Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
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Job Title: Engineering Product Team Leader
Salary: £57,000 + depending on experience
Location: Wimborne
Benefits:
· 25 days annual leave,
· Up to 12% Bonus
· Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution Up to 10%
· Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.
· Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase.
About Us
Caterpillar Marine Power UK Ltd is located on the outskirts of Wimborne on the Ferndown and Uddens Business Improvement District. Positioned centrally along the south coast, it is located close to national and international transport links.
With approximately 130 members of staff, there is a long and distinguished history spanning over 50 years of manufacturing marine propulsion and auxiliary engines under the Cat® and Perkins Marine® brands. Genset packages ranging from 1.5 Litre to 7.1 Litre and 7.1 Litre propulsion engines are produced at the Wimborne site.
The facility employs a wealth of hugely experienced designers, engineers and technicians used to providing solutions for commercial, pleasure, and military customers. From the design, testing and building, each engine is proven before leaving the premises to ensure the best performance for the end-user.
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual with a passion for marine products to join our Engineering team and be based in Wimborne to provide input and lead projects on the Marine products. The role will cover the leadership of projects in the product engineering team, as well as being an active participant in the global team working on Marine Power products. The role will focus on leading projects and programmes for the Marine products based on the IPSD-m platforms with the opportunity to work across the range of Marine Power Product team on a wide range of engine and genset development programs.
What You Will Do:
Manages multiple or complex engineering projects involving multiple functions, organisations and products.
Main Responsibilities
Coordinating resources across engineering, sales, product definition, supply chain and manufacturing.
What You Will Have:
Degree Requirement
Degree required
Project Management:
Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organise, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilisation of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Level Extensive Experience:
Plans, estimates, organizes and monitors engineering projects, with support from the Global Project Management function.
Influencing Through Expertise:
Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside the organisation.
Level Working Knowledge:
Team Management:
Knowledge of effective team-building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.
Level Working Knowledge:
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.
Level Extensive Experience:
Product Engineering:
Knowledge of product features; ability to support the teams managing the design, build, and development of new products, technologies, or services from concept through to production.
Level Extensive Experience:
What You Will Get
We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our dynamic, diverse and friendly team. We have a culture of openness, autonomy, support, personal development as well as a continuous drive for improvement.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.
NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined. Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting. #LI
Posting Dates:
March 26, 2026 - April 10, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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