Surface Rock Drill Engineering Project Team Leader/Machine Lead

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Job Description:

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Job Summary:

Caterpillars Resource Industries Operations & Products (RIOP) Surface Rock Drill Engineering Project Team Lead performs as a machine lead in the surface rock drill engineering team. You will be the primary technical owner for the drill(s) assigned at the machine (L6) level and be the primary point of contact for those drills in the engineering team. This is a high-visibility position and will enable you to interact with many areas of the organization.

What You Will Do:

• Ownership of the BOM for the machine
• Leading a cross functional team to deliver technical content of NPI programs
• Interact with Commercial and other process partners to establish product requirements
• Leading key technical discussions on system interactions (L6 and L5)
• Facilitating design decisions amongst the L4 system teams
• Provide Engineering support to Internal / External BIQ Processes
• Interact with dealers and customers during customer site and factory visits
• Ensure that safety and regulations for the drills are in compliance
• Support the technical steward in the development of machine MGPPs
• Provide support to manufacturing as needed
• Provide field support when required
• Drive collaboration across the engineering community and enable decision making
• The ability to balance theory and practice to drive sound decision making

Education requirement:

• Bachelors degree in an accredited Engineering curriculum.

What skills you will have:

Product Design and Development:

• Proficient in Teamcenter.
• Proficient in multiple systems (hydraulic electrical etc) and familiar with machine or component design

Technical Excellence:

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to be a self-starter with strong technical leadership skills.
• Knowledge of industry standards related to construction and mining machine design
• Caterpillar or Large Construction OEM design knowledge.
• Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence effectively examining implications of events and issues.
• Effectively performs the technical job aspects continuously building knowledge and keeping up to date on technical and procedural job components.

Project Management:

• Capability to manage a local and international team of engineers to design and develop technical systems.
• Good interpersonal teamwork and collaboration skills to work with product system and component teams.
• Ability to develop and manage budgets for engineering projects.
• Leads high-impact engineering projects aligned with Caterpillars strategic goals.
• Tracks project milestones budgets and deliverables.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems:

• Ability to troubleshoot root cause for complicated technical problems.
• Capable of identifying or evaluating multiple solutions and selecting the best option to meet customer requirements.

Requirements Analysis:

• Demonstrates knowledge with the architecture and design of major or multiple products.
• Displays knowledge in estimating the cost of a specific design of a proposed product.
• Facilitates design reviews and ensures alignment to product requirements.
• Ability to translate VOC into L6 Product requirements
• Analyzes benefits and drawbacks and facilitates discussions to align product requirements.

Top Candidates will also have:

• Knowledge in machine design and/or machine system design
• Knowledge in multiple system engineering (i.e. structures and hydraulics)
• Previous knowledge in the NPI Processes

Additional Information:

This position requires the candidate to work onsite five days a week at the Denison TX office.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

This position may require up to 10% travel.

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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Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market locationjob-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

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

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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