Mechanical Engineer 3

Caterpillar United States • Mossville, IL

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position is focused on project management and sustainable value creation of global hydraulics and cab components. Activities encompass collaborating with the global engineering team, hydraulic component suppliers, and procurement professionals to identify and deliver product value on business investments. The role is responsible for maintaining the department’s sustainable value creation dashboard, summarizing large data sets, and extracting business opportunities to execute. Technical communication and the ability to share results in leadership presentations are necessary. Secondary job responsibilities include serving as product design engineering lead for purchased finished, supplier-designed component new product introduction projects. The role would focus on leveraging hydraulics component engineering processes, technical and commercial competencies, and require collaboration with supplier and company representatives.

Requirements

• 5+ years industry experience
• Advanced proficiency with collaboration/project management methods and Microsoft Office programs (e.g. SharePoint, Teams, Excel, PowerBi, etc.)
• Ability to conduct analysis on large data sets, quickly summarize key results/trends and incorporate into stakeholder reports.
• Basic knowledge of a full product development lifecycle: business value, systems interactions, requirements gathering, functional specification authoring, product development methods, testing/validation and value stream engineering.
• Highly competent in both verbal and written communications, problem solving, customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Basic ability to lead team meetings, work effectively in a team environment, independently and efficiently manage one’s time, and taking initiative in completing deliverables.
• Detail oriented, analytical, innovative with problem solving ability and operating with urgency.
• Understanding machine hydraulic system architecture and components, manufacturing processes and global sourcing combined with ability to apply specialized technical information to understand functional requirements, identify trends, draft detailed component requirements and improvement projects, evaluate material properties, complete design analysis/verification activities, lead detailed collaboration sessions with multiple teams, and conduct technical design reviews.

Nice To Haves

• 3 years - Masters
• Experience with modeling applications such as CREO and ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics and analytical reports.
• Working knowledge of hydraulic components or systems desired.

Responsibilities

• Project management and sustainable value creation of global hydraulics and cab components.
• Collaborating with the global engineering team, hydraulic component suppliers, and procurement professionals to identify and deliver product value on business investments.
• Maintaining the department’s sustainable value creation dashboard.
• Summarizing large data sets and extracting business opportunities to execute.
• Serving as product design engineering lead for purchased finished, supplier-designed component new product introduction projects.
• Leveraging hydraulics component engineering processes, technical and commercial competencies.
• Collaborating with supplier and company representatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level