Education & Experience Required:
- Highschool, College diploma or Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial etc.
- Machining experience (Operation and Manufacturing) (min 10 years)
- Capital Project management experience (min 10 years)
- Hands on CNC and programming experience (min 10 years)

Technical Skills
(Required)
- Full time work experience of minimum of 10+ years in USA steel machining manufacturing and operation.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a customer service focus
- Product knowledge of engine block casting and machining processes,
- Project Management, Negotiating skills, Analytical Thinking.
- Experience in should cost modeling, supply chain planning, supplier audits for Assembly, Test and Paint.
- Conduct feasibility meetings.
- Good knowledge of Windows Office 365 applications - excel, advanced excel, PPT, Word etc.
- Previous experience with process improvement, layouts, flow, PPAP, and Advanced Manufacturing process
- Thorough understanding of company policies and procedures, especially those with supplier impact

(Desired)
- Candidates located in the Midwest (~300 miles from Peoria metro).
- Able to start at Caterpillar Mapleton IL ASAP.
Soft Skills
(Required)
- Very good written and verbal communication
- Very good negotiation skills and able to respond in short turnaround times
- Able to work with multiple stake holders in a matrix team structure.

Disqualifiers/Red Flags:
- If it is ex-Caterpillar employees, need to get input from previous Cat work director.
- NO previous work experience in steel machining.
- NO previous work experience in capital project management.
- NO previous work experience in hands on CNC and Programming.

Pi-square technologies is a Michigan (USA) Headquartered Automotive Embedded Engineering Services company, Synergy Partner for major OEMs and Tier 1s and their implementation partners in Automotive Embedded Product Development, Projects, Requirements Analysis, Software Design, Software Implementation, Efficient Build, Release Process, and turnkey software V & V Services. We have more than 20+ years of industry expertise with specialization in the latest cutting-edge automotive technologies such as Infotainment, connected vehicles, Cyber security, OTA, and Advanced Safety/ Body electronics.