Career Area:
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Job Description:
QUALITY ENGINEER
Lafayette, Indiana
Relocation Assistance Available
CATERPILLAR - WE BUILD WHAT MATTERS
What matters most to you? Is it being part of a strong team? Supporting your family? Solving global problems? You can do these and more at Caterpillar; where your work enables progress around the globe, and you contribute to meaningful work!
A Quality Engineer in Caterpillar's Large Power and Systems Division (LPSD) conducts investigations and analyses which contribute to the development and implementation of methods, procedures and equipment that ensure quality standards for large engines and components. They provide support for supplier and internal quality areas by leading on quality development and certification of processes, production quality problems resolution, and deviation administration.
Job Duties / Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Work with all employees to improve quality practices in their processes through quality manner such as providing quality support on castings, working directly with CMO on continuous improvement and resolving issues, facility casting expertise and assisting with deviation escalation.
Develops plans and tools that are used reduction of internal and external defects. Primary support area is machining.
Function in a staff capacity in a particular phase of Quality Assurance responsibilities throughout the facility, performing audits, improvements of processes and customer satisfaction.
Proactively develop quality related control methodologies. Encourage the implementation of the established systems.
Quickly and correctly identify problems which may not be obvious. Solves problems by determining the best course of action, within departmental guidelines, from many existing solutions.
Basic Qualifications:
Associate's degree in Business, Engineering, or Manufacturing AND 4 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment OR
Bachelor's degree Business, Engineering, or Manufacturing AND 2 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment OR
6 years of relevant work experience.
Top Candidates will also have:
A Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field
Strong ability to influence with all levels of employees and customers, especially with leadership management employees.
Knowledge and experience with ETQ, Microsoft Office and Power Bi
Employee benefit details:
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 (prorated based upon hire date).
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.
This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants for this position 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 .
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
There's more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.
Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee's contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we've built.
