Lead Value Engineer
Caterpillar Inc.
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Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Lead Value Engineer to drive the value case for mining technology deployments in the AmS region.
You will apply extensive mining operations and mine planning expertise to quantify value from MineStar technologies, shaping customer business cases for pursuits and deployments. You will collaborate with Commercial, Performance Intelligence and Customer Value Enablement teams to baseline operations, translate insights into benchmarks and ensure credible, evidence-based
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or related field; advanced degree or business/finance qualification preferred.
- Significant experience in mining operations, mine planning or operational improvement roles.
- Experience with MineStar or similar fleet management or mining technology solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead value engineering for the region, serving as the go-to expert for customer business case analysis.
- Establish value baselines for customer operations using data and benchmarks.
- Build value simulations and models quantifying productivity, cost and utilization impacts.
- Partner with Commercial and Sales teams to shape customer value propositions and pursuits.
- Present value findings to customer operations, mine planning, finance and executives.
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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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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 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’ve 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.
If you are looking for personal and professional growth, in a company with an inclusive culture, which seeks equity, respects differences and believes in people's potential, this is the right place. We consider people with disability candidates and those with diversity in gender, culture, ethnicity, religion, age, generation, race, nationality and sexual orientation.
The Lead Value Engineer is the regional value engineering lead, responsible for building the value case behind Caterpillar's mining technology solutions in AmS. Reporting to the Global Manager, Performance & Value Intelligence, this role establishes value baselines, models future-state performance and sets the customer business case that defines success for every deployment.
In this role, you will apply deep mining operations and mine planning expertise to understand how a customer's operation performs today and quantify the value MineStar™ technologies, including Autonomous Haulage Systems (AHS), Fleet Management, Onboard and Underground solutions, can unlock. You will work with Commercial teams during pursuits, and with regional Customer Value Enablement teams during delivery, to make sure the business case is credible, evidence-based and achievable.
You will work closely with peers in Performance Intelligence and Performance Monitoring to baseline existing operations. You will then apply those insights and benchmarks to assess the value potential of new sites and customers.
- Lead value engineering for the region, serving as the go-to expert for customer business case analysis across new pursuits and existing customer sites.
- Establish value baselines for customer operations using operational, production, cost and performance data.
- Build value simulations and business case models that quantify the productivity, cost, safety and utilization impact of MineStar technologies.
- Apply mine planning and operational expertise to evaluate haul cycles, fleet sizing, equipment utilization, material movement and operating constraints that drive value.
- Partner with Commercial and Sales teams to shape customer value propositions, support pursuits and provide domain expertise in customer discussions.
- Work with Performance Intelligence and Performance Monitoring peers to baseline existing operations and translate performance insights into benchmarks for future sites.
- Apply global benchmarking from existing deployments to assess value potential and readiness at new and prospective customer sites.
- Define the value targets and assumptions that regional Customer Value Enablement teams use as the definition of success during deployment.
- Support value realization reviews by comparing actual performance to the business case, explaining gaps and recommending what will close them.
- Present value findings and business cases to customer operations, mine planning, finance and executive stakeholders.
- Contribute to global value engineering standards, methods and tools, and share lessons learned across regions.
- Regional individual contributor, and the recognized value engineering authority for the region.
- Sets the customer business case that anchors commercial commitments and deployment success.
- Significant engagement with customer operations, mine planning and executive leadership, as well as dealer and Commercial teams.
- Informs where and how Customers will obtain return in their investments with new site deployments by connecting proven performance to future value potential.
- Key contributor to the global capability for establishing value and proving it is real.
Deep understanding of surface and/or underground mining operations, including load and haul, fleet management and the operational drivers of productivity and cost.
Experience with short- and long-term mine planning, production scheduling, fleet sizing and haulage analysis, and translating plans into operational and financial outcomes.
Proven ability to build value baselines, business cases and financial models, and to communicate the conditions required to achieve and sustain value.
Proven ability to use the customer business case as the definition of success and connect technology performance to customer outcomes.
Strong analytical capability using operational, production, financial and benchmark data to quantify performance gaps and value potential.
Working knowledge of MineStar™, autonomous haulage, fleet management or similar mining technologies, and how they change operating workflows and performance.
Ability to advise customers and Commercial teams on value opportunities, challenge assumptions constructively and recommend credible, evidence-based targets.
Experience building trusted relationships with customer operations and planning leaders, Commercial teams, dealers and global peers.
Ability to explain complex analysis clearly, from site engineers to customer executives, and build confidence in the business case.
Proven ability to identify the root drivers of performance gaps and recommend practical actions that close them.
- Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related field; advanced degree or business/finance qualification preferred.
- Significant experience in mining operations, mine planning or operational improvement roles.
- Experience with MineStar™ or similar fleet management, autonomy or mining technology solutions.
- Experience developing business cases, value baselines, benchmarks or simulations for mining or industrial operations.
- Proficiency with mine planning, simulation or analytics tools (e.g., haulage simulation, scheduling software, Excel modeling, Power BI or similar).
- Customer-facing experience supporting commercial pursuits, consulting or technical sales.
- Experience working across cultures and with remote, site-based and customer-embedded teams.
- Advanced english is required.
- This position requires the candidate to work full-time in the Belo Horizonte office.
- This position will require up to 25% travel, including customer site visits.
Note: The position requires the candidate to work onsite five days a week.
- Medical plan
- Dental plan
- Medicines reimbursement
- Psychological, Legal, Social and Finance Support Program
- Private pension plan
- Profit share
- Meal assistance
- Christmas basket
- Transportation
- Life and personal insurance
- Extended maternity and paternity leave
- Employee resources group (Young Professional, Women in Networking, LAMBDA (LGBTQIA+), Latin Group and Active in Sport
- Caterpillar reserves the right to change or modify benefits at any time, subject prior notice and in compliance with legal requirements. Benefit elegibility may vary by position and location
September 30, 2026 - October 14, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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