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Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

About EPD

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

Role Definition

+ Lead a team of power and control engineers in the technical design of generator paralleling switchgear and controls.

+ Lead a team of power and control engineers on project execution while monitoring quality, costing, and timeliness of projects.

+ Train, mentor, and develop a team of engineers to improve their overall technical capabilities and align with the engineering department’s objectives and strategies.

+ Point of technical and commercial escalation for team members.

+ Actively lead and execute new product development and enhancements to switchgear design and controls.

+ Perform technical design reviews of drawings and final testing of switchgear projects.

+ Represent company with internal and external customers.

+ Execute and support the design, test, manufacture, and commissioning of any low and medium voltage switchgear.

+ Provide direction to CAD designers to create wiring and assembly drawings for generator paralleling switchgear controls.

+ Create bill of materials for generator paralleling switchgear controls in ERP system.

+ Create PLC programs for control of generator paralleling switchgear.

+ Position requires minimal travel, typically less than 10% to support startup and commissioning activities.

What You Will Have

Planning: Tactical, Strategic:

+ Contributes to short-term operational plans.

+ Anticipates and adapts to plan changes.

+ Monitors progress of work against plan as required to meet objectives.

+ Reports variances and makes agreed-upon corrections.

+ Under guidance, develops tactical plan for own direct responsibility.

Effective Communications:

+ Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

+ Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

+ Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

+ Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

+ Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Problem Solving:

+ Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.

+ Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.

+ Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.

+ Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.

+ Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Technical Excellence:

+ Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.

+ Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.

+ Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.

+ Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.

+ Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

+ Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Managing People:

+ Assesses the amount of time and resources needed to accomplish a task; delegates work accordingly.

+ Explains how the team's work contributes to the success of the organization; creates a shared vision.

+ Reviews progress and performance of employees; addresses bottlenecks or concerns impending employee growth.

+ Uses multiple channels such as meetings, e-mails, newsletters to communicate important messages with the team regularly.

+ Works with employees to set and define performance standards and career development goals; supports in achieving them.

Product Design and Development:

+ Develops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services' efficiency and effectiveness.

+ Creates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process.

+ Supervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services.

+ Develops proof-of-concept exercises to prove or disprove validity of proposed products.

+ Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems.

+ Designs working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.

Minimum Qualifications

+ Technical bachelor’s degree. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering is preferred.

+ Advanced PLC programming skills

+ Strong hardware controls design including generator control systems.

+ Power systems design.

+ Intimate knowledge of system operations and PLC/Controller based control systems.

Additional Information

+ Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

+ Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

+ Travel Requirements: 5-10%

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Summary Pay Range:

$126,000.00 - $189,000.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

+ Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

+ Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

+ 401(k) savings plans*

+ Health Savings Account (HSA)*

+ Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

+ Health Lifestyle Programs*

+ Employee Assistance Program*

+ Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

+ Career Development*

+ Incentive bonus*

+ Disability benefits

+ Life Insurance

+ Parental leave

+ Adoption benefits

+ Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

October 30, 2025 - November 6, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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