Career Area:
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Job Description:
Job Description
The Quality Supervisor has responsibility to provide support for quality initiatives in facility operations, supplier quality, and materials technology. Position will ensure conformity to global quality processes defined in the Caterpillar Quality Management System (QMS), day to day management of quality resources, and ensure resources are trained and competent.
This position will provide leadership on the off shifts (primarily 2nd shift) to improve lab safety, efficiency, and employee engagement. The role will also provide leadership and metallurgical experience for sustaining team development in the Mapleton Met Lab.
Job Duties
The incumbent, through the Quality Control staff, ensures the conformance to specifications of iron castings, purchased material, machined parts and assemblies in an assigned area. Inspection gages are also certified periodically to ensure valid inspection results. Decisions made by this position have significant impact on the quality reputation of company products. The incumbent interprets inspection policies and procedures and supervises the activities of bargaining unit personnel.
The incumbent in this position is responsible for overseeing the execution of processes, plans and tools that support metallurgical quality and global quality systems or related processes i.e. Cost of Poor Quality, APQP, PPAP, quality certifications, MQ11005 and MQ12005 etc. The incumbent must also ensure alignment to CPS (Caterpillar Production System) principles.
The incumbent is responsible for verifying that quality is being maintained throughout the metallurgical inspection processes. Works with Engineering, Operations and other functional areas in establishing audit procedures, audit frequencies and quality teams to insure customers are receiving a Caterpillar quality product.
Plan work and manage shop floor quality controllers. Establish schedule of product control and equipment control.
The position reports directly to a Quality or Engineering Manager and is typically responsible for metallurgical quality of cast iron engine components. The position supervises or manages a work unit of hourly employees where planning, scheduling, training, monitoring, and reviewing work of subordinates is required, and is responsible for area safety issues, personnel issues and performance evaluation of subordinates.
The position's primary customers are internal. The position is challenged to quickly and correctly identify problems, which may not be obvious. The incumbent solves problems by determining the best course of action, within departmental guidelines, from existing solutions and by developing new ones. The incumbent sets priorities and establishes a work plan in order to complete broadly defined assignments and achieve desired results. Impacts key quality goals including Customer Satisfaction, Continuous Improvement, Timeliness, Efficiency, Process Quality, Part Quality, Internal Quality Certification, Vendor Certification, ISO 9000 Certification, etc. The position meets or exceeds quality standard set for the measure(s) stated.
Basic Qualifications
Top Candidates will also have
Demonstrated leadership abilities - Zero Injury and Stop-to-Fix mindset
Good communication and collaboration skills
Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
General understanding of metallurgical processes and testing
Basic blueprint reading skills
Knowledge of Caterpillar quality and manufacturing systems such as EtQ, Infinity, Redi, etc.
Willingness to work outside of normal work hours including overtime and alternate shifts
Additional Information
This position will close on 6/14/2023 at 11:59 p.m.
The location for this position is Mapleton, IL
Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
This position may require
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).
Final details
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