Manager Maintenance Mechanical Training

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Job Description:

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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 sitespecific 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 organizations performance management system practices and tools to develop and improve individual team and organizational performance.

• Coaching & Mentoring Ability to teach handson skills patiently and effectively.

• Competency Assessment Tracking trainee progress and identifying skill gaps.

• Communication Skills Clear instructions in noisy fastpaced 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 heavyindustry environment.

• ReliabilityCentered Thinking Building longterm equipment health into trainee habits.

Mechanical Maintenance & Equipment Expertise: Knowledge of industrial systems and foundry equipment with ability to perform troubleshooting and apply preventive and predictive maintenance to maximize reliability and performance.

• Mechanical Systems Knowledge Strong understanding of pumps conveyors hydraulics pneumatics gearboxes bearings and rotating equipment.

• Foundry Equipment Familiarity Knowledge of molding machines shakeout systems furnaces casting lines cooling systems and dust collection.

• Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Ability to teach and enforce PM tasks lubrication standards and condition monitoring.

• Troubleshooting Skills Rapid diagnosis of mechanical failures under production pressure.

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM): Basic knowledge of total productive maintenance principles methods and processes; ability to maximize machinery effectiveness through active involvement of all supporting departments.

• TPM Implementation Ability to lead and teach TPM principles such as autonomous maintenance equipment ownership and continuous improvement.

• Autonomous Maintenance Coaching Guiding trainees to perform basic inspections cleaning lubrication and early detection of abnormalities.

• OEE Awareness Understanding how equipment availability performance and quality ties into foundry productivity.

• Kaizen & SmallGroup Activities Facilitating trainee involvement in improvement projects that reduce downtime and defects.

• Standardization Developing and enforcing standard work for routine mechanical tasks and TPM checklists.

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Previous experience in maintenance and leadership

• Foundry Experience

• Mechanical background or mechanical engineering degree

Additional Information:

• This position is in Mapleton IL

• Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

• A closer look into the Mapleton Facility details:

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  Summary Pay Range:

  $89210.00 - $133810.00

  Compensation 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.
  Relocation is available for this position.
  Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

  Posting Dates:

  Any 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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