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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.

Role Definition
Product Engineering role who Designs, develops, builds, and implements Reman components, products, or technologies.

Responsibilities

• The Position is responsible for End-to-End Product Engineering support for Reman Engine Arrangements and Engine Components.
• The candidate should actively participate in Reman Engines NPI programs and be capable of leading program execution activities, including BOM configuration, completion of VDRA, validation of virtual builds, identification and resolution of build-related issues, and ensuring overall design readiness for production release.
• The incumbent should have the capability to evaluate, resolve, and drive Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) originating from manufacturing plants, ensuring timely implementation of corrective actions and the successful release of engineering prints in support of production requirements
• The candidate should be capable of evaluating and making informed decisions on Original Equipment (OE) design changes and assessing their impact on Reman products, ensuring technical feasibility, product quality, manufacturability, and alignment with Reman engineering objectives
• The candidate should be capable of assessing reman ufacturability and making Reman/Reuse decisions for a wide range of engine components, ensuring technical feasibility, product quality, reliability, and cost effectiveness, while maximizing component recovery and reducing new part usage.
• The candidate should possess strong technical knowledge of various remanufacturing and salvage techniques for engine components, with the ability to assess component recoverability, identify reclaim opportunities, and support cost-effective remanufacturing solutions while maintaining product quality and reliability
• The candidate should possess strong product knowledge of Caterpillar diesel and gas engines and their major components, including cylinder heads, cylinder blocks, pistons and connecting rods, rotating components, fuel injectors, and turbochargers, along with a thorough understanding of remanufacturing and salvage techniques used to restore component functionality, reliability, and value
• The candidate should be responsible for effectively collaborating and communicating with international process partners and cross-functional teams to obtain technical inputs, conduct design reviews, align on engineering decisions, and communicate project outcomes, recommendations, and status updates

Required Qualifications:

• Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering or Materials Science curriculum.
• The candidate should possess 10 to 15 years of experience in Product Engineering, Design Engineering, Remanufacturing and Salvage Technologies, with strong expertise in product development, engineering change management and component recovery processes.
• Experience with Caterpillar diesel and gas engines and engine components will be considered a significant advantageStrong working knowledge in Creo for 3D design, modeling, detailing, and drawing creation.
• Ability to apply Caterpillar engineering standards, design guidelines, and industry specifications in the development and release of high-quality engineering solutions.Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to communicate effectively in a global work environment.
• Demonstrated initiative, excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, strong problem-solving capabilities, and a proven sense of urgency in supporting and serving both internal and external customers.
  Skill Descriptors
  Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
  • Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
  • Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
  • Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
  • Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
  • Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
  
  Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
  Level Working Knowledge:
  • 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.
  
  Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
  Level Working Knowledge:
  • Recognizes changing demands and priorities; validates changes with management.
  • Obtains information about how current assignments contribute to organizational goals.
  • Completes current work according to assigned priorities.
  • Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work.
  • Performs at least 2-3 concurrent activities without reducing productivity.
  
  Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
  Level Working Knowledge:
  • Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
  • Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.
  • Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.
  • Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence.
  • Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.
  
  Product Design - MFG: Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Develops improvement plans for senior management and evaluates the outcome of the design against the functionality.
  • Advises others on the development of multiple products and their functionality.
  • Trains others on advanced tools and approaches of product design.
  • Monitors the processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are met.
  • Evaluates feedback from customers and consults on functional weaknesses.
  • Controls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.
  
  Product Design and Development: Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.
  Level Working Knowledge:
  • Builds three-dimensional models with basic materials.
  • Communicates with professionals to understand various requirements of product design.
  • Tests and evaluates alternative means of production being considered for use.
  • Uses automated tools to design or modify the design of a product.
  • Assists in building a complex prototype of product.
  
  This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization.

Additional details: This job requires 5days in a week from office.

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