Engineering Project Team Lead

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About IPSD

Caterpillars Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L engines that not only power Caterpillar machines but also power over 5000 other applications including Marine Petroleum Industrial Applications Electric Generators and Locomotives. Caterpillars company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future

Job Summary

Caterpillars 1118L Engine Platform Team within IPSDL is focused on delivery industry leading engine systems for Caterpillar and ThirdParty customers through the Cat and Perkins Brands. We enable customer success by delivering products that meet or exceed expectations for performance value and durability within our portfolio of engines.

As an Engineering Project Team Leader in our team you will be accountable for leading and delivering projects to support our 11L 18L engine platforms. You will provide technical programming strategic and business leadership. You will both guide our team of engineers and lead the implementation of NPI CPI NSI parts growth and cost reduction projects supporting multiple applications in various machine and commercial markets in both the Cat and Perkins Brands.

What You Will Do:

• Lead and Deliver New Product Introduction (NPI) New Source Introduction (NSI) New Technology Introduction (NTI) Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) and Cost Reduction/Localization Projects.

• Negotiate and manage technical requirements and communicate with stakeholders team members and customer facing teams.

• Manage and deliver projects which achieve cost targets reliability goals and program timelines

• Deliver value to our customers through the design and development of products that meet their cost performance durability and quality needs

• Foster collaboration both within our team and with our process partners including L3 teams test and validation partners and customer faces organizations.

• Champion process improvements within the team to enhance quality reduce costs and increase velocity through Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) and New Technology Introduction (NTI) programs for current products.

• Communicate results to global customers process partners team members and other business units.

• Provide coaching and technical guidance to our engineering community.

Degree Requirement
Bachelors degree in mechanical or related engineering with strong engine experience

What You Will Have:

Products and Services: Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Oversee development activities for multiple products or product lines

• Advises colleagues on implementation and operational considerations

• Coaches others on key factors that differentiate offerings from that of competition

• Develops procedures for product planning development and delivery cycles.

• Promotes understanding of multiple product and service groups and their interdependence.

• Monitors regulatory and environmental issues and considerations.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Advise 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.

Influencing Through Expertise: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen your own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.

Level Extensive Experience:

• 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.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan organize monitor and control projects ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

Level Expert:

• Champions organizations project management methodology tools and techniques.

• Manages multiple highrisk highcost projects involving multiple stakeholders.

• Coaches others in open communication among project stakeholders.

• Monitors major projects for critical path and actual status versus planned.

• Consults on project planning and management of highrisk highimpact projects.

• Monitors industry for fresh approaches and tools for project management.

Team Management: Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.

Level Extensive Experience:

• 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.

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 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 proofofconcept 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.

Additional Information:

• This position is in Mossville IL Tech Center Building E

• This position is onsite 5 days a week.

• This position offers domestic relocation assistance

• This position does not have sponsorship approved.

• This position may require up to 10% travel

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

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to specific employer such as H L TN F J E O.

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