Facilities Project Electrical Engineer – Sanford Advanced Manufacturing

Caterpillar Inc.•Sanford, NC

2d•$128,470 - $192,710•Onsite

About The Position

Caterpillar is hiring a Facilities Project Electrical Engineer to lead the electrical facilities engineering workstream for a new advanced manufacturing campus in Sanford, North Carolina. The role spans initial requirements and design coordination through supplier selection, construction, installation, system integration, commissioning, startup, issue resolution, and operational handoff. The engineer will lead consultants, design firms, and contractors; coordinate internal and external specialists; and ensure deliverables meet Caterpillar requirements. The position requires connecting electrical systems and other facility functions into a safe, complete, production-ready operation. The engineer will work with Manufacturing, Legal, Accounting, Purchasing, Information Technology, Safety, and other partners to resolve dependencies and keep the project moving, while giving leadership clear updates on progress, risks, decisions, and system integration. The electrical focus includes facility infrastructure such as power distribution, automation controls, and equipment integration; capacity planning, protection systems, energy management, advanced metering, and digital facility solutions; and oversight of commissioning, startup, maintenance, and troubleshooting. The role is onsite five days per week, with work locations potentially shifting between temporary offices during the transition to the new facility. Travel of 50–75% may be required at certain stages. Schedule flexibility is needed to meet project requirements. Domestic US relocation is available; visa sponsorship is not available.

Requirements

Working knowledge of relevant electrical, controls, and manufacturing interfaces.
Ability to evaluate external engineering work, ask informed questions, and make sound approval decisions.
Ability to lead engineering work across multiple functional areas, external firms, contractors, and internal partners while managing technical dependencies and system integration.
Ability to evaluate developing technical and business information, assess alternatives and consequences, and recommend practical solutions for launch and long-term operations.
Ability to organize work into actionable steps, anticipate bottlenecks, align cross-discipline dependencies, and focus on construction, commissioning, and production-readiness milestones.
Ability to align technical and business stakeholders, including internal functions, engineering partners, consultants, contractors, suppliers, utilities, and regulatory authorities.
Ability to understand internal customer requirements and respond with urgency, ownership, and practical solutions as the operation transitions into production.
Strong knowledge of structured troubleshooting methods and ability to drive complete, sustainable solutions across complex, connected, multi-vendor systems.
Schedule flexibility to meet project requirements.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
Demonstrated experience supporting facilities, building systems, or industrial engineering projects.
Executive-level written and verbal communication skills, including translating complex engineering and integration topics into clear leadership updates, risks, decisions, and recommended actions.
Experience supporting an advanced manufacturing facility, plant startup, major expansion, or complex capital program from early design through operational handoff.
Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.
Experience with LEED requirements or certification.
Experience in facilities with high standards for building conditions, environmental stewardship, safe work practices, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Review, challenge, and approve technical drawings, specifications, calculations, design packages, and changes from external engineering partners, confirming accuracy, constructibility, compliance, and alignment with operational needs.
Manage scope, schedules, estimates, risks, changes, action items, commissioning plans, and operational readiness.
Coordinate decisions and deliverables across internal functions, engineering partners, contractors, suppliers, utilities, and regulatory authorities.
Resolve issues through containment, root cause analysis, corrective action, testing, verification, and documented closure.
Translate evolving manufacturing needs into facility designs, technical standards, utility strategies, acceptance criteria, and scalable solutions.
Integrate connected facility technologies, including building management systems, utility monitoring, advanced metering, sensors, automated controls, alarms, equipment connectivity, and condition-monitoring data.
Use building information modeling, digital coordination, system data, commissioning records, and readiness metrics to identify conflicts, guide decisions, and improve startup performance.
Coordinate planning and execution of acceptance testing, system energization, integrated systems testing, commissioning, turnover, and startup.
Provide leadership with concise verbal and written updates on integration progress, key decisions, emerging risks, cross-functional dependencies, and actions needed to support startup.
Lead the design, implementation, and operation of facility electrical infrastructure, including power distribution, automation controls, and equipment integration.
Drive electrical capacity planning, protection systems, energy management, advanced metering, and digital facility solutions to support operational and future growth needs.
Oversee commissioning, startup, maintenance, and troubleshooting to support safe, reliable, and efficient facility performance.
Lead engineering work across functional areas, external firms, contractors, and internal partners while managing technical dependencies and system integration.