Engineering Project Team Leadr

Caterpillar•Peoria, IL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Lead the Future of Heavy Equipment with Caterpillar’s Medium Wheel Loader Team! Join Caterpillar’s Medium Wheel Loader (MWL) Engineering team as the Engineering Project Team Leader – Large Structures, leading global design, analysis, validation, and quality for critical loader structures including Engine End Frame (EEF), Non-Engine End Frame (NEEF), Linkages, Counterweights, and Hitches. You will guide engineers across the U.S., India, and global partners while shaping MWL structural technology, quality, manufacturing strategy, and product development from concept through production. If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, developing talent, and driving innovation, this role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent hands-on experience in product development
Deep knowledge of heavy fabricated structures, structural analysis, and virtual product development.
Strong understanding of LEAN product development processes.
Experience managing technical roadmaps, budgets, engineering workload planning, and technology development initiatives.
Experience with advanced structural technologies, load development, machine simulation, and virtual validation methods.
Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
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.
Team Management: Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.
Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product management environment.
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.

Responsibilities

Lead MWL structural design, analysis, validation, and quality for EEF, NEEF, Linkages, Counterweights, and Hitch systems.
Coach and develop a global engineering team while providing workload planning and technical leadership.
Own structural engineering processes, including design guides, analysis methods, load/model libraries, DFMEAs, and BIQ reviews.
Deliver production, NPI, CPI, cost-reduction, and NTI work to quality, timing, and cost commitments.
Represent MWL Structures in leadership reviews, gateway reviews, DA3s, Obeya meetings, and technical forums.
Partner with manufacturing, purchasing, validation, and CPPD to improve manufacturability, sourcing, and supply assurance.
Advance structural technologies such as health monitoring, welding digital thread, weld inspection, and pin wear monitoring.
Own structural loads, component- and machine-level analysis, and validation methods across MWL platforms.