Engineering Project Team Leader

Caterpillar•Wamego, KS

1d•$128,470 - $192,710•Onsite

About The Position

Caterpillar’s EXD team is hiring an Engineering Project Team Leader in Wamego, Kansas. The role designs, develops, builds, and implements new excavator worktools, worktool components, and technologies, while providing technical team leadership across multiple projects. The position involves developing worktools from concept through testing and implementation, considering the overall excavator and the customer’s needs. The role is onsite five days per week, Monday through Friday, and requires 20% travel, including international travel. Domestic relocation assistance and visa sponsorship are not available. The stated summary pay range is $128,470 to $192,710. Employment offers are conditional on successfully completing a drug screen.

Requirements

A degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.
Knowledge of analytical techniques and tools, including the ability to determine root causes of organizational problems and create alternative solutions.
Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques, and the ability to transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs.
Knowledge of effective self-management practices and the ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities while prioritizing and allocating time effectively.
Knowledge of product features and the ability to design, build, and develop a product, technology, or service from concept through production.

Nice To Haves

Strong intellectual curiosity and a flexible mindset.
A vertically integrated engineering skillset capable of concept-to-production product development.
Ability to analyze and develop worktools based on the overall excavator and the total customer solution.
Good listening and communication skills and the ability to work across regions and functional areas.
Understanding of customer challenges across applications and use cases, with the ability to translate them into technical needs for best-in-class products.

Responsibilities

Research new worktool opportunities and competitive products.
Organize, coordinate, and execute concept development, design, building, testing, and analysis of prototype excavator worktools.
Identify machine integration opportunities from a worktool perspective to improve the operator experience, and work with cross-functional teams to implement them.
Develop and document functional requirements based on customer feedback and translate them into detailed designs.
Lead trade-off discussions with technical and customer-facing teams to determine the best customer solution.
Lead the creation of project proposals, cost estimates, project timelines, and technical reports.
Prioritize new technology projects based on risk, resource capabilities, and financial outcomes.
Review workload and balance it among technical team members.
Develop process and method improvements to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.