Maintenance Team Lead - 2Nd Shift Flex

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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.

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.

**Applications must be complete with a completed relevant work history to be considered. Please include an attached resume or completed job history entry**

As Maintenance Team Lead , your role will be to provide leadership to the facility maintenance and tool crib teams and to facilitate continuous improvement to reach team goals and ensure customer satisfaction. You will bring your maintenance experience and expertise to perform electrical and mechanical maintenance work with the team within the facility. You will also bring experience in maintaining and repairing CNC equipment and machining centers across an array of manufacturers. Responsible for preventative and daily maintenance of production burn tables, press brake, and numerous state-of-the-art CNC machining centers to include Mazak, Giddings & Lewis (G&L), Haas, and Okuma. SEE MORE BELOW- What To Expect. Be a part of the amazing things happening at Caterpillar Brooklyn Park!

**THIS IS A CORE 2ND SHIFT BASED ROLE 02:00PM-10:00PM CST WITH SWING-SHIFT SUPPORT FOR 3RD SHIFT AS WELL WHEN NEEDED- FLEXIBILITY BETWEEN THESE TWO SHIFTS POSSIBLE**

Required Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance function for manufacturing, commercial or industrial facilities

Desired Qualifications

• Ability to coordinate with production teams to accomplish work performed by internal and external sources.

• Ability to trouble shoot equipment with or without schematics or parts lists.

• Strong verbal/written communication, analytical, problem solving, leadership and interpersonal skills

• Good time management, continuous improvement and team skills including the ability to provide leadership and instruction to employees in a fast-paced production environment.

• Ability to trouble-shoot mechanical and electrical problems

• Two-year trade school in heating, ventilation, air conditioning or building maintenance.

What We Offer:

• 13 Days' Vacation first year (prorated)

• Paid winter holiday plant closure

• 10 paid holidays; 1 floating holiday (assigned); 1 volunteer day

• Benefits Day 1 - Total Rewards: Health, Dental, 401K w/ up to 6% match + an additional annual company contribution, HSA/FSA, RX, additional wellness

• Bonus: Quarterly Gain Sharing performance bonus up to 10%

• Career development Opportunities across Caterpillar

• Cafeteria with weekly menu and 24 hour deli

Additional Information

Shift: 2ND SHIFT CORE (3rd SHIFT COVERAGES -SWING OPTIONAL)

Hours: 02:00PM-10:00PM CST (Training acclimation may take place between 1st-2nd SHIFT hours)

Location: Brooklyn Park, MN

Compensation: Grade L10; plus eligible shift differential and overtime.

What You Can Expect:  

• Responsible for putting safety first with a goal to prevent all injuries, occupational illnesses and safety incidents

• Lead daily maintenance activities, which may include updating daily & weekly metrics, providing input on maintenance schedule adjustments, and facilitating daily maintenance work scheduling dialogs with team and management.

• Process maintenance requests and prioritize and schedule daily maintenance work orders.

• Assist in work coordination with contractors.

• Train and develop employees on job skills, problem solving and cross training. Provide recognition to employee contributions.

• Coordinate continuous improvement to maintenance processes by identifying, driving, and sustaining improvements.

• Work with operations support functions, management and production teams to identify and resolve issues related to safety, quality, process and delivery checks, as well as issues related to equipment, fixture, tool, process, quality, delivery and product/layout changes to ensure daily production schedules are met.

• Perform plant maintenance mechanic duties as required.

• Provide support for diagnosing and repairing problems with production equipment, building equipment and structures.

• May provide input to employee reviews.

• Electronically and manually maintain documentation for production.

• Take initiative to identify, document, communicate and correct problems, report discrepancies and recommend solutions

• Support team People, Quality, Velocity and Cost (PQVC) initiatives and daily activities.

• Work and interact effectively in a team environment in alignment with our Code of Conduct and Values in Action.

• Complete projects as needed

• Work with limited supervision

Benefits:   

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. 

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date). Day one eligibility- must complete benefits information during orientation. 

Applications must be complete to be considered. Please include an attached resume or job history entries.

Relocation assistance 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  

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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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