Engineering Project Lead – Core Engine Components

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Mossville (IL); On-site; USD 128,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

This role provides engineering leadership of multiple complex projects within LPSD’s Core Components Heads, Blocks, and Housings team. Projects will require consideration of multiple functions, organizations, products, and value chains.

Focus will be on improving heads, blocks, and housing design to meet product quality, supply, offerings, manufacturability, and cost objectives. This role has impact across multiple platforms, guides key technical decisions, and ensures continuing development and

Qualifications

• Requires a degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science or equivalent experience.
• Strong technical leadership and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in execution of New Product Introduction, New Source Introduction, and Continuous Product Improvement programs.
• Develop and maintain project plans, scope, timelines, resources, deliverables, and product requirements.
• Coordinate resources across the business through engagement and collaboration with procurement, product development groups, value chain, manufacturing, and suppliers.
• Oversee project progress and costs; communicate status with stakeholders and participating functional areas; address and resolve problems. Identify challenges, roadblocks, and associated solutions, and elevate issue and delays to leaders.
• Direct project team; facilitate project meetings, provide team communications, document actions, and ensure accountability across team and stakeholders.
• Utilize project strategy and problem solving methodology to organize project plans, communications, and deliverables to teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Manufacturing knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

APQP

PPAP

Design release

Job description

This role provides engineering leadership of multiple complex projects within LPSD’s Core Components Heads, Blocks, and Housings team. Projects will require consideration of multiple functions, organizations, products, and value chains.

Focus will be on improving heads, blocks, and housing design to meet product quality, supply, offerings, manufacturability, and cost objectives. This role has impact across multiple platforms, guides key technical decisions, and ensures continuing development and