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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.

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. 

With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. 

We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world. We need self-motivated, intelligent and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

The opportunity:

The Electric Power Division currently has an opening for an Engineering Project Team Leader in the Americas Custom Solutions Packaging Engineering Team.  As an Engineering Project Team Leader, you will have responsibility for the planning and execution of enclosure packaging development programs and ongoing maintenance initiatives.  

The keys to success in this role are the ability to manage project plans, effectively communicate with process partners, and escalate issues as needed.  You will manage the planning and delivery of projects, continually learn, and stay up to date on innovative technologies, mentor and coach team members, and deepen your professional network.

What you will do:
•    Lead global teams in the design of new products, processes, components, and systems.
•    Translate functional requirements into detailed product designs.
•    Ensure customer technical and industry code requirements are met.
•    Utilize 3D modeling software to create top-down product models to ensure system interactions are being accounted for and controlled to produce robust package solutions.
•    Manage multiple project plans and objectives to meet customer delivery dates. 
•    Communicate results to global customers, suppliers, team members, and representatives from other business units 
•    Effectively communicate with process partners, and escalate issues as needed.
•    Participating in and supporting proposal preparation, cost estimates, and technical
submittals.
•    Prepare bills of materials for teams to execute the procurement and assembly aspects of the projects. 

What you will have:
Education:
•    Bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering program or relevant experience

Product Design and Development - Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Experience in balance of plant, engine or genset design, design of heavy structures, cooling systems, exhaust systems, enclosures, electrical distribution, electrical communication, or other related areas.
•    Experience with building and genset codes (UL, NEC, IBC, FAS, CSA, OGS, etc)
•    Experience in engine or genset mechanical design, enclosure mechanical design, engine or genset cooling or structural development.
•    Experience with Caterpillar systems and processes (HVC, EDS, Teamcenter, VisMockup)
•    Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems.
•    Controls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.

Technical Excellence - Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Technical Submittal experience
•    Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
•    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.
•    FMEA development experience

Computer-Aided Design & Engineering - Level Extensive Experience:
•    Experience with ProE/Creo programs.

Managing Multiple Priorities - Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Team Leadership experience managing projects and directing work of others (direct or indirect).
•    Ability to manage multiple programs and break down roadblocks to meet program objectives
•    Experience leading NPI, CPI and Cost Reduction projects with proven results
•    Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.

Analytical Thinking - Level Extensive Experience:
•    Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
•    Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
•    Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
•    Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.

Additional Information:
•    This position may require up to 50% travel.

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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