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Job Description:

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. 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.

PRIMARY FUNCTION: Prepare, layout, set-up, align, assemble, and test parts, sub-assemblies and complete machines. Utilize and conform to standard work when available.

2nd Shift-Full Time

Job duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• ​Secure job assignment and partial instructions for complex work, drawings, facilities and materials. Determine sequence of operations.

• Secure job assignment, identify parts and sub-assemblies by preparing, cleaning, deburring, fitting and dressing using hammers, files, grinders, etc.

• Manually or with jib or overhead crane or hoist, jacks, etc position, layout, set-up, align and assemble parts, sub-assemblies and complete machines in accordance with drawings.

• Set-up, align, balance, and assemble parts, sub-assemblies and complete machines on which major alignments and clearances are largely present using jigs, fixtures, templates, gauges, drills, screw drivers, wrenches, hand and power tools, measuring devices, etc.

• Install and/or modify power units and accessories, fit keys and splines, make press and shrink fits, lubricate, etc.

• Perform prescribed tests and adjustments, identify and mark, disassemble and prepare for shipment or storage as required.

• Perform above operations to very close tolerances. Operations are subject to progressive inspection and supervisor check and are performed on parts, sub-assemblies and complete machines such as large swivels, etc., rails, swing racks and roller paths, gears, shaft drums, jackshafts, cylinders, brakes, operating levers, swing and crowd machinery, including motors on shovels and other similar complexity.

• Keep facilities, material and work area clean and orderly, exercising care in their use and assisting in their maintenance as required. Conform to safety and inspection requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Previous experience with thread dies, portable drillings and sawing tools, screwdrivers, pipe wrenches, chisels, and other hand tools, jib and overhead cranes, etc.

• Previous experience working with steel, tubing, elbows, tees, couplings, unions, fittings, grease, oil, other miscellaneous hardware, gauges, etc.

• Working knowledge of High, medium and low pressure hydraulic and automated lube systems.

• Ability to read drawings, micrometers, blueprints.

• 3 – 5 years heavy assembly experience.

Additional Information:

• This position is located at the Caterpillar manufacturing facility located in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• 2nd Shift

• Full Time position

• Pay: Step 1 - $28.54 hr, Step 2 - $29.73 hr, Step 3 - $30.91 hr plus an additional $1.00 for 2nd shift premium.

• No relocation assistance is available.

• Sign On & Retention Bonus available

Why Caterpillar South Milwaukee?

• Competitive Hourly Pay with Shift Differential

• All Positions are Full-Time

• Bonuses for New Hires and Referrals

• Paid Vacation and Holidays

• Bereavement, Jury Duty, Military Duty Paid Benefits, Parental Leave

• Benefits Effective Date of Hire - Health, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts (medical and dependent care)

• 401k with 6% Company Match

• Company Discounts and Voluntary Benefits

• Recognition Programs

• Employee Assistance Program (includes eligible dependents)

• Adoption Assistance Program

• Company Provided PPE such as Safety Glasses (includes prescription safety glasses), Safety Boot Reimbursement

• Company Provided Uniforms and Caps

• Uniform Lockers, Personal Lockers, Showers

• Lunchroom with Self-Service Canteen

Please ensure you frequently check the email account you provided on your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method in our recruiting process .

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

June 13, 2024 - June 30, 2024

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.

Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.