Engineering Project Team Leader

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Mossville (IL); On-site; USD 126,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. seeks an Engineering Project Manager to lead complex engineering projects focused on hydraulic product quality. The role involves managing project scope, resources, and progress while ensuring quality objectives are met. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication and analytical skills, along with extensive experience in NPI and CPI systems. This position offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive Base Salary

Annual Incentive Bonus Plan

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off Plan

401k Savings Plan

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage

Life Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Qualifications

• Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.
• Extensive experience in NPI and CPI systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple engineering projects focusing on hydraulic product quality.
• Coordinate resources across businesses and oversee project progress.
• Conduct measurement systems analysis and analyze non-conformance data.

Skills

Communication

Analytical Thinking

Manufacturing Processes

Hydraulic Systems

Education

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Materials Science

Job description

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.

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customers’ needs. Join us.

Job Summary:

Manages multiple or complex engineering projects involving multiple functions, organizations, products, or value chains with a focus on hydraulic product quality. Identify and direct product quality initiatives to improve customers’ experience with hydraulic components and systems, increase reliability and durability, reduce warranty, and achieve various departmental quality objectives.

What You Will Do:

• Develop project scope to address business challenges and opportunities.
• Coordinating resources across the businesses with product development groups, value chain and manufacturing.
• Overseeing project progress and costs; communicating status with stakeholders and participating in functional areas; addressing and resolving problems.
• Directing project staffing; motivating and developing project team and team members.

• Own the process improvement and governance prioritization process to ensure the organization is focused on driving for permanent corrective actions to true root cause.

• Conducting measurement systems analysis; gathering, analyzing, and communicating non-conformance data.

• Analyzing non-conformance data and maintaining quality system documentation.

• Participating in and offering technical support to internal and external audits; following up response of corrective action from audit

• Utilize BIQ methodologies to drive defects back to the source

• Utilize failure data from dealers to identify potential service literature gaps

• Leveraging PIQ process to identify dealer inspection criteria for early hour defects (0MIS)

• Working with cross functional teams to identify potential locations for IPV (in process validation) gates to check for known defects

• Establish process to detect emerging quality issues prior to being released into the field and contain

• Develop systemic project proposals

Education Requirement:

• Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.

What Skills You Will Have:

• Strong communication and analytical thinking skills

• Extensive experience in NPI and CPI systems and processes

• Understanding of the various Caterpillar systems for quality, reliability, and warranty

• Intensive knowledge of manufacturing processes and controls to identify and mitigate risk

• Intensive knowledge of hydraulic systems and components

• Service literature (SIS) and Dealer Interactions

• Proactive quality audits

Technical Excellence:
• Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.
• Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
• Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
• Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
• Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

Influencing Through Expertise:
• Communicates complex ideas and concepts in a clear and concise manner so that others can understand.
• Exhibits depth and breadth of knowledge, skill, and experience in the relevant field.
• Provides relevant, timely and objective subject matter/process expertise and key insight regarding multiple client business areas and affiliated fields.
• Provides others with information, opportunities, or resources to develop their skills in the area of expertise.
• Discards examples of persuasive arguments lacking evidentiary support or impact.
• Coaches others to enhance their proficiency regarding the tenets, practices, and examples of the 'trusted advisor' credential.

Team Management:
• Brings projects to closure and ensures capture of what can be learned from the experience.
• Leads the definition of team mission and objectives for a variety of teams.
• Employs appropriate techniques for maintaining team enthusiasm, energy, and focus.
• Ensures that team members are on board, unified, and moving in the same direction.
• Communicates both within the team and to stakeholders.
• Learns and utilizes special talents and work styles of team members.

Requirements Analysis:
• Plays an active or leading role in recording and storing requirement documents in various forms.
• Ensures the successful completion of all major activities, tasks and deliverables pertaining to the requirement analysis stage.
• Supervises the advanced use of requirements analysis tools and services, including prototyping and use cases.
• Produces detailed functional and information requirements models and documentation.
• Trains others on requirements walkthroughs and quality reviews.
• Utilizes automated diagramming tools to ensure traceability of requirements.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems:
• Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.
• Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.
• Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.
• Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.
• Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.
• Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.

Additional Information

The location for this position is Peoria, IL; other Caterpillar locations will be considered for highly qualified candidates (i.e. Clayton, Decatur, Tucson)

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position may require 25+% travel (up to a week a month).

What You Will Get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wages, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary
• Annual incentive bonus plan*
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
• 401k savings plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers.

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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Summary Pay Range:

$126,000.00 - $189,000.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

May 13, 2025 - May 27, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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