Plant open-day team photo with excavator and paver backdrop

Built by operators, for operators.

Half of our engineering managers started in a cab or under a welding hood. John Deere construction culture still measures success by dig-cycle predictability and how fast a field-service van restores a final drive on a dusty haul road.

Mission

Keep American and global earthmoving crews running on iron we would run ourselves — with documented hydraulic cleanliness at ISO 4406 18/16/13, Tier 4 Final / EU Stage V powertrains and undercarriage rebuilds that land when wear forecasts say they should. Procurement managers get CE 2006/42/EC and EPA family certificates without chasing factory letters mid-bid.

Vision

Every owner-operator within 100 miles of a John Deere regional hub by 2028, with apprentice graduates and veteran field-service engineers staffing the desks that answer midnight MTTR calls. Digging depth, breakout force and ground pressure stay matched to haul-road geology before a crawler leaves the plant.

Founded in 1837 and serving 160 countries with roughly 82,600 employees and 3.2 million square meters of production area, John Deere construction teams still measure success in crawler hours per quarter, final-drive torque retention and how fast a parts hub stages track shoes before a face goes quiet.

Culture Values Measured on the Floor

Safety First

Zero lost-time incidents across supervised PM crews for the last 18 months.

Crew Loyalty

Average tenure of 14 years among plant welders and final-drive techs.

Veterans Welcome

One in five employees served in the armed forces before joining the yard.

Apprentice School

320 graduates per year across welding, hydraulics and operator certification tracks.

Quarry Family Day

Annual open day at every major plant so families see the iron and the standards.

Leaders Walk the Floor

Plant leadership walks fabrication and undercarriage lines two days every week.

Apply to the apprentice, FSE or engineering rotation.

We hire on grit, train on iron — hydraulic cleanliness labs, undercarriage rebuild bays and Tier 4 Final workshops included.

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