Facilities Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.•Clayton, NC

5d•$81,370 - $122,060

About The Position

The Facilities Engineer coordinates recurring facility services, operational purchases, reporting systems, assets, and CMDC’s leased-vehicle fleet. Working alongside and under the functional direction of the senior facilities engineer, this role manages recurring operational responsibilities with increasing independence as knowledge, judgment, and capability are demonstrated. The position also supports facility and capital projects and serves as a primary point of vehicle fleet coordination among CMDC personnel, vendors, vehicle users, and supporting organizations. The role develops, improves, and maintains facilities maintenance processes, tools, and capabilities. Duties include coordinating vendors and services; managing fleet and lease coordination; supporting purchasing and financial processes; maintaining asset and workplace records; keeping maintenance applications and reporting systems accurate; and coordinating facility and capital project activities.

Requirements

Ability to build, update, and maintain simple business applications and workflows using Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, Forms, and Excel.
Takes ownership of internal customer and partner requests, keeps commitments, and follows through on open items.
Builds trusted working relationships with employees, supporting teams, and vendors to resolve issues and keep work moving.
Experience with maintenance or infrastructure projects.
Accuracy and attention to detail in maintaining fleet, lease, purchasing, asset, vendor, and operational records.
Effective communication of priorities, status, requirements, and unresolved issues to vehicle users, vendors, employees, supporting organizations, and facility leadership.
Understanding of how facilities, infrastructure, vehicles, equipment, and support services contribute to product development and engineering operations.
Understanding of common facilities-management practices and how routine services, maintenance, and infrastructure support site operations.
Ability to use structured methods to investigate and resolve purchasing, service, vendor, and fleet issues.
Ability to organize and track activities, schedules, purchases, costs, documentation, resources, and deliverables while supporting facility and capital projects.
Ability to identify and correct data and system issues in maintenance applications, preventive maintenance records, asset records, and operational reports, and engage technical or functional resources when needed.

Nice To Haves

Degree in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience coordinating vendors, purchasing, leased vehicles, operational services, assets, or workplace needs in a product development or industrial environment.
Working knowledge of capital or infrastructure project management, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, receiving, cost tracking, asset systems, and operational reporting.
Ability to coordinate multiple priorities, work effectively across business areas, and exercise sound judgment.

Responsibilities

Coordinate recurring vendors and facility services, including landscape and field maintenance, fuel, office and shop supplies, pest control, pallet and waste removal, and other facility needs.
Coordinate CMDC’s leased-vehicle fleet and act as the primary CMDC contact with Wheels, Caterpillar’s preferred lease vendor.
Coordinate vehicle assignments, replacements, renewals, maintenance needs, documentation, and follow-up with vehicle users and affected business areas.
Coordinate orders, deliveries, receipt verification, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, spending records, and resolution of purchasing or service discrepancies.
Maintain records and coordinate inventory, assignment, transfer, recovery, and disposal of radios, fixed assets, furniture, and other facility or operational equipment.
Coordinate furniture and room or workstation IT needs with appropriate resources.
Maintain the facility maintenance application and related reporting systems, including preventive maintenance schedules, service records, open items, completion status, and required follow-up.
Coordinate with facility personnel, vendors, and supporting teams to keep maintenance information accurate and current.
Lead or support facility and capital projects through vendor coordination, scheduling, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
Escalate significant scope, cost, technical, policy, priority, or vendor-performance concerns.