Engineering Project Team Leader
Caterpillar

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.

CATERPILLAR REMANUFACTURING
Do you have a passion for helping customers and supporting a sustainable solution? Since 1973, Cat Reman has helped bring the value at the core of every Cat product back to life. Customers look to us to provide a high-quality solution that is good for their business - and promotes sustainability. It's important to us to deliver. Our team is full of industry leaders. Together, following common values, we share a passion for delivering sustainability benefits that help the company contribute to a circular economy. It's rewarding work, with an inspiring team, where every contribution matters.

About the role:
Our Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division currently has an opening for a Engineering Project Team Leader position located at either our Mossville, IL or Nuevo Laredo, MX facility. In this role, you will be the Product Engineer for one or more Fuel Systems product families as well as guiding the activities of 1-3 less-experienced PEs. The Fuel Systems team is accountable for the overall quality and warranty of existing products, support of product and process salvage improvement projects to manage costs and execution of New Product Introduction (NPI) programs introducing new product offerings for our dealers and customers. As a leader on the team, you will contribute to or lead strategic projects, partner with and provide guidance to global teams, and provide guidance and coaching to other FS product engineers.

Job responsibilities will Include but are not limited to:

• Coordinate engineering development activities to ensure that projects are successfully completed on time
• Collaborate with new FS engineers to ensure that Design for Reman principles are followed
• Evaluate new component salvage projects and techniques. Develop and execute validation plans to ensure salvage projects meeting quality and warranty goals.
• Track product warranty and watch for emerging trends.
• Leading / supporting CPI, 6 Sigma, RCCA Quality projects.
• Evaluate, define, and resolve design and manufacturing problems.
• Travel to foreign and domestic facilities, suppliers, dealerships, and customer job sites to solve design problems or to field test locations to evaluate a product improvement.
• Support the engineering portion of New Product Introduction (NPI) of Reman fuel system products and perform necessary print maintenance & releasing to make the product available.
• Work closely with Caterpillar and external supplier manufacturability teams resolving problems with manufacturing and statistical process controls.

Skill Descriptors:

• Project Management: Extensive Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
• Fuel Systems Product Design and Development: Extensive Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.
• Fuel Systems Products and Services: Extensive Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.

• Team Management: Extensive Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.

• Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Extensive Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.
• Analytical Thinking: Extensive Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
  

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.
• Experience in fuel systems design and/or manufacturing and/or industry experience.
• Experience in leading quality, warranty, CPI, cost or NPI improvement projects
• Project management experience
• 6sigma Lean Black Belt training
• Detailed design and manufacturing knowledge of numerous Caterpillar fuel injector families
• Knowledge of Caterpillar Reman products.
• Knowledge of fuel system pumps and injectors

Additional Information:

• This position can be located in either Mossville, Illinois or Neuvo Laredo, Mexico.
• Relocation assistance is offered for this role.

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Summary Pay Range:
$126,000.00 - $189,000.00
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:

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)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines .
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:
January 9, 2025 - January 22, 2025
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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