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

* Identifies the major forces, events, and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.

Planning and Organizing:
Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.

Level Working Knowledge:

* Raises awareness of potential bottlenecks and disruptions to the schedule.

* Breaks tasks into manageable steps that can be incorporated into a personal work plan.

* Escalates concerns over competing or conflicting priorities.

* Monitors progress continuously and adjusts tactics for handling situations on a case by case basis.

* Creates action plans that ensure the accomplishment of responsibilities.

Process Improvement:
Understanding and insight into evaluating current product quality and production methods and ability to maintains focus on the continuous improvement of processes, products and services.

Level Extensive

Experience:

* Streamlines the critical workflow for executing key processes.

* Sets priorities for addressing process problems that limit performance.

* Develops methods for improving and establishing controls for critical processes.

* Monitors external sources for applicable new methods and controls.

* Analyzes findings from improvement cycles to ensure success of interventions.

* Coaches others to develop the skills to improve processes.

Performance Management:
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.

Level Working Knowledge:

* 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.

Manufacturing Operations:
Knowledge of manufacturing operations; ability to perform day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or…