Lafayette Quality Engineer
Lafayette Quality Engineer
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Job Description
Career Area:
ManufacturingJob Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar yourejoining 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 dontjust 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.
The Quality Engineer performs advanced inspection and audits to track analyze and report on materials processes and products to ensure conformance to companys quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Conducting measurement systems analysis; gathering analyzing and communicating non-conformance data.
- Analyzing non-conformance data and maintaining quality system documentation.
- Interacting with manufacturing team members to determine the root cause of quality issues and ensure that corrective and preventive action is implemented.
- Identifying analyzing and resolving nonconformance. Investigating problems on worked purchased finished rough and interplant material.
- Coordinates various Quality training programs.
Degree Requirement
- 4-year degree in Quality Supply Chain Manufacturing or similar discipline.
Skill Descriptors
Quality Management: Knowledge of quality management methods tools techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Explain the purpose and limitations of quality management.
- Accesses organizational resources that enable quality management.
- Defines quality management concepts.
- Cites are examples of organizational quality management initiatives.
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.
- Learn from mistakes and apply lessons learned.
- Develops and uses checklists to ensure that information goes out error-free.
Collaborating: Knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Demonstrates a basic understanding of the concept of collaborative processes.
- Explains the concept of collaboration as applicable to organizations.
- Provides examples of how collaboration has helped achieve organizational goals.
- Contrasts collaborative with competitive operating styles in organizations.
Flexibility and Adaptability: Knowledge of successful approaches and techniques for dealing with change; ability to adapt to a changing environment and be comfortable with change.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Adjust to new or changing assignments processes and people.
- Demonstrates willingness to listen to other opinions.
- Provides examples of shifting from task to task.
- Identifies and considers alternative approaches to situations or problems.
- Accepts new or radical ideas with an open mind; avoids snap reactions.
Problem Solving: 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.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Explain the value of a disciplined approach to problem solving.
- Describes problem reporting and escalation practices.
- Utilizes accepted procedures for problem analysis and resolution.
- Identifies key aspects of problem-solving techniques used in own area.
Manufacturing Standards Procedures and Policies: Knowledge of organizational standards procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan guide and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Discusses the relevance of standards for a manufacturing environment.
- Research process and product blueprints for own area.
- Describes and follows all policies standards and procedures.
- Obtains documentation and information on standards and their usage.
Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Knowledge of the concepts principles and techniques of root cause analysis (RCA); ability to use a structured approach to identify the causes of undesirable consequences in a manufacturing environment and the changes needed to prevent recurrences.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Utilizes RCA techniques such as Flowchart Fish-bone Diagram etc. to investigate basic problems determine the causes and find resolutions.
- Locates factors that resulted in harmful outcomes of one or more past events.
- Pinpoints behaviors actions inaction or conditions that need to be changed.
- Extrapolates lessons to be learned to promote the achievement of better consequences.
- Practices RCA as an iterative process.
Summary Pay Range:
$79800.00 - $119760.00Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market locationjob-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
This position requires working onsite five days a week.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 Dates:September 5 2025 - September 12 2025Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
