Career Area:

Manufacturing

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.

About Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine Division

Caterpillar’s Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine Division, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership.  Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry. When you join the Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine Division (COGMD), you’re joining a global team that helps to power the global energy industry as well as provide power and propulsion on the water.

We are currently seeking an Engine Mechanic Operator located in Laurel, Montana. The Engine Mechanic Operator operates machines and tools to resolve electrical and mechanical problems, to achieve customer requirements.
 

The schedule for this role is 6pm to 4am four days a week. There is an opportunity for mandatory overtime.  

What You Will Do:

• Performs routine component installations and maintenance. Maintains records of equipment usage, repair history, reliability and other similar factors.

• Reads and interprets mechanical and electrical blueprints and diagrams to select, position and secure machinery. Addresses equipment failures, calibrates errors and reports them to management in a timely manner.

• All other duties as assigned.

What You Have – Skills, Knowledge, & Experiences:

Power Plant Operations: Knowledge of power plant operations and ability to perform day-to-day operations.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Monitors organizational adherence to policies and procedures.

• Facilitates communications across departments to ensure a smooth workflow in the power plant.

• Evaluates the risks and safety hazards present in power plant operations.

• Recommends key industry benchmarks of power plant operations and relates to own organization.

• Supervises daily operations to ensure production targets and forecasts are achieved.

• Employs tools and techniques for anticipating demand and assuring capacity.

Engine & Equipment Maintenance: Knowledge of techniques, procedures, and tools used in the maintenance of engine and equipment maintenance; ability to use this knowledge to identify, resolve and prevent issues and maximize their performance.
Level Expert:

• Champions the use of emerging tools and technologies for engine and equipment maintenance activities.

• Develops engine and equipment maintenance strategy and schedule based on predictive and prescriptive maintenance methodologies that rely on advanced data analysis.

• Establishes internal best practices, guidelines, and procedures for performing engine and equipment maintenance activities.

• Leads discussions on the performance and ROI of engine and equipment maintenance processes; introduces necessary interventions to improve the efficiency of these processes.

• Monitors industry trends related to engine and equipment maintenance and predict their future implications.

• Oversees all engine and equipment maintenance and repair activities and provides technical consultancy on applying emerging tools and technologies for maintenance.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a Power Plant.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.

• Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.

• Monitors performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.

• Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.

• Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.

• Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.

Standard Operating Procedures: Knowledge of established standard operating procedures (SOP); ability to design, implement and evaluate standard operating procedures affecting daily and strategic business operations in order to increase operational efficiency.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Designs a standard operating procedure, detailing steps and activities, within a department; develops procedures, processes, and controls to implement and execute policy requirements.

• Optimizes complex SOPs according to changes in organizational procedures.

• Monitors the relationship between SOPs and performance improvement (e.g. quality improvement).

• Evaluates the benefits and drawbacks of industry-specific SOPs.

• Integrates best practices into the design, implementation and evaluation of organizational SOPs.

• Evaluates the causes behind deviations from and modifications to existing SOPs.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.

• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.

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

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

• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.

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

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Working Knowledge:

• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.

• Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.

• Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.

• Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.

• Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.

• Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Power Generation: Knowledge of working principles, methods, equipment and processes of power generation; ability to apply the knowledge appropriately within the power supply sector.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Oversees the processes of power generation to ensure a safe working environment.

• Develops a maintenance and repair mechanism for power generation equipment.

• Troubleshoots and resolves complex problems in power generation processes.

• Creates a series of criteria and standards to evaluate electric power quality.

• Monitors energy consumption and waste inside power plants.

• Establishes an evaluation system to monitor generator operations.

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 a salary. Because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day-one benefits, including but not limited to:

• Competitive salary and annual bonus program

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage​

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)​

• Company-matched 401(k) 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)

Additional Information

• This position is located onsite in Laurel, Montana

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

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 .

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job.  At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization.  It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

About Caterpillar 

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we have been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

Posting Dates:

August 22, 2024 - August 28, 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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