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Jim Waters is vice president of Caterpillar Inc. with responsibility for the Production Systems Division, established in December 2005 to transform Caterpillar manufacturing systems to set a "gold standard" for quality, safety and speed in industry.
Waters was previously manager of the Hydraulics and Hydraulic Systems business unit in Joliet, Ill., a position he's held since 2002. He is responsible for the company's hydraulic components and integrated systems, including operations in Joliet, Ill.; Sumter, S.C. and Jesi, Italy. After joining the company as an engineering co-op trainee in 1978, Waters held numerous staff engineering positions in planning and manufacturing and systems.
He moved to Japan in 1990 to the Hydraulic Excavator Design Center with Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd. (SCM), where he held positions in component design and production. He became managing director of production in 1993 for SCM. He served as managing director and general manager of the Leicester, England, Building Construction Products Division facility from 1996 to 2002, when he became general manager of the hydraulics and hydraulic systems business in Joliet, Ill.
Waters has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University.
He is chairman of the Will County Center for Economic Development, chairman of the Will County Chamber of Commerce, a trustee at Lewis University, a board member at the Silver Cross Hospital Foundation and chairman of the Engineering College Industrial Advisory Council at Iowa State University | 