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District Security Manager

Caterpillar

Caterpillar

East Peoria, IL, USA
USD 144,960-217,320 / year
Posted on Aug 29, 2025

Career Area:

Business Services

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.

This is Caterpillar

The incumbent is the primary provider of communications to staff, helps manage the training and development of staff, assists in career development planning including responsibility for the motivation of staff to meet objectives, formal performance evaluation of staff and is accountable for accomplishment of group objectives.

What You Will Do:

  • Design and implement region security plans, collaborating with business units on Emergency Management plans.
  • Develop, monitor, and update country specific security profiles; gathering and reporting security-related information from local and regional sources.
  • Implement and enforce security policies and procedures across a geographic region.
  • Ensure regulatory security guidance is implemented appropriately; establish programs and work roles to continue activities of facility interior and exterior patrols.
  • Manage daily security services duties, verifying work programs are met at facilities west of the Mississippi river.
  • Oversee duties of escort drivers who carry out safe transportation for Caterpillar employees and visitors within areas of jurisdiction.
  • Support security activities at facilities such as access control, emergency response, theft prevention, and investigations.
  • Establish procedures and work instructions for contract employees and assess their performance.
  • Responsible for the allocation, management, and maintenance of fleet vehicles to ensure optimal operation.
  • Responsible for ensuring the review and timely delivery of news, events, and monitoring of regional events, collected from media and social networks.
  • Work with directors and department leaders to learn travel and visit itineraries to provide the necessary support and transportation monitoring; keep periodic meetings on safety conditions for employees, visitors, visitors, vendors, managers and supervisors; provide relevant information about events that may alter the safe conditions of Caterpillar workers and visitors (including family).

What You Have:

  • Crisis Management: Knowledge of crisis management concepts and techniques; ability to predict, avert, mitigate, and recover from an event that has or could have a severely negative impact on the business.
  • Planning: Tactical and Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
  • Risk Management: Knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization's exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply knowledge of risk management appropriately to diverse situations.
  • 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.
  • Personnel Security: Knowledge of techniques, equipment and processes to ensure personnel security; ability to implement the measures necessary to safeguard an organization's employees and visitors.
  • Premises Security: Knowledge of tools, techniques and technologies to ensure premises security; ability to undertake risk assessment and ensure the safety of life and property in physical premises.
  • Data Gathering and Reporting: Knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data; ability to practice them in a particular department or division of a company.
  • Training Programs Management: Knowledge of processes and procedures of training programs management; ability to design, implement, evaluate and develop an organization's training programs to achieve high business performance.

Background/Experience Required:

  • Language relevant to area of jurisdiction
  • 4-year college or university degree
  • 15 years’ minimum experience in Security and/or Law Enforcement
  • Valid driver's license, driving experience in region, availability to travel 50% of the time
  • Experienced in use of Microsoft Office Suite (excel, word, power point, etc..) for development of management presentations
  • Experience in personnel management and effective communication

Additional Info:

  • The primary location for this position is Peoria, IL
  • Sponsorship is not available
  • International and Domestic travel up to 5%

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

Final details:

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

Summary Pay Range:

$144,960.00 - $217,320.00

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. 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:

August 28, 2025 - September 5, 2025

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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