Mapleton Foundry IT Application Lead

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Job 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.

This role will provide application expertise to the Mapleton Castings and other Large Power manufacturing facilities. This is a critical role in bridging operational business processes with IT solutions ensuring technology directly enables operational performance reliability and business success.

The ideal candidate brings deep understanding of manufacturing operations strong business acumen and the ability to influence across cross functional teams. This role requires someone who can translate shopfloor and plantlevel needs into scalable sustainable IT solutions while balancing priorities.

What You Will Do:

• Serve as IT liaison across manufacturing initiatives partnering closely with onsite IT resources cross-business functional teams as well as extended IT organizations and third-party providers.

• Analyze and understand endtoend manufacturing processes aligning them with enabling IT capabilities.

• Enhance and optimize use of manufacturing systems with a strong emphasis on ERP / MES Solutions.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to manufacturing and technology stakeholders by clearly communicating tradeoffs risks and value.

• Identify opportunities to leverage data analytics and AIenabled solutions to improve decisionmaking efficiency and operational outcomes.

What You Have:

• Advanced experience in IT with manufacturing applications experience.

• Demonstrated advanced functional knowledge of MFG Pro and other ERP / MES Solutions.

• Proven business acumen particularly in manufacturing operations and supply chain.

• Excellent soft skills including communication facilitation and stakeholder management.

• Strong prioritization capabilities effectively managing competing demands.

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Experience supporting or integrating with various ERP and MES systems in a manufacturing or enterprise context.

• Familiarity with data solutions reporting platforms or manufacturing analytics.

• Experience applying AI or advanced analytics to solve operational or business problems.

Skills Descriptors:

Core Application Systems:

• Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations.

• Manages application-related issues implications and approaches with clients.

• Evaluates key interfaces and interdependencies among core applications systems.

• Explains features and benefits of core applications for consideration by business units.

• Implements existing and planned application enhancements in major business units.

• Tracks data flow between own applications and core applications in other business areas.

• Plans enhancement conversion and retirement strategies for core applications.

Problem Solving:

• Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.

• Use varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.

• Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches tools and processes.

• Develop successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Application Design Architecture:

• Knowledge of basic activities and deliverables of application design; ability to utilize application design methodologies tools and techniques to convert business requirements and logical models into technical application design.

• Facilitates application design reviews and walkthroughs.

• Creates and evaluates technical alternatives for complex applications.

• Interprets application services such as API; integrate them with technical design.

• Develops various distinct and multiple technical application designs.

• Prepares technical design documents and blueprints for applications.

• Explores and evaluates application design considerations for multiple technologies.

IT Service Management (ITSM):

• Knowledge of Information Technology (IT) service; ability to manage IT services and oversee service operations.

• Promotes the use of standard procedures in each function of IT services.

Implementation:

• Knowledge of how to run applications for organizations; ability to implement application software within an organization and help end-users perform specific tasks (ex: accounting or graphic design).

• Tracks problems are associated with the quality and effectiveness of application software.

• Researches the benefits and drawbacks of an organizations application software.

• Drafts application software usage for the departments needs.

• Provides instant support for end users of application software.

• Implements specific application software under the supervision of management.

System and Technology Integration:

• Knowledge of the features and facilities of systems; ability to integrate and communicate among applications databases and technology platforms.

• Designs and develops applications or technology interfaces and bridges.

• Documents existing best practices for system or technology integration processes.

• Identifies and quantifies risks of proposed alternatives to a system or technology integration initiative.

• Delivers training on key issues interfaces considerations and potential pitfalls and risks.

• Discusses with line areas on data technology and application integration issues.

• Advises others on how to integrate projects across multiple technologies.

Technical Troubleshooting:

• Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches tools and techniques; ability to anticipate recognize and resolve technical issues on hardware software application or operation.

• Discovers analyzes and resolves hardware software or application problems.

• Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides tools and utilities.

• Manages calls related to product features applications and compatibility standards.

• Analyzes code logs and current systems as part of advanced troubleshooting.

• Records and reports specific technical problems solving processes and tools that have been used.

Additional Information:

• This role can sit in Mossville IL or Mapleton Foundry

• SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS ROLE.

• This role requires 5 days onsite.

• Relocation: Yes

Education / Experience: Bachelors degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

What You Will Get:

• Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

• Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical dental vision RX and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus. Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays.

• All qualified individuals - Including minorities females veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

About Caterpillar -

Caterpillar Inc. is the worlds leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment off-highway diesel and natural gas engines industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years weve been helping customers build a better more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services backed by our global dealer network provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose ofestablishingthe specific salarygrade. It is not designed tocontainor be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilitiesdutiesand effortrequiredofemployees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of essential job functions as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Summary Pay Range:

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

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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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