Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
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Electrical Installation Tech Expert
Locations: East Peoria, IL (SS) or Tucson, AZ
Travel: Up to 25%
Relocation Assistance: Not available
Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
Job Summary
As a Technical Expert for Electrical Installations within Resource Industries Operations and Products (RIOP), you will serve as the primary subject matter authority driving design excellence, standardization, and continuous improvement across product groups. This role combines strategic influence and hands-on leadership representing RIOP in corporate committees, guiding critical design reviews, and mentoring teams on best practices for harness and cable design. You will lead knowledge management initiatives, collaborate with suppliers and technology partners, and ensure sourcing strategies align with engineering standards. Your expertise will shape future product development and deliver innovative, manufacturable solutions that add value to Caterpillar’s electrical systems.
What you will do:
- Represent RIOP in corporate-level committees, contributing to design guide development and 1E specification creation and reviews.
- Manage technical information for electrical installation designs, including establishing a cadence for updating electrical design guides and engineering standards for RIOP products.
- Lead RIOP Electrical Installation (ELI) teams in building and maintaining a comprehensive knowledge repository for future reference.
- Serve as the ELI subject matter expert during NPIs, CPIs, audits, and urgent issue resolution for RIOP product groups—actively participating in design reviews and guiding best practices, with emphasis on key milestones (DR2, DR3, Analyze & Improve).
- Drive knowledge sharing and promote best practices, commonality, and simplification across product groups.
- Mentor team leads on APQP best practices, focusing on harness and cable design.
- Educate team members on harness and cable manufacturing principles, including design-for-manufacturability guidelines.
- Define and document a preferred clipping hardware strategy for electrical installations, ensuring inclusion in the RIOP preferred hardware document.
- Facilitate sourcing decisions aligned with category strategies by collaborating with purchasing to ensure supplier readiness.
- Represent RIOP in technical community meetings and special projects.
- Collaborate with suppliers and validation teams to deliver value-added electrical installation solutions for Caterpillar.
- Engage with CAT Technology on continuous improvement initiatives related to harness components and methodologies.
Degree Requirement:
- Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering program
What you have (Basic Requirements)
- 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.
- Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.
- 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.
- Product Development Life Cycle - MFG: Knowledge of the methodology and associated phases, activities and deliverables of product development life cycle in manufacturing organizations; ability to bring new or enhanced products to the marketplace.
- Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
- 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.
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:
November 19, 2025 - November 30, 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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