at Caterpillar, Inc. in East Peoria, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Career Area:
Engineering
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.
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Job Summary:
In this role as an Engineering Project Team Leader, you will report to the Engineering Manager and will be primarily responsible for supporting the Hydraulic System Integration on HMS and ERS. You will work with product teams in Peoria, Tucson, and India to solve technical issues and lead new product development. As a member of the Tracked Products Engineering team, you will need to have a growth mindset, promote continuous improvement, and help build a defect-free culture. We have a fabulous team that does some of the most exciting work at Caterpillar, and we can’t wait for you to join the team!
What you will do:
+ Set strategy at the project level. The project would solve problems for a single technology, component, product, or process.
+ Draw upon foundational product development skills such as conceptual design, development of product and/or process, data analysis & extraction, failure resolution & prevention, and requirements management is required; as well as, ever increasing skill in technical project management, development of product, internal and external requirements management, and cost-value management.
+ Manage self-development, continuously learning through experience, an understanding the customers’ needs and application of the product or process, as well as keeping up with technology.
+ Accountable for pulling together a team of individuals, who may or may not have worked together before, to solve a technical problem or create critical component(s) and systems or process.
+ Pull input from the whole team to formulate decisions and develop the output for the job/project.
+ Plan and manage the job/project
+ Manage the business/financial aspects of the job or project
+ Provide a supportive work environment for the team
+ Mentor, coach, and develop others
+ Work within the team and beyond the team with contractors, hourly, salaried and management employees, suppliers, customers and individuals working in many Caterpillar organizations.
Degree Requirement:
+ Bachelor degree in an accredited Engineering curriculum
What Skills you will have:
Technical Excellence : Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.
- Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
- Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
- Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
- Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
- Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.
Team Management : Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Brings projects to closure and ensures capture of what can be learned from the experience.
- Leads the definition of team mission and objectives for a variety of teams.
- Employs appropriate techniques for maintaining team enthusiasm, energy, and focus.
- Ensures that team members are on board, unified, and moving in the same direction.
- Communicates both within the team and to stakeholders.
- Learns and utilizes special talents and work styles of team members.
Product Design and Development : Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Develops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services’ efficiency and effectiveness.
- Creates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process.
- Supervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services.
- Develops proof-of-concept exercises to prove or disprove validity of proposed products.
- Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems.
- Designs working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.
Additional Information:
The primary location for this position is Tucson, AZ
Domestic relocation assistance is available
This position may require 10% travel
Sponsorship is not available
What you will get:
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:
+ Competitive Base Salary
+ Annual incentive bonus plan*
+ Medical, dental, and vision coverage
+ Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
+ 401k savings plan
+ Health savings account (HSA)
+ Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
+ Short and long-term disability coverage
+ Life Insurance
+ Paid parental leave
+ Healthy Lifestyle Programs
+ Employee Assistance Programs
+ Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)
*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.
Final details:
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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:
July 2, 2024 – July 14, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals – Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities – are encouraged to apply.
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