Corporate Attorney

Caterpillar; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid family leave

Clear promotion ladder

Mentors invested in your success

Job summary

Caterpillar in Riverside, CA seeks a Corporate Attorney to own critical deals for at least the first ninety days and beyond. You will rely on written communication at the center and collaborate with a team that backs you from day one.

This senior role rewards 6+ years of experience, offers a salary range of $98,000 to $151,000, a clear promotion ladder, paid family leave, and mentors who invest in your success as you help shape enterprise-level governance.

Qualifications

• 6+ years putting Creativity to work in a general setting.
• A knack for Litigation Support that colleagues quietly come to rely on.
• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake.
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet.
• 7+ years that left you with strong instincts and few ???

Responsibilities

• Carry general knowledge that doesn't live in any wiki yet
• Champion a positive, collaborative culture throughout the Riverside, CA office
• Defend the Brief Writing fundamentals when speed tempts everyone to skip them
• Pressure-test assumptions before they harden into expensive mistakes
• Contribute to process improvements that boost efficiency and reduce waste
• Make the trust-the-team call when the data points two different directions
• Close the loop on every Riverside request you touch
• Hold Riverside vendors to the standard we promised our users

Skills

6+ years experience

Litigation support

Stakeholder management

Creative thinking

Written communication

Questioning diplomacy

Job description

Picture your first ninety days as a Corporate Attorney at Caterpillar: real ownership, Written Communication at the center, and a team in Riverside, CA ready to back you. At its core, this is a senior Corporate Attorney job in CA that rewards 5 years with $98,000 - $151,000 and room to run.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry general knowledge that doesn't live in any wiki yet
• Champion a positive, collaborative culture throughout the Riverside, CA office
• Defend the Brief Writing fundamentals when speed tempts everyone to skip them
• Pressure-test assumptions before they harden into expensive mistakes
• Contribute to process improvements that boost efficiency and reduce waste
• Make the trust-the-team call when the data points two different directions
• Close the loop on every Riverside request you touch
• Hold Riverside vendors to the standard we promised our users

What You'll Bring

• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• 6+ years putting Creativity to work in a general setting
• A knack for Litigation Support that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet
• 7+ years that left you with strong instincts and few ???

The team at Caterpillar is small, customer-obsessed, and entirely convinced that Riverside is the best place to reinvent general. We hold space for disagreement, then commit fully once the general call is made.

Joining us means $98,000 - $151,000, a clear promotion ladder, paid family leave, and mentors invested in your success.