Engineering Manager
Caterpillar

Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:

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Job Summary:

Caterpillar's Integrated Components and Solutions Division is currently seeking a Mining Technology Product Engineering Manager for the Caterpillar Autonomous Haulage System. As the engineering manager, you will be accountable for the leadership of the technical team responsible for the engineering to support the Command for Hauling product line including both new product development and product support and maintenance. This role is directly responsible for delivering technical outcomes in support of new product development, product enhancement, product maintenance, product support, and product innovation. The leader in this role will be expected to establish goals for the team that deliver towards the department goals and product strategy.

In this position you will have a team of direct reports who function as technical leads supporting NPI (New Product Introduction) bringing all engineering work together to deliver the technical aspect of the program. The Technical leads bring the engineering development together leveraging engineering teams in partner organizations. These delivery teams span across multiple different organizations and deliver both software and hardware product. As engineering manager, you are ultimately responsible for the delivery of all of these teams to meet product objectives, schedules, and quality targets.

This position is also responsible to provide technical support to customers, the Command for Hauling operations team and product support. There are frequent and regular interactions with customers and end users. The engineering manager must be able to build relationships and partnerships with site operations teams and customers in order to provide exceptional service. Serving the operations team and customers well is what provides best in class value for the Command for Hauling autonomous haulage solution. You will be responsible for supervising the Command for Hauling performance team of engineers who provide simulation, analysis, and engineering support to both customer operations and new product feature development. This team operates the Command for Hauling performance lab and also leverages customer site data to make data driven decisions and conduct feature value analysis.

The incumbent must have strong technical and analytical skills, good communication and project management skills, a broad technical knowledge base, strong engineering judgement, and demonstrated team leadership skills. The incumbent must have the ability to interface with mining customers tactfully and with technical competence.

What you will do:

• Manages and coordinates technical feasibility assessment, planning, design optimization, costs/schedule management, risk assessment/mitigation, project communication and on-going production support.
  
• Promotes and fosters strong partnerships with partner organizations internal to Caterpillar and with suppliers external to Caterpillar.
  
• Researches and monitors industry developments, such as technology, materials and process advance; identifies potential new product opportunities and strategies.
  
• Provides leadership and performance management to product development engineering staff and monitors product development and production processes and activities.
  
• Develops department goals for quality, reliability, scheduling and support; monitors projects to help product development team meet goals.
  
• Leading Product Improvement projects.
  
• Stimulating team innovation
  
• Communicating globally with customers, suppliers, team members, and other business units
  
• Providing guidance and oversite for product analysis and validation.
  

Education and Experience requirement:

• Bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering curriculum
  
• Greater than 10 years of relevant product design or mining technology development experience
  
• Proven team leadership experience
  
• Proven experience executing projects requiring in depth technical analysis or applying analytical processes to solution development.
  
• Demonstrated problem solving capability.
  
• Demonstrated record of self-directed work.
  

What Skills you will have:

Managing People : Knowledge of processes involved in managing people; ability to lead successful teams, and diligently address issues related to performance and conflicts at the workplace. Level Extensive Experience :
• Anticipates and manages difficult interpersonal situations and conflicts; resolves them to mutual satisfaction.
• Consults within the team; seeks inputs from subordinates and considers all views while making decisions.
• Implements coaching and mentoring programs to ensure the holistic development of employees.
• Monitors employee morale and satisfaction; recognizes employee contributions and achievements.
• Regularly reviews employee performance and provides constructive feedback.
• Works collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds; understands their needs and perspectives.

Collaborating Globally : Knowledge of effective collaboration techniques and ability to build networks with people from different countries and cultures, think and work with them to bring positive impact and flourishing business results. Level Extensive Experience :
• Evaluates different viewpoints and reconciles conflicting interests to achieve a collective understanding and a group mission.
• Provides optimum solutions for complex problems by using collective intelligence of colleagues' networks.
• Trains others on the new technologies or techniques used to facilitate group interactions and improve collaboration.
• Uses internal and external network of leaderships or experts to help achieve organizational and client goals.
• Facilitates group's thinking and brainstorming activities to collectively create and share ideas.
• Oversees a team collaboration to produce positive business results.

Influencing Through Expertise : Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization. Level Extensive Experience :
• Communicates complex ideas and concepts in a clear and concise manner so that others can understand.
• Exhibits depth and breadth of knowledge, skill, and experience in the relevant field.
• Provides relevant, timely and objective subject matter/process expertise and key insight regarding multiple client business areas and affiliated fields.
• Provides others with information, opportunities, or resources to develop their skills in the area of expertise.
• Discards examples of persuasive arguments lacking evidentiary support or impact.
• Coaches others to enhance their proficiency regarding the tenets, practices, and examples of the 'trusted advisor' credential.

Top Candidates will also have:

• 5 years experience working on Command for Hauling in design, development, or validation.
  
• Caterpillar Product Development Experience - NPI process / leadership experience
  
• Experience with application of automation and information technologies to machines
  
• 2 years experience implementing and operating a Mining Technology Product at a customer site or proving grounds experience with Mining Technology product.
  

Additional Information:

The primary location for this position is Tucson, AZ

Domestic relocation assistance is not available

This position may require 25% travel

Sponsorship is not available

This posting will close at midnight on April 7, 2024

What you will get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary
  
• Annual incentive bonus plan*
  
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
  
• 401k savings plan
  
• Health savings account (HSA)
  
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
  
• Short and long-term disability coverage
  
• Life Insurance
  
• Paid parental leave
  
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
  
• Employee Assistance Programs
  
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)
  

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details:

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Posting Dates:
March 22, 2024 - April 7, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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