Supplier Quality Engineer

Career Area:

Manufacturing

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.

Job Description:

Your role as a Supplier Quality Engineer at Caterpillar is to support End to End Site Quality function. This is a Senior, Principal SQE role for Fabrication and Machining Facility, manufacturing Caterpillar’s Flag ship Track Type Tractor Machines. Role requires exceptional Problem-solving skills & High Energy to swiftly resolve quality issues and limit Impact to Production Lines. A Strong Engineer concurrently works to evaluate risk and develop Quality Assurance plans to focused leveraging Incoming quality audits and Supplier audits. 

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Sets priorities and recommend solutions to support production requirements
• Leads cross functional team to solve complex supplier quality issues
• Support for quality initiatives (Lean, Defect Free, APQP..etc)
• Disposition of non-conforming material through analysis of defects and root cause identification

Qualifications - External Basic Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Design Engineering, and/or Quality
• Deep expertise in one of the category Fabrication, Casting, Machining
• Solid experience with Quality & Data analysis tools.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering discipline
• Expert with GD&T and Metrology Equipment (Vision Systems, CMM, 3D laser & Blue light Scanners)
• ASQ quality certification- CQE, CRE, CMQ&OE, CQA, CSSBB
• Automotive Product development/New product introduction (APQP) experience.
• Weld Engineering Experience. ASNT-II or CWI
• Experience with Product design and design software, Creo
• Hands on experience with Data analysis tools & Powerbi, or similar visualization tools
• Good human relations skills are needed to develop a cooperative work relationship with others inside and outside the department
• General understanding of the Caterpillar organization, products, policies, and procedures

What Skills you will have:

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
• Productively balances speed and accuracy.
• Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
 

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 Extensive Experience:
• Creates processes with provisions to accommodate change.
• Makes progress in an atmosphere of ambiguity and uncertainty.

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 Extensive Experience:
• Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
• Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.
• Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
• Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.


Additional Information:

The primary location for this position is East Peoria, IL (LL)

Domestic relocation assistance is available

Travel will be up to 0-10%

Sponsorship is not available

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 wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary
• Annual incentive bonus plan*
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
• 401k savings plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details:

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

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Summary Pay Range:

$108,360.00 - $162,480.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Annual incentive bonus plan*

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines .

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 www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

December 19, 2024 - January 1, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.     

EEO/AA Employer.  All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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