Operations Learning Manager in Desford

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. Together, we are building a better world.

The Opportunity: In this Operations Learning Manager role, you’ll develop and coordinate a local learning plan for the Desford and Stockton sites, working closely with the Building Construction Products Division UK HR Manager to support skills development, apprenticeships, and future workforce needs. You’ll bring together operational training, apprenticeships, early careers, and leadership development into one clear, joined-up approach that works in practice.

What you will do: As an Operations Learning Manager, you are accountable for, but not limited to:

• Lead the development and ongoing ownership of a structured learning plan for the Desford and Stockton sites, ensuring it supports both current operational performance and future skills needs.
• Putting practical processes in place to identify current and future training needs across the shopfloor, leadership, and professional roles.
• Designing training programmes that support safe, effective day‐to‐day operations and align with site and business priorities.
• Working directly with managers and teams to agree training approaches, address skills gaps, and support performance improvement.
• Delivering training and hands‐on coaching and coordinating delivery through trainers, vendors, and learning technologies in a live operational environment.
• Using internal capability, external suppliers, and technology efficiently to achieve learning outcomes and value for money.
• Reviewing training effectiveness, gathering feedback, and improving content and delivery to increase impact and quality.

What You Can Demonstrate:

• Consulting: Work directly with managers and teams to understand training needs, agree practical solutions, and deliver learning that supports real operational performance.
• Problem Solving: Identify skills and performance issues, understand what’s causing them, and put effective, practical training solutions in place that work on the shopfloor.
• Instructional Design: Design clear, relevant training by setting learning goals and choosing content and delivery methods that fit the audience and the operational environment.
• Training Delivery: Deliver training and hands‐on coaching in a practical, engaging way, adapting your approach to feedback and live operational constraints.

Top Candidates will have:

• Understand how training must fit around production demands, shift patterns, and real‐time operational pressures.
• Build strong, practical working relationships with HR, operations, trainers, and suppliers to ensure training is delivered smoothly and adopted on site.
• Use feedback and training outcomes to spot what can be improved and take action to strengthen learning effectiveness over time.

What You Will Get: One Company, Limitless Opportunities. Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Careers at Caterpillar are limitless, we have opportunities in Engineering, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and so much more.

Our Sustainability Commitment: Caterpillar has a long-standing commitment to sustainability, one of our five Values in Action. We actively lead sustainable green initiatives to preserve the environment, help reduce poverty with the Caterpillar Foundation and stay involved in the communities we help build.

Benefits: 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity to buy additional holiday, 10% Bonus, contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 10%, contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution, Employee Support Networks – join groups that offer support, connection, and a sense of community, optional flexible benefits including access to private health and dental care plans, EV car lease etc.

Travel: Up to 10% occasional travel to Stockton and 3PL sites may be required. This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.