Manager Maintenance - Mechanical Training

## Manager Maintenance - Mechanical Training Apply locations:
Mapleton, Illinois time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
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** Career Area:
** Manufacturing
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* 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.

Guide, develop, and evaluate mechanical trainees while overseeing day-to-day maintenance activities. The role ensures that trainees gain technical competence, safety awareness, and professional habits required to become fully qualified maintenance technicians.
** Responsibilities:
*** Creating work plans for staff and contractors; reviewing the maintenance work performed by technicians. Coordinate daily maintenance schedules, allocate tasks appropriate to trainee skill levels, and ensure efficient workflow.
* Enforce safety protocols, conduct toolbox talks, and ensure trainees understand and follow all regulatory and site‐specific safety requirements.
* Assign, supervise, and review mechanical maintenance tasks performed by trainees, ensuring work meets operational and safety standards through technical oversight.
* Coaching and mentoring teams to encourage, motivate, and guide individuals in learning and improving effectiveness. Maintain accurate records of trainee hours, completed tasks, competency milestones, and maintenance logs.
* Monitor trainee progress, document competencies, provide constructive feedback, and recommend advancement or additional training. Deliver structured on the job training, coach trainees through troubleshooting, and provide progressive skill building opportunities.
* Work closely with senior technicians, engineering teams, and operations to align trainee activities with plant needs.
** Degree Requirement:
** Degree or equivalent experience desired
** Skills you must have:
**** Accuracy and Attention to Detail:
** Basic understanding of the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
* ** Accountability** — Modeling high standards for trainees.
* ** Adaptability** — Foundries are unpredictable; supervisors must adjust quickly.
* ** Attention to Detail** — Critical in environments where small errors can cause major failures.
** Decision Making and Critical Thinking:
** Working Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
** Effective Communications:
** Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
** Performance Management:
** Basic knowledge of successful performance management techniques; ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to develop and improve individual, team, and organizational performance.
* ** Coaching & Mentoring** — Ability to teach hands‐on skills patiently and effectively.
* ** Competency Assessment** — Tracking trainee progress and identifying skill gaps.
* ** Communication Skills** — Clear instructions in noisy, fast‐paced environments.
* ** Conflict Resolution** — Managing stress, disagreements, or performance issues.
** 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.
* ** Root Cause Analysis** — Teaching trainees how to diagnose not just symptoms but underlying causes.
* ** Lean Maintenance Concepts** — Reducing downtime and waste in a heavy‐industry environment.
* ** Reliability‐Centered Thinking** —…