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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.

About EPD

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

Job Summary

Join a high-volume, fast-paced manufacturing environment where you’ll play a key role in optimizing production schedules and driving operational excellence. This position is responsible for analyzing and troubleshooting scheduling challenges, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring on-time delivery to meet customer and business goals. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with strong analytical and communication skills who thrives on balancing priorities and improving efficiency.

What You Will Do:

+ Analyze and troubleshoot production scheduling issues to support efficient manufacturing operations.

+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations, logistics, program management, engineering, and finance, to resolve product-related challenges and align with customer and business requirements.

+ Develop and manage complex production schedules, considering workflow, inventory levels, capacity constraints, and product quality to ensure operational excellence.

+ Monitor delivery timelines and capacity availability to meet production targets.

+ Conduct scenario planning and “what-if” analyses to support proactive decision-making.

+ Participate in weekly Global Solutions Timeline meetings to drive alignment, contribute to solution development, and support key decisions.

+ Operate as an individual contributor within the EPD Global Solutions Supply Chain Team.

Degree Requirement

4-Year Degree or equivalent/relevant experience is preferred

What You Will Have

+ **Tactical and Strategic Planning:** Extensive experience and knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.

+ Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.

+ Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.

+ Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.

+ Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.

+ Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.

+ Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

+ **Process Management:** Working knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.

+ Employs process flows, cycle time, process time and waste concepts as appropriate.

+ Walks through steps, decisions, measurements, dependencies and hand-offs for a specific process.

+ Creates process flow or work flow diagrams.

+ Documents types of process decisions and potential impact of each decision.

+ Identifies and monitors common process bottlenecks.

+ **Forecasting:** Working knowledge of forecasting tools, approaches and practices; ability to determine product demand and estimate production requirements and loads.

+ Participates in preparation of short-term forecasts for a specific product or site.

+ Gathers and analyzes demand data with specific tools and procedures.

+ Locates useful information and sources of input used in weekly, monthly and quarterly forecasts.

+ Researches seasonal trends for a major product or product line.

+ Explains common types of business conditions and activities that impact demand.

+ **Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP):** Extensive experience and knowledge of the processes, practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.

+ Monitors total plant production scheduling vis-a-vis orders.

+ Evaluates considerations for synchronizing demand for products with production capabilities.

+ Participates in sequencing work to meet targeted delivery dates for multiple and critical orders.

+ Participates in setting parameters for reorders, min/max levels, lead days and job days.

+ Coordinates capacity and materials planning for net demand within a planning period.

+ Adjusts plans based on sales forecasts, custom orders and demand-driven orders.

+ **Production Scheduling and Control:** Extensive experience and knowledge of procedures and tools for scheduling and controlling production runs; ability to utilize knowledge of daily manufacturing processes to assure quality deliverables.

+ Manages the job cycle to ensure completion of jobs according to agreed-upon schedules.

+ Communicates with customers and sales staff on scheduled and unscheduled production work.

+ Resolves critical or costly workflow problem areas and recommends improvements.

+ Schedules and oversees all production runs for a specific plant or assembly line.

+ Produces master schedules for overall plant activities; shows all dependencies and contingencies.

+ Oversees production acceptance testing and associated performance measures.

What Will Put You Ahead

+ Experience scheduling in a high-volume, fast-paced manufacturing environment

+ Proven ability to communicate effectively across multiple functions and stakeholders

+ Strong prioritization skills and adaptability to shifting customer requirements

+ Proficiency in SAP (intermediate to expert level)

+ Experience supporting Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and scenario planning

Additional Information

+ This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.

+ Travel up to 10% is possible.

+ Relocation is NOT available for this position.

+ Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

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.

Summary Pay Range:

$95,640.00 - $143,520.00

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:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

+ Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

+ Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

+ 401(k) savings plans*

+ Health Savings Account (HSA)*

+ Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

+ Health Lifestyle Programs*

+ Employee Assistance Program*

+ Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

+ Career Development*

+ Incentive bonus*

+ Disability benefits

+ Life Insurance

+ Parental leave

+ Adoption benefits

+ Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Posting Dates:

November 5, 2025 - November 12, 2025

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

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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