Career Area:
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.
Role Summary
Coordinate recurring facility services, operational purchases, reporting systems, assets, and CMDC’s leased-vehicle fleet.
Work alongside and under the functional direction of the senior facilities engineer, helping manage recurring operational responsibilities with increasing independence as knowledge, judgment, and capability are demonstrated. Support facility and capital projects.
Serve as a primary point of vehicle fleet coordination among CMDC personnel, vendors, vehicle users, and supporting organizations.
Develop, improve, and maintain facilities maintenance processes, tools, and capabilities.
What You’ll Do
Vendor and Facility Services : Coordinate recurring vendors and services, including landscape and field maintenance, fuel, office and shop supplies, pest control, pallet and waste removal, and other facility needs.
Fleet and Lease Coordination : Assume overall coordination of CMDC’s leased-vehicle fleet and serve as the primary CMDC contact with Wheels, Caterpillar’s preferred lease vendor. Coordinate vehicle assignments, replacements, renewals, maintenance needs, documentation, and follow-up with vehicle users and affected business areas.
Purchasing and Financial Coordination : Coordinate orders, deliveries, receipt verification, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, spending records, and resolution of purchasing or service discrepancies.
Asset and Workplace Coordination : Maintain records and coordinate inventory, assignment, transfer, recovery, and disposal of radios, fixed assets, furniture, and other facility or operational equipment. Coordinate furniture and room or workstation IT needs with the appropriate resources.
Maintenance and Preventive Maintenance Systems : Maintain the facility maintenance application and related reporting systems, including preventive maintenance schedules, service records, open items, completion status, and required follow-up. Coordinate with facility personnel, vendors, and supporting teams to help keep maintenance information accurate and current.
Facility and Project Support : Lead / support facility and capital projects through vendor coordination, scheduling, documentation, and stakeholder communication. Escalate significant scope, cost, technical, policy, priority, or vendor-performance concerns.
What You Have
Accuracy and Attention to Detail : Maintains accurate fleet, lease, purchasing, asset, vendor, and operational records and recognizes the impact of incomplete or inaccurate information.
Effective Communications : Clearly communicates priorities, status, requirements, and unresolved issues to a wide range of people, including vehicle users, vendors, employees, supporting organizations, and facility leadership, and follows through to get results.
Engineering in a Manufacturing or Product Development Environment : Understands how facilities, infrastructure, vehicles, equipment, and support services contribute to product development and engineering operations.
Plant Facilities Management : Understands common facilities-management practices and how routine services, maintenance, and infrastructure support keep a site operating effectively.
Problem Solving : Uses structured methods to investigate and resolve purchasing, service, vendor, and fleet issues.
Project Management : Organizes and tracks activities, schedules, purchases, costs, documentation, resources, and deliverables while supporting facility and capital…