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.
As the Project Lead – Equipment Management & Condition Monitoring, you will sit at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and execution. In this highly visible role, you will lead governance, communications, and reporting for a significant investment business proposal, drive 4DX execution, and play a key role in shaping and aligning Cat Digital development efforts. Your work will directly influence how equipment management and condition monitoring evolve across the enterprise—setting direction, creating clarity, and accelerating impact.
Why This Role Is Exciting
You’ll be helping to design and scale solutions capabilities from the ground up, influencing how our digital solutions are built, governed, and delivered globally. The environment is fast‑moving and sometimes ambiguous—perfect for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complexity, aligning diverse stakeholders, and turning vision into action. If you’re motivated by impact, energized by collaboration, and passionate about building what’s next, you’ll thrive here.
You Will Do
Lead 4DX execution, governance, and reporting for our solutions growth and digital solutions, ensuring focus, accountability, and measurable outcomes.
Own communication and reporting governance for the RI condition monitoring and equipment management business proposal, delivering clear, insightful updates to key stakeholders.
Manage dealer digital metrics communications and reporting, aligning performance insights with the RI condition monitoring strategy and customer solutions growth.
Coordinate and govern cross-functional workstreams and projects, keeping initiatives aligned, on track, and moving forward.
Drive the collection, alignment, and communication of digital requirements in support of Cat Foresight and future equipment management & condition monitoring capabilities.
Lead governance and reporting for development and continuous improvement projects, enabling data-driven decisions and sustained operational excellence.
Bring visibility and excitement to program progress through engaging media posts and targeted communications; establish a foundation for positive change management.
What skills you will have:
Planning: Proven experience leading cross functional initiatives involving digital, operations, and business stakeholders. Strong background in governance, reporting, and project coordination, ideally within technical, digital, or operational environments.
Products and Services: Experience with condition monitoring, asset health, equipment management, reliability, or digital operations environments. Familiarity with dealer-facing digital solutions and performance metrics. Exposure to Cat Digital, Cat Foresight, or enterprise-scale digital platforms.
Quality Management: Experience supporting continuous improvement initiatives in operations or technology-enabled environments. Strong analytical mindset with experience working with digital metrics, performance data, and dashboards.
Program Management: Experience developing or supporting business proposals, strategic initiatives, or program-level initiatives. A proactive, change-oriented mindset focused on building what’s next, not just maintaining what exists.
Effective Communications: Demonstrated ability to manage complex communications across multiple audiences, including leadership, technical teams, and external partners.
Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Additional Information:
The primary work location for this role is Peoria, IL, with a requirement to work on-site full-time at a Caterpillar facility.
This position may require 20 % travel.
Domestic relocation assistance is not available.
Visa sponsorship, international assignments, or payroll transfers are not available for this role.
Summary Pay Range:
$147,760.00 - $221,640.00
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
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.
Posting Dates:
January 29, 2026 - February 11, 2026
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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