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Facilities Maintenance Manager

Caterpillar · Mapleton, IL · $97,530–$146,290 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you led a maintenance team through a major equipment failure.

What they are checking: Leadership under pressure and how they coordinate people and decisions in a crisis.

How do you develop skilled trades people and plan for retirements?

What they are checking: Workforce planning in skilled trades, which the posting stresses as essential to meeting customer needs.

How do you build a strong safety culture in a maintenance team that works on high-hazard equipment?

What they are checking: Their approach to lockout, permits and accountability in a dangerous environment.

What would you do

How do you prioritize maintenance work when production, safety and facility needs all compete?

What they are checking: Judgment in balancing priorities, always putting safety first.

A production leader keeps pushing to delay planned maintenance. How do you handle that?

What they are checking: Ability to protect long-term reliability while working with production partners.

About the work

What are the biggest maintenance challenges in a large foundry compared with other manufacturing plants?

What they are checking: Understanding of foundry conditions like heat, dust and molten metal, since Mapleton is a large foundry.

How would you build a maintenance strategy that moves the team from reactive repairs to planned work?

What they are checking: Their approach to preventive and predictive maintenance programs that reduce downtime.

What metrics do you use to measure maintenance performance?

What they are checking: Use of measures like uptime, mean time between failures and planned work percentage to manage the team.

How do you manage a maintenance budget and decide when to repair versus replace equipment?

What they are checking: Financial judgment on equipment lifecycle decisions.

How do you manage contractors working inside the plant?

What they are checking: Contractor oversight for safety, quality and cost in facility projects.

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The full job description

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Career Area: Manufacturing 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. Your Work Shapes the World Whether it is groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With 100 years of legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe. When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce, Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customers’ needs. The Mapleton Foundry is one of the largest in the United States and home to the largest core making machine in the world! Working at the foundry is hard work that demands focus and safety, quality, and commitment to helping our customers build a better world. With over 800 employees at the foundry, we are looking for someone who can support process development projects for the continuous improvement of the safety, quality, velocity and cost of manufacturing. Position Summary: Monitors and improves the maintenance of the production unit by overseeing maintenance staff and equipment; ensures employees comply with safety procedures and standards. Collaborates with the Quality team. What you will do: • Creating work plans for staff and contractors; reviewing the maintenance work performed by technicians. • Oversees the purchasing decisions and recommendations regarding equipment and tools; training the workers periodically on various maintenance processes and techniques. • Tracking daily inventories, inspecting production units for wear and tear; ensuring replacements are made on time. • Leads a team and coaches and mentors the team in order to encourage, motivate, and guide individuals in learning and improving effectiveness. Degree Requirement Degree or equivalent experience desired What you will have: Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Working knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. Effective Communications: Working knowledge and understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Performance Management: Working knowledge of successful performance management techniques; ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance. Planning and Organizing: Working knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way. Problem Solving : Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations. Project Management : Working knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives. Top candidates will possess: • Bachelors Degree in engineering or project management • Previous experience with HVAC, plumbing, and electrical routine facility maintenance • Previous project management experience • Previous experience with utilization of project management capital process • Intermediate experience with Power BI, SharePoint, teams, and excel data input and tracking Additional Information: • This position is in Mapleton, IL • 1st shift day/hours are Monday- Friday onsite • Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position. • Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Final Details Please ensure you frequently sign in to your candidate home for any updates or correspondence for positions that you have applied for. https://cat.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CaterpillarCareers. 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 Summary Pay Range: $97,530.00 - $146,290.00 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 This position requires working onsite five days a week. Relocation is available for this position. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. Posting Dates: September 30, 2026 - October 13, 2026 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. Not ready to apply? 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