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.

Are you ready to lead a team of innovative engineering professionals and make a significant impact in the world of Hydraulic Mining Shovels (HMS)? This role is based in Tucson, AZ, and offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our HMS Performance and Controls Team. Reporting to this position are various levels of team leaders, engineers, and support personnel in one or more geographic locations. This role requires a long-range focus on business strategy. Key responsibilities include planning for future resources and developing capabilities in terms of people and technology; consciously establishing a culture that encourages innovation, partnering, and collaborative relationships and a customer focus; developing partnerships within Caterpillar and with suppliers and customers; and integrating products and services to meet customers’ needs.

What you will do:

• Manage HMS Performance & Controls strategy development and project execution.

• Supervise product group machine simulation effort.  Ensure the library of machine simulation models is complete and maintained.

• Supervise development and maintenance of machine product performance requirements.

• Support marketing and commercial teams with technical information related to machine performance.

• Manage HMS product group safety and regulatory efforts including strategy development, guideline development, product compliance, and project execution.

• Manage HMS product group validation activities supporting new product development programs and continuous improvement activities working closely with peers in supporting organizations such as the Tucson Proving Grounds.

• Manage support and maintenance activities for legacy machine software and control hardware.

• Manage product group issue list including NPI, Maintenance, BIQ, AQE’s, etc.

• Participate in regular product design reviews.

• Manage budget for team and program activities.

• Regularly report out to product group leadership on the status of team activities.

• Coach and facilitate the development of the workgroup to develop collaborative relationships among themselves, with customers, suppliers, other cross-functional groups, and internal customers to ensure goals are achieved.

• Proactively identify roadblocks and work with teams to rapidly resolve to improve overall team and program efficiency.

• Travels to foreign and domestic plants, dealerships, and customer job sites to solve machine performance problems or to field-test locations to support product validation activities as needed.

• This role is accountable for protecting Caterpillar’s intellectual property by properly classifying and restricting access to Caterpillar technical information related to their area of responsibility.

In this position, you’ll face ever-evolving challenges, from managing new technologies to leading a diverse team. You’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of our products and make a lasting impact on the industry. Your foundational skills in product development, data analysis, and project management will be crucial, as will your ability to navigate complex technical and strategic landscapes.

What skills you will have:

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of performance and controls and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges. Mechanical aptitude (e.g. machinery, heavy equipment, manufacturing processes, product testing, etc.).

• 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.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Track record of developing innovative technical solutions and the ability to gain buy-in for implementation from all levels of the organization.Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.

• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.

• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Effective Communications: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to multitask and adjust to changing priorities as needs arise.

• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.

• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.

• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.

Managing People: Previous team leadership experience and organization skills. Knowledge of processes involved in managing people; ability to lead successful teams, and diligently address issues related to performance and conflicts at the workplace.

• Consults within the team; seeks inputs from subordinates and considers all views while making decisions.

• Regularly reviews employee performance and provides constructive feedback.

• Works collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds; understands their needs and perspectives.

Collaborating Globally: Experience working in a global engineering environment. Knowledge of effective collaboration techniques and ability to build networks with people from different countries and cultures, think and work with them to bring positive impact and flourishing business results.

• Recognizes and adapts to differences in background, culture, language and work style, when working with others.

• Initiates communication with other individuals or teams to solve shared problems cooperatively.

• Builds a network of colleagues from other areas with diverse expertise and capabilities.

Project Management: Advanced program management skills. Demonstrated ability to build a strategy and execute it to achieve bottom-line business results. Comfort working in a demanding environment with increasing competitive pressures, product complexity, and customer demands.

• Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.

• Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects.

• Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.

Education Requerment:

Bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering curriculum.

Top Candidates will also have:

Experience developing innovative hydraulic system architectures.

Knowledge of Caterpillar processes (i.e. NPI, CPPD, PPRD, APQP, CPI, BIQ).

Additional Information:

The primary location for this position is Tucson, AZ.

Domestic relocation assistance is available.

Occasional travel (10%) may be required to support activities at manufacturing and/or customer sites.

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:

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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:

August 26, 2024 - September 11, 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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