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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.

At Caterpillar, we work to help our customers build a better world. Without our team of talented, bright and driven individuals, we wouldn’t be the Caterpillar we are today. Now, this is your chance to join our team and do work that matters. We want you to help us enable customer success, make progress possible around the world and help our communities grow and thrive. We are looking for a dynamic, organized self-starter to join our Cat Technology Division as a **Senior Engineering Project Team Leader (Lifecycle Manager)** **in Mossville, IL**

**Cat Technology** collaborates with partners across the Caterpillar enterprise to advance technologies including autonomy and automation, which helps enhance site safety, productivity and efficiency across customer operations worldwide. Cat Technology also owns enterprise-wide initiatives in innovation, research and development, manufacturing automation and advanced materials, ensuring Caterpillar continues to lead the industry in technological excellence and engineering innovation.

We’re **committed** to our customers, who build a better world with our products, services and solutions. We understand and show the value of why they should always choose us. We’re exploring new ideas and opportunities – **innovating** to discover the breakthroughs necessary for tomorrow’s growth.

Job Summary** **:

+ The **Senior Engineering Project Team Leader (Lifecycle Manager)** manages multiple or complex engineering projects related to the identification, strategic and tactical planning, and implementation of electronic component transitions across the Caterpillar machine product line to address obsolescence and/or assurance of supply risk. These efforts are large and complex, often involving alignment with numerous machine NPI efforts and in some critical situations, involve urgent collaboration with machine product engineering teams to drive unplanned changes to sustain the availability of parts for production and service.

**Additional Info** :

+ This role is located in **Mossville, IL** and does offer relocation

+ This role is 1st shift

+ This role is 100% on-site with no opportunity for hybrid or remote schedules

+ This role requires up to 10% travel, potentially international

What You Will Do:

+ Develop project scope to address business challenges and opportunities.

+ Coordinating resources across sales and marketing, product development groups, value chain and manufacturing.

+ Overseeing project progress and costs; communicating status with stakeholders and participating functional areas; addressing and resolving problems.

+ Directing project staffing; motivating and developing project team and team members.

What You Have (Required Skills):

+ Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

+ **Products and Services** : Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.

+ **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.

+ **Project Management** : Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

+ Data analysis skills: Power BI or other related systems

+ Effective communication skills both written and verbal

What Will Put You Ahead (Preferred Skills):

+ Experience with data management and analytics tools.

+ Knowledge of Caterpillar's machine product lines, purchasing systems, and engineering print systems are helpful in modelling component usage and establishing strategies for critical transition planning.

What You Will Get** **:

+ Through it all, we are one team (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYIDne7Q5ek&list=PLwAXbfivFg0jmiNqqgFLeQJpRB\_i-UVln&index=39) – creating and delivering world-class components and solutions superior to the competition.

+ Learn more about the Caterpillar Experience (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvCYWtWARlk&list=PLwAXbfivFg0jmiNqqgFLeQJpRB\_i-UVln&index=25) .

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Relocation is available for this position.

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.

Summary Pay Range:

$144,960.00 - $217,320.00

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

Posting Dates:

October 31, 2025 - November 14, 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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