Engineering Team Leader - Turbomachinery

Caterpillar; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar’s Solar Turbines Value Team Lead role in Bengaluru/Chennai focuses on guiding cross-functional groups to deliver customized turbine projects. You will drive safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives while removing execution barriers and enabling efficient teamwork across engineering, quality, and manufacturing.

We seek a leader with deep engineering delivery experience, strong communication, and a proven ability to influence without direct authority.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of engineering, project execution, or product delivery experience.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Value Team to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.
• Monitor project execution, workload, priorities, and schedule commitments.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate execution risks.
• Apply Agile principles to improve team responsiveness, execution visibility, and delivery performance.
• Coordinate activities across Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Project Management, and Product Groups.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Effective communication

Problem solving

Influence without authority

Agile project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

Agile

Scrum

Lean

Job description

Engineering Team Leader - TurbomachineryThis site uses cookies to create a better experience for you. Some of these cookies are set automatically because they’re necessary for the site to perform. Other cookies are used for functional, performance, and targeting purposes to enhance your experience by personalizing content and ads, enabling third party content and features, and enabling us to analyze how this site is used. To learn more or to manage cookies at any time, select the \"\"Cookie Settings\"\" button.By clicking 'I Accept', you are agreeing to our use of functional, performance and targeting cookies.### Engineering Team Leader - TurbomachineryApply: Bangalore, Karnataka: Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Full time: Posted Today: R0000401708**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.**Solar Turbines, a Caterpillar company**, is a global leader in industrial gas turbines, compression systems, and energy solutions serving Oil & Gas, Power Generation, LNG, and Industrial markets worldwide. Within Solar, **Sales Order Engineering** delivers customer-specific engineering solutions that transform standard products into tailored systems that meet unique customer requirements while ensuring safety, quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction.**Value Team Lead (VT Lead)**The Value Team Lead (VT Lead) plays a key role in driving cross-functional execution delivering customized Solar Turbines customer projects by aligning engineering resources, removing execution barriers, and ensuring successful project outcomes.This role leads through influence rather than direct people management and serves as the primary focal point for Value Team performance across multidisciplinary teams..**Key Responsibilities****Execution Leadership*** Lead the Value Team to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.* Monitor project execution, workload, priorities, and schedule commitments.* Identify, communicate, and mitigate execution risks.**Agile Project Management*** Apply Agile principles to improve team responsiveness, execution visibility, and delivery performance.* Facilitate planning, daily stand-ups, backlog prioritization, execution reviews, and retrospectives.* Track project metrics and drive continuous improvement actions.* Promote a culture of accountability, transparency, and iterative improvement.**Team Coordination*** Coordinate activities across Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Project Management, and Product Groups.* Facilitate team reviews, issue resolution, and decision-making.* Promote effective communication and collaboration across disciplines.**Continuous Improvement*** Drive operational excellence and process improvement initiatives.* Share lessons learned and encourage adoption of best practices.* Support transformation, standardization, and productivity initiatives.**People Development*** Coach and mentor team members.* Support onboarding, knowledge sharing, and capability development.* Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, and engagement.**Qualifications****Required*** Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline.* 8+ years of engineering, project execution, or product delivery experience.* Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.* Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.**Preferred*** Experience in Oil & Gas, Power Generation, or Industrial Equipment industries.* **Strong technical expertise in industrial gas turbine package and auxiliary systems development*** Knowledge of Solar Turbines products and order-to-delivery processes.* Experience with Agile, Scrum, Lean, or hybrid project management methodologies.**Posting Dates:**October 26, 2026 - November 8, 2026Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply