Career Area:
Administrative Support
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World
Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.
When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don't just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in - the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer's needs. Join us.
Description:
The Security Professional will primarily support the Global Investigations team but may be called upon to support all functions within the Security department under the responsibility of the Chief Security Officer. This position will manage and implement delegated global processes and provide advanced administrative and project support to Security leadership, availing them the additional time for their top responsibilities.
Job duties will constantly change with the demands and needs of Security leadership. The incumbent must be able to perform duties with a high level of confidentiality and discretion. This role is seeking someone who is exceptionally organized and capable of multitasking. The incumbent will help build a positive team environment and establish working relationships inside and outside of Global Investigations.
Candidates must have the ability to meet tight deadlines, to complete complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance, to prioritize and handle multiple assignments at any given time, and to react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround. Candidates must possess a high level of integrity and discretion, superior attention to detail, strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Candidates must be able to organize, complete and maintain large projects such as databases for a process improvement and records retention/defensible deletion management. This position might also include the direction and coordination of the activities of others both internal and external to Global Security.
In support of security and investigations management, assignments may require reviewing the work of other personnel and providing updates to Security leadership. Assignments may require assuming a significant role, either as an individual contributor or as part of a project team, with increasing emphasis on identifying and applying techniques to solve problems and make recommendations. Candidates will be required to develop collaborative relationships and provide expertise, technical guidance, and support within the Security department.
Representative activities:
- Create polished presentations and documents using Microsoft Office products
- Handle multiple projects and meet deadlines
- Work on ad hoc assignments as needed
- Recognize and maintain the confidentiality of work materials
- Willingness to take initiative and ownership of projects, as needed
- Manage and maintain historical and current data sets used for reporting purposes
BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE: This position typically requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with four to seven years experience with a major law enforcement, intelligence, public service, or private sector security organization.
TOP CANDIDATES WILL ALSO HAVE:
- Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills, as well as excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to influence and gain buy-in and alignment
- Ability to create high quality, metrics driven work
- A sense of urgency and the ability to multi-task and self-direct
- Ability to collaborate successfully across the organization
- Flexibility to address competing demands and meet deadlines
- Familiarity with Caterpillar functional areas, policies, and procedures
- Ability to maintain focus on continuous improvement
- Ability to act as an advisor or consultant to senior management on initiatives.
- Ability to embrace technology to find new and creative ways to reach key audiences.
- Microsoft Office 0365 suite experience using automation
- Flexibility to support the 24/7 security mission and requirements
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 an hourly wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of a monthly bonus.
Final details:
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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
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EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
