Pda Inspector

**Career Area**:
Manufacturing

**Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.**

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**Role Definition**

Conduct Pre-Delivery Audit (PDA) inspections, analyze data, and perform root cause analysis to ensure products conform to quality standards.

**Responsibilities**
- Performing Pre-Delivery Audit (PDA) inspections on finished machines as part of the manufacturing process.
- Reporting audit results to others in the organization through written and/or verbal communication.
- Training and supporting manufacturing and quality team members in requirements, inspection, and test practices.
- Producing inspection reports based on results of inspection analysis, participating in measurement systems analysis.
- Collecting non-conformance data and maintaining and updating quality system documents.
- Monitoring process controls to ensure compliance with quality system expectations.

**Degree Requirement**

Degree or equivalent experience desired
- Previous Quality Control Experience.
- Demonstrate a basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Package.
- Demonstrate a basic level of English fluency.
- Desire to expand knowledge of the English language through interaction with world-wide team members and/or language courses as offered.

**Skill Descriptors**
- Quality Management _: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Utilizes quality indicators relevant to own unit or function.
- Adheres to organizational quality management processes and practices.
- Applies key aspects of continuous improvement processes and evaluates impact on quality.
- Uses quality evaluation tools and techniques such as walkthroughs and inspections.
- Works with quality assurance methods, tools and techniques.
- Accuracy and Attention to Detail _: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
- Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
- Productively balances speed and accuracy.
- Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
- Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.
- Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals.
- Decision Making and Critical Thinking: _Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
- Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
- Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
- Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
- Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
- Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.
- Flexibility and Adaptability: _Knowledge of successful approaches and techniques for dealing with change; ability to adapt to a changing environment and be comfortable with change.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Creates processes with provisions to accommodate change.
- Helps others adapt to changing environments and accept new situations.
- Recovers from disappointments and setbacks.
- Works effectively with unstructured teams, situations, or environments.
- Leverages prior experience as a help towards handling changing situations.
- Makes progress in an atmosphere of ambiguity and uncertainty.
- Manufacturing Processes _: Knowledge of existing product manufacturing methods, technologies and processes; ability to execute, plan, manage and monitor the entire manufacturing process.

Level Working Knowledge:

- Describes functional areas in a manufacturing facility.
- Describes the roles and responsibilities of manufacturing areas and staff.
- Identifies major phases and activities associated with a manufacturing cycle.
- Obtains and interprets high-level manufacturing flow and documentation.
- Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies _: Knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance.

Level Working Knowledge:

- Contributes