Career Area:
Manufacturing
Job Description:
**Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. **
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Caterpillar is seeking a Manager Facilities Engineering to support both the Tucson Proving Ground (TPG) in Green Valley, Arizona, and the Tucson Mining Center in downtown Tucson. The Tucson Mining Center serves as the headquarters for Caterpillar’s global Mining business, while the Tucson Proving Ground (TPG) is a premier testing site where we validate large mining and heavy construction equipment to ensure we deliver high-quality, reliable products to our customers.
The Manager Facilities Engineering provides strategic and hands‑on leadership to Facilities and Maintenance teams by overseeing site infrastructure, utilities, buildings, security systems, and capital improvements. In this role, you ensure safe, compliant, and reliable support for manufacturing and business operations across a global, high‑impact organization. Your work directly enables operational readiness, asset reliability, and long‑term site capability.
Why This Role Is Impactful:
**Strategic Leadership & Team Development **Lead, coach, and develop multi‑disciplinary teams of Facilities Project Engineers, Technicians, Electricians, and Maintenance Mechanics to meet evolving operational and technical demands.
**Capital Project Ownership **Drive major facility upgrades, infrastructure expansions, and end‑of‑life equipment replacement programs that directly influence long‑term site capability and business continuity.
**Safety Culture Leadership **Champion a proactive safety culture, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and corporate standards while driving continuous improvement across all Facilities operations.
What You Will Do:
• Lead Facilities operations across multiple sites, ensuring reliable support for large employee populations and high‑traffic visitor environments while maintaining alignment with RIOP’s operational expectations.
• Oversee preventative maintenance programs aligned with regulatory, corporate, and site policy requirements, implementing standardized metrics such as MTTR, MTBF, PM compliance, and planned vs. unplanned labor.
• Manage and develop a diverse technical workforce, including Project Engineers, Technicians, Electricians, and Maintenance Mechanics.
• Direct capital project planning, submission, and execution for facility remodels, infrastructure installations, and equipment replacement programs—consistently delivering projects on schedule and within approved budgets.
• Optimize the preventative maintenance process for work order management, asset tracking, and maintenance planning across all Facilities functions.
• Lead safety initiatives contractor safety oversight, and compliance with other applicable regulations.
• Manage annual Facilities budgets, produce variance analyses, and drive cost‑efficiency improvements across operations.
• Support New Product Introduction and capacity expansion programs by coordinating facility moves, infrastructure upgrades, and equipment installations.
• Oversee building security systems, environmental monitoring, space planning, and site access processes to ensure compliance and operational readiness.
• Maintain accountability for large asset portfolios across multiple locations, ensuring lifecycle planning and end‑of‑life replacement strategies are executed.
• Partner with Operations teams to deliver seamless support to production environments, ensuring alignment with goals and manufacturing standards.
What Skills You Will Have:
**Plant Facilities Management **Experience in managing large‑scale facilities, including utilities, buildings, roadways, and security systems. Ensures compliance with environmental, safety, and regulatory requirements while maintaining operational readiness.
**Supplier Management **Apply practical knowledge of supplier management processes, procurement workflows, and manufacturing supply chain requirements to effectively manage supplier relationships, transactions, and issue resolution. Ensures materials and components meet delivery, quality, and operational expectations.
Cross**‑Team Integration **Ability to break down organizational silos and lead collaboration across Engineering, Facilities, Maintenance, Operations, and Support functions. Ensures alignment, shared ownership, and coordinated execution of work across divisions to achieve business results as one unified team.
**Manufacturing Application Systems **Knowledge of manufacturing‑related databases, applications, and information systems, along with the ability to operate, maintain, and update these tools to support daily operations and data integrity within a production environment.
**Problem Solving **Apply structured problem‑solving, risk assessment, and root‑cause analysis to resolve facilities, maintenance, and controls‑related issues. Considers stakeholder perspectives and develops actionable solutions.
**Leadership & Team Development **Ability to Build high‑performing teams through coaching, mentoring, and capability development. Demonstrates strong communication skills and the ability to align cross‑functional groups.
**Planning and Organizing **Exhibit strong capability in structuring work, allocating resources, and coordinating tasks in a systematic and methodical manner. Applies effective planning techniques to manage time, anticipate constraints, and ensure successful completion of responsibilities in a dynamic operational environment.
Top Candidates Will Also Have:
• Experience leading multi‑disciplinary technical teams in a production or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated success managing capital projects, infrastructure upgrades, and facility expansions.
• Strong understanding of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems and reliability metrics, Microsoft Project and Planner.
• Knowledge of regulations and other applicable legislation.
• Proven ability to manage large asset portfolios and complex facility operations.
Additional Information:
- Primary work location: Tucson Proving Ground – Green Valley, AZ, with a requirement to work on‑site full‑time at a Caterpillar facility.
- Domestic relocation assistance is available.
- This position may require up to 10% travel.
- Schedule: 9/80 work schedule, providing an extra day off every other week equivalent to 26 additional days off per year.
- Visa sponsorship, international assignments, and payroll transfers are not available
**Posting date: **5/13/2026 - 5/27/2026
Summary Pay Range:
$128,470.00 - $192,710.00
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. This is a summary list of benefits.
- 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
Posting Dates:
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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