Facilities Engineer

Description

Career Area:

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.

Responsibilities

• Performing or assisting in routine maintenance or construction work.

• Monitoring and maintaining parts and tools inventory for infrastructure components and services.

• Serving as first line of support for building service problems and work requests.

• Assisting facility engineers and supporting manufacturing and other related departments.

Skill Descriptors

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:

• Explains 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.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Identifies project management tools and requirements within own function.

• Describes the key objectives, phases and deliverables of a current project.

• Explains the concepts of phase, activity, task, and deliverable.

• Gives examples of critical paths in projects.

Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Provides examples of the characteristics of effective business relationships.

• Identifies key business relationships in own organization.

• Describes the nature of a productive business relationship.

• Explains the benefits of building business partnerships.

Supplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Describes the typical tasks associated with using and managing suppliers.

• Defines common terms and conditions of agreements with suppliers.

• Explains the organizational process for soliciting and selecting suppliers.

• States the roles and responsibilities of one's own and suppliers' staff.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees 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."

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