Manufacturing Engineer – CNC & Automation

About the role

Join Caterpillar’s global manufacturing team as a Manufacturing Engineer, supporting day‑to‑day operations across machining and assembly. You will apply engineering expertise to improve safety, quality, cost, and delivery while collaborating with production, quality, maintenance, and supply‑chain partners.

Key responsibilities

• Provide engineering guidance, technical troubleshooting, and process optimisation for machining and assembly lines.
• Identify, evaluate and implement improvements in process, tooling, robotics and equipment to boost OEE, throughput and productivity.
• Monitor equipment reliability, lead root‑cause analysis and corrective actions for chronic issues.
• Analyse and execute Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and Product Change Notices (PCNs) to ensure smooth production ramp‑up.
• Support planning, validation, operation and maintenance of manufacturing equipment, fixtures, tooling, robotics, traceability and process‑monitoring systems.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing tools such as SMED, line balancing, waste elimination, standard work and continuous‑improvement methodologies.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with production, quality, maintenance, supply‑chain, suppliers and leadership teams.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental and quality standards while driving operational‑excellence initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics or a related field (preferred).
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in English.

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge of machining and assembly processes, cycle‑time optimisation and OEE improvement.
• Experience with line balancing, process monitoring, standard work and capacity analysis.
• Hands‑on programming, troubleshooting and optimisation of Mazak, Heller, Okuma and/or Makino CNC machines.
• Expertise in Mazatrol programming, G‑Code programming and offsets management.
• Familiarity with robotics integration and traceability systems.
• Proficiency in Lean Manufacturing tools (SMED, waste elimination, continuous improvement).
• Root‑cause analysis and corrective‑action implementation.
• Management of Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and Product Change Notices (PCNs).