Senior Engineer-Design

Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

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Job Summary:

At Caterpillar’s Decatur, IL facility, we manufacture and assemble large mining and construction equipment. As a member of the Engineering Value Chain (EVC) Team, the primary responsibility of this candidate is to provide total factory and product engineering support and engage in the BIQ and VOC processes.  This individual will serve as product Rapid Response support for all Large Wheel Loaders (LWL) and Wheel Dozer Compactors (WDC).  This person will also support NPI program introductions, Competitive Updates, and LCP Projects. This role is a multi-disciplined one that closely interacts with the factory assemblers, welders, machinists, Operations Supervisors, Manufacturing Engineers, Quality, Product Support, and a multitude of Design Engineers within the LWL and Wheeled Products Engineering group to ensure all processes go smoothly and without line stoppage. We have a fabulous team that does some of the most exciting work at Caterpillar, and we can’t wait for you to join the team!

What you will do:

• Act as a liaison between the manufacturing facility and off-site design controls

• Provide line support to assemblers and line supervisors for assembly of machines

• Provide line support for linkage and frame fabrications and top level machining

• Stop and Fix assembly, design, and/or piece part issues

• Quickly resolve or delegate engineering related issues that prevent the assembly line from operating at peak efficiency

• Document resolutions through the use of Interim Corrective Actions (ICA’s), material and/or process deviations, BIQ’s, or other means and assist with Permanent Corrective Action (PCA) solutions

• Ensure timely documentation/assignment/resolution for all CI cards, Rapid CPI issues discovered during daily assembly of machines

• Perform visibility, access, space claim, and interference studies

What Skills you will have:

Effective Communications : Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.
Managing Multiple Priorities : Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
• Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
• Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.
• Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.
• Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.
• Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.
Technical Excellence : Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Extensive Experience:
• 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.
• Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.
Product Design - MFG : Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Develops improvement plans for senior management and evaluates the outcome of the design against the functionality.
• Advises others on the development of multiple products and their functionality.
• Trains others on advanced tools and approaches of product design.
• Monitors the processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are met.
• Evaluates feedback from customers and consults on functional weaknesses.
• Controls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.
Product Design and Development : Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Develops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services' efficiency and effectiveness.
• Creates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process.
• Supervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services.
• Develops proof-of-concept exercises to prove or disprove validity of proposed products.
• Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems.
• Designs working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.

Education and Experience requirement:

• Bachelor’s in Mechanical, Agricultural, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering

• 5+ years' experience in Engineering

• Experience with print reading, geometric tolerances, the use of HVC (PRWB), Pro-Engineer/Creo, VisView, and Teamcenter database tools

• Knowledgeable of heavy equipment design

• Direct factory experience and being comfortable in a hands-on environment

Top Candidates will also have:

• Must be self-starter with high initiative, team-oriented individual, with excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to network across multi-disciplinary teams

• Working knowledge of Caterpillar Production System and/or Lean process

• Experience in FMEA, APQP, NPI, and Engineering Change workflow

• Direct knowledge of welding and machining large fabrications

• Familiar with overall machine systems and components

Additional Information:

The primary location for this position is Decatur, IL

Domestic relocation assistance is not available

This position may require 5% travel

Sponsorship is not available

This posting will close at midnight on February 18, 2024

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 wage, 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:

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Posting Dates:

February 13, 2024 - February 18, 2024

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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