Manufacturing Project Engineer

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Job Description

Modern Manufacturing Project Engineer

Location: Thailand or Indonesia facilities

Job Type: FullTime
Organization: Modern Manufacturing Transformation (MMT) - AP
Job Grade: SG23

Role Summary

The Modern Manufacturing Project Engineer plays a critical role in supporting and executing modern manufacturing (MM) initiatives across SE Asia facilities. This role focuses on translating modern manufacturing strategies into scalable shopfloor solutions through automation digitalization and solution integrations and also works as bridge to collect the requirements and functional needs from reginal customers.

The position works closely with facility teams MMT global development teams compliance IT and indirect purchasing team to support the facility team to deliver the Modern manufacturing (MM) projects that improve safety quality velocity and cost while enabling replication across multiple sites.

Key Responsibilities

Modern Manufacturing Project Execution

• Offer the endtoend execution of modern manufacturing projects.
• Translate business needs and MMT strategy into clear project scopes technical requirements schedules and deliverables.
• Collect the voice of regional facilities and transfer to MMT design team if there is no solution ready in MENU
• Drive pilot implementations at selected facilities and support replication to additional sites.

Technical Leadership & Engineering Excellence

• Provide handson engineering solution in manufacturing process design equipment integration and system deployment.
• Collaborate with internal engineering teams IT indirect purchasing team and external suppliers to ensure technical feasibility robustness and sustainability of solutions.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Partner with facility leadership operations quality maintenance IT and supply chain teams to ensure alignment and successful adoption.
• Serve as a key interface between local facilities and global MMT development and deployment teams.
• Support knowledge sharing standard work development and bestpractice replication across the enterprise.

Continuous Improvement & Lean Integration

• Apply Lean manufacturing principles as the foundation for modern manufacturing solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety quality throughput and cost through process optimization and technology enablement.
• Ensure projects align with MM assessment frameworks and support facility maturity advancement.

Project Management & Governance

• Manage project plans risks budgets and performance metrics.
• Prepare clear technical and executivelevel updates for project leadership team.
• Ensure compliance with Caterpillar change control safety and engineering standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in manufacturing engineering Mechanical Engineering Automation or related field on engineering.
• 5 years of experience working in manufacturing or production environments (machining assembly fabrication etc.)
• Strong communication skills in English and Thai or Bahasa Indonesia.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes production systems shopfloor operations and process flows
• Experience leading crossfunctional projects in a plant or multiplant environment.
• knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methods.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting multisite deployment or replication of manufacturing solutions.

Key Competencies

• Manufacturing domain expertise with systemlevel thinking
• Strong requirements and problemdefinition skills
• Crossfunctional collaboration and influence
• Comfort operating in ambiguous evolving environments

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