CAREER AREA:

Engineering

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure.  Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs.  Join us.

Job Purpose:

As an entry level, engineering degreed position, job assignments are planned to provide experience and familiarization with the technical staff, methods, practices, and programs of the company and assigned area.    

Job Duties (including but not limited to the following):

The key role of this entry level engineering position is to learn and assist:  to gain an understanding of Caterpillar’s business, products, systems, and procedures; to learn and develop skills which result from the practical application of basic engineering knowledge; and to provide assistance to a project team or others in the work group.  Projects will usually be of short duration and work results will affect those working on the same project or assignment.  Typically, decisions will impact routine, low risk issues that may affect the project team, suppliers, or internal customers.  Challenges include applying theory, learning procedures, and understanding the technology.

Associate Engineers may work in any number of functional areas requiring an engineering degree, including, but not limited to, product design, development, research, metallurgy, quality, reliability, materials, manufacturing process, application and installation, product performance/support, service, and facilities.

Key areas of responsibility encountered in this role may include any or all of the following:  

• Perform needs analysis and initiate ideas

• Evaluate new products, processes, or systems

• Communicate results to customers, suppliers, team members, and other business units

• Contribute to the design of new products and processes

• Perform product and process maintenance

• Support other engineers, managers, marketing personnel, customers, and suppliers. 

• Attention to detail is critical.  

• Uses readily available clear and direct references and provides straightforward solutions to problems.  

• Collects and evaluates data and develops plans for assignments.  

• Associate Engineers may expect to have direct contact with other team members, customers and suppliers.  

• Associate Engineers must manage their own development, continuously learning through experience and staying abreast of technology changes.  

• Learning will focus on methods, processes and systems applied to engineering functions, key engineering skills, practical application of theory, communications and building a knowledge of Caterpillar’s products, suppliers and customers.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum

Top Candidates will also have:

• Excellent analytical skills.  

• Must have ability to communicate effectively with team members and others in the work group, as well as customers and suppliers.

Additional Information

• This position will close on 7/30/21 at 11:59pm

• The location for this position is Mossville, IL

• Relocation assistance is available for this position

• This position may require up to 10% travel

Employee benefit details

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 benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

Final details

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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 .

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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