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EngineeringJob Description:
SPM Oil and Gas A Caterpillar Company is largest prime product manufacturing facility of Oil and Gas products in the United States is located in Fort Worth, TX. This facility also serves as one of our product development hubs. In this role as an Engineering Manager, your primary work location will be Fort Worth, TX and you will report to the Product Engineering group as Engineering Manager, where you will be primarily responsible for providing supervision and technical direction for an engineering team that is engaged in the design and development of Oil and Gas components and systems used in Frac completion Products that accomplish product maintenance, production support and new product introduction objectives. As a member of this Engineering team, you will need to have a growth mindset, promote continuous improvement, and help build a defect-free culture. We have a fabulous team that does some of the most exciting work at Caterpillar, and we can’t wait for you to join the team!
What you will do:
- Project scope will vary from a moderate technical focus to a broader, multi-systems focus, and will require incumbent to broaden business understanding. Challenges include increased competitive pressure, increasing project complexity and customer demands.
- Draw upon foundational product development skills such as conceptual design, development of product and/or process, data analysis & extraction, failure resolution & prevention, and requirements management is required; as well as, ever increasing skill in technical project management, development of product, internal and external requirements management, and cost-value management.
- Draw upon knowledge of more than one engineering function, technology, component, system, product, or process is required.
- Continually increase understanding of product technology and process and the customers’ business and needs.
- Make decisions, this position will work with immediate work group or project team, division/business unit, suppliers, internal and external customers, and the market, typically impacting one or more product(s), process(es), or factory(ies).
- Decisions may impact an entire product, process or factory and may affect warranty, sales, customer perception, and could have effect of evolutionary change to technology and its application in products or processes at Caterpillar through technology and core competency.
- Primary accountability for operating expense budget.
What you will have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- 10+ years of relevant work experience.
Top Candidates will also have:
- Experience in light fabrications component design and system development
- SPM Oil and Gas Frack Product Design and Development Experience
- Experience working with Caterpillar dealers and/or customers
- Light fabrication component manufacturing process knowledge
- Caterpillar NPI/CPI Process knowledge and experience
- Cost reduction and design simplification experience
- Lean product and process development knowledge and experience
- Experience in virtual product development and analysis
- Product validation process knowledge
- APQP and supplier collaboration process knowledge
- Assembly process knowledge
- Experience with Caterpillar PLM systems
- Technical/personnel leadership experience
- Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills
- Experience leading teams and collaborating across international time zones
- Excellent decision-making, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
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 a salary because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day-one benefits:
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. Identity Theft Protection)
Additional Information:
The primary location for this position is Fort Worth, TX.
Domestic relocation assistance is available.
This position may require 10% travel.
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 . #LI
Relocation is available for this position.EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
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About Caterpillar
CEO: Jim Umpleby
Revenue: $10+ billion (USD)
Size: 10000+ Employees
Type: Company - Public
Website: http://www.caterpillar.com
Year Founded: 1925