Production Manager – Electric Power

About EPD

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We're committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers.

Job Summary

Located in Alpharetta, Georgia, our Switchgear facility plays a critical role in delivering customized power distribution and control solutions for customers around the world. Our team designs, manufactures, tests and supports low- and medium-voltage switchgear systems that help ensure reliable power for mission-critical applications, including data centers, healthcare facilities, industrial operations and other essential infrastructure.

As a Production Manager, you will lead a team of skilled production employees responsible for the manufacturing and assembly of switchgear products. This role is responsible for driving safe, quality-focused production execution while developing employees, supporting business objectives and fostering a collaborative, high-performing work environment. Success in this position requires strong people leadership, operational decision-making, cross-functional partnership and a commitment to continuous improvement.

What You Will Do

• Lead and direct day-to-day production activities, assign work based on business priorities and support the team in meeting safety, quality and production goals.
• Lead, coach and develop production employees by setting expectations, providing feedback, addressing performance and attendance concerns and supporting employee growth and development.
• Champion a safety-first culture by reinforcing safe work practices, identifying and addressing risks and ensuring compliance with established safety standards.
• Monitor production performance, staffing needs, capacity and workflow to effectively support changing production demands and project requirements.
• Collaborate with project management, engineering, manufacturing engineering and other cross-functional partners to support project execution, resolve production challenges and communicate progress.
• Analyze production metrics, operational data and team performance to identify trends, remove barriers and drive informed decision-making.
• Maintain documentation related to operating procedures, production processes, safety requirements and quality standards.
• Communicate production priorities, status updates and business changes clearly to employees and stakeholders.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity, efficiency and overall team performance.

What You Will Have

Problem Solving: Working 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.

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Performance Management: Working knowledge of successful performance management techniques; ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance.

• Identifies opportunities to enhance performance, e.g., practice assignments, training, shadowing.
• Ensures performance goals, checkpoints, and feedback focus on behaviors.
• Provides documented input to formal performance review conducted by manager.
• Observes individual performance and provides fair and objective feedback.
• Uses formal and informal rewards and recognition programs for employees.

Analytical Thinking: Basic understanding and knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

• Names specific tools or techniques that can be used to support the analytical thinking process.
• Describes specific software applications or products used for business analytics.
• Gives examples of how analytical thinking has been used to resolve problems.
• Helps others research and learn more about business analytics tools and applications.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Working knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
• Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
• Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
• Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
• Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Planning and Organizing: Working knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.

• Raises awareness of potential bottlenecks and disruptions to the schedule.
• Breaks tasks into manageable steps that can be incorporated into a personal work plan.
• Escalates concerns over competing or conflicting priorities.
• Monitors progress continuously and adjusts tactics for handling situations on a case by case basis.
• Creates action plans that ensure the accomplishment of responsibilities.

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Basic understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

• Explains the importance of accuracy in own function or unit.
• Identifies tasks or outputs that require accuracy and detail-level attention.
• Identifies the procedures for making sure that results are mistake-free.
• Describes consequences of errors within own unit or function.

Additional Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and develop employees in a manufacturing, production or operations environment.
• Ability to promote and reinforce a safety-first culture while ensuring adherence to established safety and quality standards.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including engineering, manufacturing engineering, project management or operations stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both production employees and professional stakeholders across multiple functions.
• Experience using production metrics, operational data or workforce information to support staffing, scheduling and production decisions.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Business Administration or a related field.
• Experience leading teams in custom manufacturing, switchgear, electrical assembly or stall-build production environment.
• Experience partnering with project teams to support production planning, project execution and milestone achievement.
• Experience implementing continuous improvement, productivity or process optimization initiatives.
• Experience utilizing manufacturing technology, systems or digital tools to improve operational efficiency and team performance.

Schedule

This position operates on a 4-day, 10-hour schedule (Monday–Thursday), with required overtime on select Fridays, weekends and holidays based on business needs.

Pay & Benefits

Summary Pay Range: $89,210.00 - $133,810.00. Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines:

• 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

These benefits also apply to part-time employees.