Electrical Engineer

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Santa Catarina; Presencial; MXN 550.000 - 850.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Caterpillar Inc. seeks an Electrical/Automation Engineer in Santa Catarina to design, implement, and support power distribution, motor control, and automation systems for manufacturing projects. You will develop drawings, calculations, and installation documents while leading site activities from commissioning to handover.

The role requires coordinating cross-functional teams, ensuring safety, reliability, and energy efficiency, with advanced English and a strong engineering background.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electromechanical, Mechatronics, or related Engineering.
• Advanced English language skills.
• Experience designing and implementing electrical and automation systems.

Responsabilidades

• Designs and implements power distribution, motor control, grounding, protection, lighting, and industrial control systems.
• Develops electrical drawings, calculations, specifications, and installation documents.
• Leads installation, testing, commissioning, startup, and handover for equipment and facility projects.
• Troubleshoots electrical and automation systems, performs root cause analysis, and improves reliability and uptime.
• Ensures compliance with electrical codes, safety requirements, lockout/tagout procedures, and company standards.
• Coordinates cross-functional teams, suppliers, and contractors throughout project execution.
• Manages electrical projects and identifies energy, capacity, reliability, and cost improvements.

Conocimientos

Collaborating

Decision Making and Critical Thinking

Effective Communications

Problem Solving

Process Management

Project Management

Technical Troubleshooting

Educación

Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Herramientas

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Siemens PLCs

HMI/SCADA

ETAP

EPLAN

AutoCAD Electrical

Descripción del empleo

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.

Role Definition:

Designs, implements, commissions, and supports electrical power, control, and automation systems for new and existing manufacturing projects, ensuring safe, reliable, energy-efficient, and compliant operation of production equipment and plant electrical infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Designs and implements power distribution, motor control, grounding, protection, lighting, and industrial control systems.
• Develops electrical drawings, calculations, specifications, and installation documents.
• Leads installation, testing, commissioning, startup, and handover for equipment and facility projects.
• Troubleshoots electrical and automation systems, performs root cause analysis, and improves reliability and uptime.
• Ensures compliance with electrical codes, safety requirements, lockout/tagout procedures, and company standards.
• Coordinates cross-functional teams, suppliers, and contractors throughout project execution.
• Manages electrical projects and identifies energy, capacity, reliability, and cost improvements.

Degree Requirement:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electromechanical, Mechatronics, or related Engineering.
• Advanced English.

Skills:

Collaborating:

• Partners with internal teams, suppliers, and contractors to deliver electrical and automation solutions.
• Aligns requirements, schedules, responsibilities, and issue resolution across teams.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking:

• Evaluates safety, reliability, cost, and schedule impacts using data, standards, and risk assessments.
• Prioritize actions by hazard, equipment criticality, production impact, and business needs.

Effective Communications:

• Clearly communicates requirements, risks, findings, and recommendations to diverse audiences.
• Prepares concise technical reports, specifications, updates, and commissioning documentation.

Plant Facilities Management:

• Supports plant electrical infrastructure and assesses capacity, condition, reliability, energy use, and compliance.
• Coordinates safe installations, shutdowns, inspections, maintenance, and contractor work.

Problem Solving:

• Uses structured troubleshooting, drawings, system data, and diagnostic tools to identify root causes.
• Implements and verifies actions that improve safety, reliability, and uptime.

Process Management:

• Improves engineering workflows for design, change control, installation, commissioning, and handover.
• Maintains controlled documentation and monitors performance, recurring failures, delays, and improvement opportunities.

Project Management:

• Defines project scope, cost, schedule, resources, specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinates execution and tracks risks, costs, milestones, documentation, and commitments while minimizing production impact.

Technical Troubleshooting:

• Diagnoses faults in power, motors, drives, PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, instrumentation, networks, and control panels.
• Safely isolates failures and documents findings, repairs, results, and lessons learned.

Top candidates may also possess:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Automation, Energy Management, or related field.
• Industrial power distribution, protection, emergency power, and critical-asset maintenance expertise.
• Hands-on experience with Allen-Bradley or Siemens PLCs, HMI/SCADA, networks, robotics, and drives.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Electrical, ETAP, EPLAN, or similar tools.
• Lean Six Sigma, project management, electrical safety, or functional safety certification.

Additional Information:

• Location: Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon.
• This position is six-day a week in-office model
• Sponsorship for foreign candidates is not available.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• Do not forget to include a resume in English in your profile in Workday.

Final details

The Caterpillar Code of Conduct states that we will select, and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. In this company we do not request pregnancy tests, nor HIV tests as requirements for employment entry, permanence or promotion.

Posting Dates:

agosto 28, 2026 - septiembre 4, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply