Quality Team Leader (PQC and Weld)

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, so we can all enjoy living in it.

The Opportunity: As Team Leader within the Product Quality Control & Weld department, you will coach and coordinate a multi-disciplinary Product Quality team performing inspections of components and products to determine conformance and providing front line support for production teams regarding issues. You, as the Team Leader, are the important link between the Section Manager and Team Members.

What you will do: As a Team Leader, you are accountable for, but not limited to:

• Continually monitor and audit Health & Safety, People, Quality, Velocity, and cost metrics within your span of control as per Caterpillar Production System (CPS Guidelines).
• Ensure all relevant information is communicated to appropriate departments/personnel.
• Hold daily start of shift/Process Improvement Dialogue meetings across all product lines.
• Respond to Quality issues and dispatch support resources as needed.
• Assist Root Cause Corrective Action investigations and activities.
• Train, coach, and develop team members and maintain training documentation.
• Proactively plan for future quality, staffing, safety, and production requirements and respond to unforeseen quality, staffing, safety, and production matters, liaising with Section Manager with an immediate corrective action plan.

What You Can Demonstrate:

• People: Lead, motivate, evaluate, and recognize employees. Understanding the skills and experience of the team to highlight gaps and/or training/development needs and builds high performing teams and talent pipelines.
• Talent Management: Actions processes on recruiting, leading, motivating, evaluating, developing, and rewarding people. Transforms resistance into support and supports those needing development.
• Quality Operations: Communicates across departments to ensure a smooth workflow. Proactively reviews daily operations to ensure Quality and production targets and forecasts are achieved.
• Safety: Proactive in managing safety standards and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations. Foster psychological safety and team engagement, ensuring open communication and collaboration across diverse groups.
• Process Improvement: Evaluates Quality methods and maintains focus, with team input, on promoting the continuous improvement of processes and products utilizing lean, Six Sigma and drive innovation.
• Quality Knowledge: Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and quality standards, using these to determine product/part conformity with a keen attention to detail.

What You May Have:

• Assembly and rework experience.
• Previous Auditing/Inspection experience.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Previous weld experience.

What You Will Get: Becoming a member of a skilled, diverse, and inclusive team that will provide a good foundation for future career development within Caterpillar.

Benefits: 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays - opportunity to buy and sell, 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, optional flexible benefits including access to private health and dental care plans, EV car lease etc.

We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to innovation. We respect and value people with different opinions, experiences, and backgrounds and believe that by working together, we can produce better results than any of us can achieve alone. Caterpillar is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds.

Posting Dates: April 1, 2025 - April 15, 2025