Senior Engineering Project Team Leader

Caterpillar•Mossville, IL

23h•$147,760 - $221,640•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Engineering Project Team Leader in Caterpillar’s Emissions and Product Regulatory Compliance department leads the business-side vision, strategy, governance, and delivery of a portfolio of software systems supporting global emissions certification and compliance workflows and selected power systems product regulatory activities. The role bridges business stakeholders and IT, helps subject matter experts translate business needs into technology requirements, and guides a strategic roadmap for critical compliance applications. The position requires program leadership, stakeholder management, and systems-thinking skills to ensure technology solutions support changing business and regulatory requirements. The role reviews and revises the EPRC Systems vision and strategic development roadmap, partnering with IT to ensure software architecture supports roadmap execution. It leads governance and management of high-impact initiatives and projects, oversees progress and costs, secures stakeholder support, resolves problems, and drives projects to completion on time and within budget. It also coordinates resources across the department, engineering groups, manufacturing facilities, IT, and other functional areas as needed. The position is located in Mossville, Illinois and requires onsite work five days a week. Travel may be required, estimated at 10% or less. Domestic relocation is available; visa sponsorship is not available. The stated salary range is $147,760 to $221,640.

Requirements

Degree in an accredited Computer Science, Engineering, or closely related curriculum.
Expert knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational, tactical (1–2 years), and strategic (3–5 years) planning.
Expert knowledge of decision-making processes and tools, with the ability to analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques, and ability to transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs.
Expert knowledge of project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects and efficiently use technical and administrative resources.
Extensive knowledge of requirements development and analysis tools, methods, and techniques; ability to elicit, analyze, and record functional and non-functional business requirements.
Knowledge of leveraging software to support complex, business-critical processes and ability to develop solutions to significant technical challenges.

Nice To Haves

Experience as part of a software development team using methodologies including Agile and Waterfall.
Experience integrating multiple software systems and/or leveraging data lake technology.
Extensive knowledge of Teamcenter and other product data management systems.
Experience with Caterpillar’s CDM system.
Understanding of master data management principles and experience as a data owner.
Expert knowledge of Microsoft content management, collaboration, and reporting tools, including SharePoint and Power BI.
Experience with multiple change management approaches and leading teams in successful implementation of new processes and tools.

Responsibilities

Review and revise the EPRC Systems vision and strategic development roadmap as needed.
Partner with IT to ensure software architecture sustainably supports execution of the roadmap.
Lead governance and management of a portfolio of high-impact, short- and long-duration initiatives and projects.
Prioritize resources and support achievement of development plans, usability, and business value realization.
Oversee project progress and costs; engage and secure support from stakeholders and participating organizations.
Address and resolve project problems and drive projects to completion on time and within budget.
Coordinate resources across the department, engineering groups, manufacturing facilities, IT, and other functional areas as needed.
Help subject matter experts translate business needs into requirements for technology solutions.
Guide development of a strategic roadmap for critical compliance applications.