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.

Your role as a Quality Manager at Caterpillar is to support End to End Site Quality function. Role requires exceptional Problem-solving skills & High Energy to swiftly resolve quality issues and limit Impact to Production Lines. Additional responsibilities include developing Quality assurance plans focused on leveraging Incoming quality audits and Supplier audits.

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Manage a unionized hourly workforce consisting of a team lead and quality inspectors for welding, machining, assembly, painting, receiving, and packaging value streams across a three shift operation 24-7-365, objective is to ensure quality standards are met.

• Creation and maintenance of the welding inspection quality gates in SAP.

• Auditing AQE’s for correct coding and working with inspectors on making improvements to quality gates.

• Annually quality inspector reviews assessing competence to perform job role.

• Hiring and training quality inspectors and NDT technicians for MT/PT Level II certifications and UT Level I certification.

• Improve quality of inspection system with implementation of AQE Check Items and or checklists.

• Supporting development of quality assurance strategies, processes, guidelines and control plans which assure quality and reliability of manufactured products.

• Developing and reviewing inspection reports with operations team and manufacturing engineering to solve quality issues.

• Weekend support of value stream operations teams with quality inspectors.

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Familiarity with the CAT dealer network

• Knowledge of CPI and BIQ processes

• Excel and Power BI experience

• Degree or equivalent experience desired

• AWS CWI certified

• ASNT MT/PT Level II certifications and UT Level II certifications

What Skills you will have:

Quality Management:
• Interprets results of quantitative and statistical tools and explains results to others.
• Conducts and directs quality reviews.
• Develops expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.

Collaborating:
• Demonstrates experience participating in productive collaborative processes.
• Under guidance, initiates collaborative meetings.
• Helps solve business problems and meet business goals through collaborative processes.

Problem Solving:
• 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.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Root Cause Analysis (RCA):
• Investigates a broad range of problems, determines causes, and finds resolutions.
• Develops corrective action based on RCA results.
• Guides others to recognize repeat situations even when they are distributed over time or happen to different people.
• Works with a variety of RCA approaches such as safety-based, production-based, process-based, failure-based, and systems-based.

Additional Information:

The primary location for this position is South Milwaukee, WI

Domestic relocation assistance is available

Travel will be up to 5%

Sponsorship is not available

Summary Pay Range:

$87,480.00 - $131,280.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

401(k) savings plans*

Health Savings Account (HSA)*

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

Health Lifestyle Programs*

Employee Assistance Program*

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

Career Development*

Incentive bonus*

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Adoption benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

       

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

May 8, 2025 - May 18, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.     

EEO/AA Employer.  All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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