The Machining Technician provides flexible machining support across the business while serving as a technical resource for employees. The position helps maintain safe, consistent production across multiple machines and work areas.
Compensation
Summary Pay Range: $72,360.00 - $108,540.00. Incentive bonus. Please note that salary is only component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Responsibilities
Read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, work instructions, process documentation, and specifications.
Knowledge of appropriate tooling, fixtures, gauges, and precision measuring equipment.
Verify that completed parts meet dimensional, quality, and workmanship requirements.
Suggest approved machine adjustments and troubleshoot routine machining, tooling, and process issues.
Support production priorities and move between assignments as business needs change.
Lead and oversee daily CNC turning and milling operations, ensuring the safe, efficient, and cost-effective execution of the production plan. Maximize machine utilization, labor efficiency, and throughput through strategic scheduling and resource allocation while consistently meeting On-Time Delivery (OTD) commitments.
Responsibilities
Direct, supervise and coordinate hourly personnel in a production, service or maintenance department
Lead and oversee daily CNC turning and milling operations
Build a highly capable and flexible workforce by developing employee skills
The Automation Engineer will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for the integrated aseptic vial and syringe filling lines for Project Eagle in Wilson, North Carolina. This role requires hands-on expertise with Bausch+Ströbel fillers, SKAN isolator and e-beam systems, and their automation platforms, as well as their interfaces with robotics, environmental monitoring, and site manufacturing and data systems.
Responsibilities
Own the filling line automation requirements and functional design.
Review Bausch+Ströbel and SKAN specifications, control narratives, interface definitions, and supplier designs, and close gaps between equipment packages and site systems.
Develop, review, and troubleshoot Siemens PLC and HMI/SCADA applications for container handling, dosing, fill weight control, stoppering and closure, reject verification, and line sequencing.
Diagnose Beckhoff motion and Stäubli robot interfaces in partnership with equipment specialists.
Own the interfaces between the Bausch+Ströbel filler and the SKAN isolator, e-beam, decontamination, and material transfer controls.
Operate CNC Swiss lathes, read blueprints, program edits, perform inspections, maintain machines, and track production in a Michigan manufacturing environment.
Locations (5)
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
Taylor, Michigan, United States
Romulus, Michigan, United States
Allen Park, Michigan, United States
Wyandotte, Michigan, United States
Compensation
Salary Range: $55,000 - $89,000 depending on experience
Supports manufacturing development activities in the initial development and production of new products, managing all control aspects of machinery and equipment to meet customer requirements.
Locations (2)
Lake Orion, Michigan, United States
Springboro, Ohio, United States
Responsibilities
Lead efforts regarding the application of machine code throughout the plant
Lead troubleshooting of controls issues on machinery and equipment
Track and maintain all Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) codes
Lead efforts to upgrade and improve PLC controls and operations
Assist with Design for Assembly (DFA)/ Design for Manufacturing (DFM) reviews and help design/assemble tooling for upcoming product builds
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Controls Engineering or equivalent experience
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