Commissioning Engineer

Caterpillar; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Monthly phone allowance

Job summary

Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine seeks a Commissioning Engineer to oversee onsite installation, commissioning, and testing of G20CM34 engines and generator sets across North America. This role requires travel, collaboration with EPC contractors, customers, and partners.

In addition to technical leadership, you will ensure safety, compliance, and delivery of project milestones. The position includes relocation support and a monthly phone allowance.

Qualifications

• Experience with onsite installation oversight and commissioning.
• Ability to coordinate with EPC contractors and customers.
• Willingness to travel up to 70-80%.
• Clearance eligibility and security checks.

Responsibilities

• Safety & Compliance: Lead all onsite activities in accordance with Caterpillar safety standards, EHS requirements, technical specifications, and contractual obligations while promoting a strong safety culture.
• Installation Oversight: Provide technical supervision and installation auditing for Caterpillar G20CM34 generator sets, engines, and associated equipment to ensure compliance with guidelines and engineering documentation.
• Commissioning & Startup: Plan, coordinate, and execute commissioning, startup, functional testing, and operational readiness activities for generator packages and related systems.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Perform diagnostics, root cause analysis, calibration, and problem resolution for engine, generator, control, and auxiliary systems.
• Performance Testing: Support and oversee final performance testing activities, analyze operating data, and identify corrective actions.
• Project Coordination & Customer Support: Collaborate with EPC contractors, project managers, OEM partners, and customer representatives to coordinate daily activities and maintain project schedules.
• Documentation & Reporting: Prepare installation audits, commissioning reports, punch lists, test documentation, warranty records, and project status updates.
• Training & Professional Representation: Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to Caterpillar personnel and customers as a professional onsite representative.

Skills

Safety & Compliance

Installation Oversight

Commissioning & Startup

Technical Troubleshooting

Performance Testing

Project Coordination

Documentation & Reporting

Training & Representation

Job description

Career Area:

Product Support

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

Caterpillar's Oil and Gas 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 join a global team that helps to power the global energy industry as well as provide power and propulsion on the water.

Job Summary

The Commissioning Engineer provides onsite installation oversight, commissioning, troubleshooting, and performance testing support for Caterpillar G20CM34 large natural gas engines, generator sets, and related auxiliary equipment used in power generation and Oil & Gas applications across North America. This role serves as Caterpillar's technical representative onsite, ensuring installations meet Caterpillar specifications, safety requirements, and contractual performance obligations. The position requires extensive travel throughout the United States and Canada and involves close collaboration with EPC contractors, customers, OEM partners, and Caterpillar project teams.

Additional Information:

When not deployed to customer sites, this position is expected to work onsite from our Fort Worth or Houston, Texas office.

Travel up to 70-80% within the United States and Canada, with occasional travel to Germany for onboarding and specialized technical training.

This position may require long-duration stays at customer locations, with assignments often spanning several weeks or months and supporting consecutive project deployments.

Salaried exempt position with overtime eligibility.

Ability to obtain and maintain any required customer, site, or U.S. Government security clearances.

Monthly phone allowance included.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

What You Will Do

• Safety & Compliance: Lead all onsite activities in accordance with Caterpillar safety standards, EHS requirements, technical specifications, and contractual obligations while promoting a strong safety culture.
• Installation Oversight: Provide technical supervision and installation auditing for Caterpillar G20CM34 generator sets, engines, and associated auxiliary equipment to ensure compliance with Caterpillar Application & Installation (A&I) guidelines, drawings, and engineering documentation.
• Commissioning & Startup: Plan, coordinate, and execute commissioning, startup, functional testing, and operational readiness activities for generator packages and related mechanical, electrical, and control systems.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Perform diagnostics, root cause analysis, calibration, and technical problem resolution for engine, generator, control, and auxiliary systems throughout installation and commissioning phases.
• Performance Testing: Support and oversee final performance testing activities, validate contractual performance requirements, analyze operating data, and identify corrective actions when necessary.
• Project Coordination & Customer Support: Collaborate with EPC contractors, project managers, OEM partners, and customer representatives to coordinate daily activities, resolve technical issues, and maintain project schedules.
• Documentation & Reporting: Prepare installation audits, commissioning reports, punch lists, test documentation, warranty records, and project status updates while ensuring accurate and timely communication of findings and recommendations.
• Training & Professional Representation: Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to Caterpillar personnel and customers while serving as a professional onsite representative of Caterpillar's values and standards.

What You Will Have

• Data Gathering & Analysis: Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes; ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment.
• Service Excellence: Knowledge of custome