Caterpillar Inc. · 12 hours ago
Supplier Development Engineer
Mossville, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$113K/yr - $169K/yrCaterpillar Inc. is a global company focused on creating sustainable communities through innovative technologies. The Supplier Development Engineer will assess supplier quality, ensuring that products meet compliance standards and are free from defects, while also improving supplier performance through various quality assurance initiatives.
ConstructionManufacturingMechanical EngineeringMachinery Manufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Ensuring the quality of supplies by conducting tests and assessments on incoming supplies to identify any quality issues; Developing supplier inspection, testing, and evaluation mechanism
Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates
Researching the potential vendors, assessing their manufacturing environment, practices, and procedures; Conducting supplier quality control audits to ensure compliance with organizational and federal policies and standards
Supporting suppliers in improving their performance through process enhancements, implementing process controls, and developing quality assurance plans
Qualification
Required
Effective Communications: Working knowledge and understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors
Process Improvement: Extensive experience and understanding and insight into evaluating current product quality and production methods and ability to maintain focus on the continuous improvement of processes, products and services
Quality Orientation: Extensive experience and knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques; ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization
Production Part Approval Process (PPAP): Extensive experience and knowledge of Production Part Approval Processes (PPAP) elements, submissions, and objectives; ability to determine whether a supplier can manufacture products that meet the quality requirements and standards of their customers consistently
Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies: Extensive experience and knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance
Supplier Management - MFG: Extensive experience and knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice
Preferred
Supplier Evaluations and Certification: Knowledge of supplier evaluations and certification; ability to identify the methods, tools and documentation for evaluating, selecting and certifying vendors, suppliers and partners
Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations
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
Company
Caterpillar Inc.
For 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world.
Founded in 1925
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.51BKey Investors
US Department of EnergyAdvanced Propulsion Centre UK
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3.5B
2024-10-31Grant· $5.04M
2019-06-23Grant
Leadership Team
George Moubayed
Chief Sustainability and Strategy Officer / Senior Vice President Enterprise Strategy Division
E
Eric Sporre
Vice President & Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Recent News
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