Quality Team Lead -1st shift at Caterpillar in Lafayette, Indiana

Job Description:

Career Area:
Operations
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.

To assist the Quality Manager in leading Team members, coordinating and delegating workflow and overseeing day to day operation of area; promoting cooperative team relationships, establishing and modifying priorities, gathering metrics, generating reports, overseeing work for multiple job classifications, etc. Occasionally performing various warehousing functions at a Caterpillar warehouse/distribution facility.

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Attend start up PID. Actively participate and communicate known issues with the teams.
• Work with BIQ areas and provide them data and coachbacks from previous day/current month.
• Lead sort meetings at CLS and support problem solving activities with the team
• Attend sort meetings with Quality Manager to improve customer operations
• Review defect tracker daily with status of internal/external defects
• Work with operations teams to prevent past due BIQ responses to the customer
• Work with the customer to gather information regarding customer found defects
• Provide internal areas with info necessary to complete investigations
• Reject defects assigned that do not provide adequate information to complete investigations
• Support assembly in getting the required information for CLF teams to investigate
• Oversee BIQ Kit audit for compliance of kit going to LEC
• Verify and sign off on returns from assembly to return to LEC through Power App
• Coordinate and facilitate Kaizen and Go See Act walks with operations teams for repeating defects from CLS
• Lead and Facilitate weekly Errors per 10k review with Quality Manager and Decision team.
• Confirm Month end schedule adjusted accordingly
• Lead Extended Quality Metrics weekly walk
• Enter each of the following into the BIS system weekly: 1 Stop-to-Fix, 1 Standard work audit, and 1 HOPS
• Support operations group to prevent past due BIQ responses >48 hours
• PST required items: Missed BIQ defects, SLA findings, high trending offenders, External Defects (identified by the customer).
• Communicate with peer on next shift. (Clean handoff in email or hand-written log. Pass off any unfinished items)
• 5S- Verify work area is in good 5S condition. No unnecessary items remaining in immediate work area

Essential Job Functions:

• Occasionally lift parts up to 35 pounds individually or 70 pound as team lift
• Occasional bending, reaching and squatting while performing tasks
• Consistent usage of required PPE for task being performed
• Work in an environment with frequently changing temperatures
• Standing and/or sitting at a desk while performing tasks

Basic Qualifications may include, but are not limited to:

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Demonstrated proficiency in mathematical and analytical skills
• Working with Microsoft Excel, Word, Power point, and Access
• Good attendance record
• Ability to maintain accurate and complete records

Top candidates will also have:

• Previous leadership experience in a manufacturing or logistics operation
• Demonstrated Lean Manufacturing experience

Additional Information

• Relocation is not offered for this position
• This position will flex between two facilities: 1627 Veterans Memorial Pkwy E, Lafayette, IN 47905 and 1521 Kepner Dr. Lafayette, IN 47905
• This is a 1st shift position Mon-Fri 6:30a-2:30p
• $22.80/hour

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

Please ensure you frequently check the email account you provided on your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method in our recruiting process.

Summary Pay Range:
$22.80 - $28.50
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:

Annual incentive bonus plan*

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines .

Posting Dates:
December 12, 2024 - December 19, 2024
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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