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We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.\nJob Title: Manufacturing Engineering Manager\nSalary: £57,737 - £86,605 DOE\nContract: Permanent, Full time, 36.5\nLocation: Peterlee, County Durham, 5 days on site\nAdditional Information\nPrimary Location: Peterlee, UK\n Travel: Up to 25% (domestic and international)\nDomestic Relocation Assistance: Available\nYour impact shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.\nWhen you join Caterpillar, you’re joining a global team who cares about the work we do and the people involved. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger and more sustainable communities. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation, we make it happen for our customers, employees, and communities. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.\nThe Opportunity\nThe Manufacturing Engineering Manager will lead a team of 3 to 5 members providing manufacturing engineering skills and resources to drive continuous improvement across the RIOP global manufacturing footprint. The role will partner with facilities to prioritize needs, align resources, rapidly solve manufacturing problems, and accelerate deployment of proven solutions across all eight factories. A key focus will be eliminating duplicated engineering effort, standardizing best practices, and delivering measurable improvements in safety, Ramp support, process performance, automation, and digital manufacturing.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead manufacturing engineering teams acrossMachining, Welding, Assembly, and Testing, providing worldwide rapid response tomanufacturing needs and solving problems with urgency across all eight RIOP factories.\nDrive high-energy hazard reduction, below-the-hook rigging controls, and Pacefactory deployment across sites, providing clear leadership direction on safety priorities.\nAlign teams on Ramp support, hands-on problem solving, and Modern Manufacturing deployment to improve execution and accelerate production readiness.\nReplicate proven Automation & Digital Manufacturing tools and solutions across sites to improve manufacturing capability, consistency, and efficiency.\nAccelerate deployment of solutions proven at other RIOP factories while preventing duplicated engineering effort across facilities.\nLead the development, implementation, replication, and continuous improvement of manufacturing methods, equipment, systems, and infrastructure to achieve operating, quality, cost, and efficiency objectives.\nStandardize best practices and strengthen problem solving across RIOP, with emphasis on Ramp, high-energy hazards, and TAKT-versus-cycle-time performance.\nPrioritize resource requests, assign appropriate manufacturing engineering support, track projects, and ensure effective deployment of solutions across sites.\nWhat Makes This Role Exciting\nThis role provides the opportunity to influence manufacturing performance across RIOP’s global factory network. The successful candidate will connect manufacturing engineering teams across sites, rapidly scale proven solutions, and help shape common approaches to safety, Ramp execution, automation, digital manufacturing, and process optimization.\nWhat Skills You Will Have\nDecision Making and Critical Thinking:\nApplies structured critical-thinking techniques to gather and organize relevant information, identify and prioritize concerns, consider stakeholder perspectives, and evaluate risks, benefits, and alternatives to support informed decisions.\nLean Manufacturing:\nApplies lean manufacturing principles, tools, and measurements to assess operations, improve work-cell effectiveness, address technical and people-related challenges, and evaluate the effectiveness of lean improvements.\nManufacturing Processes:\nApplies knowledge of manufacturing methods, standards, technologies, and controls to support production activities, assess manufacturing requirements, optimize processes, and deploy proven technologies across facilities.\nPerformance Management:\nEstablishes clear expectations, develops team capability, provides objective feedback, identifies development opportunities, and recognizes strong performance to build an effective manufacturing engineering organization.\nProblem Solving:\nUses structured fact-finding and diagnostic techniques to identify problems, understand stakeholder needs, evaluate potential solutions, and drive timely, sustainable resolution.\nTop Candidates Will Also Have\nEducation/Experience: Engineering Degree or equivalent experience desired.\nDemonstrated ability to replicate proven manufacturing solutions andbest practices across multiple facilities.\nManufacturing automation, digital manufacturing, and Modern Manufacturing deployment.\nStrong hands-on problem-solving capability in production and Ramp environments.\nExperience driving safety improvements, process optimization, and measurable TAKT-versus-cycle-time gains.\nThe panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.\nAbout Caterpillar\nCaterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining\nequipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. 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