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.
About E+ES:
Caterpillar’s Electrification + Energy Solutions (E+ES) division focuses on delivering advanced electrified power train, zero-emissions products/technologies, and the solutions and services associated with these technologies. Focus areas include batteries, fuel cells, motors, inverters, micro grid controllers, charging, energy storage systems, lifecycle solutions/services and integration of components for ePowertrain solutions across industries.
Description:
The EV & Machine Charging Systems Manager leads the team responsible for planning, deploying, and managing charging infrastructure across E+ES electric vehicles, heavy machinery, and equipment fleets. This role ensures reliable charging operations, oversees technical and operational staff and drives strategic decisions that support the company’s electrification goals.
The manager serves as both a technical and people leader, fostering a high-performing, collaborative culture aligned with safety, innovation, and operational excellence.
What you will do:
Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team across site assessment, engineering support, charging systems architecture, sourcing, cost analysis
Oversee site assessments, capacity modeling, charger selection, and layout design
Ensure seamless data integration with fleet and utility/grid interfaces
Lead project teams through specification of Level 2, DC fast chargers, and/or high-capacity industrial chargers and manage infrastructure deployment activities: permitting, utility coordination, schedules, and vendor performance.
Lead the team in applying smart-charging strategies, load management, and energy analysis
Review energy usage, demand peaks, and charging patterns to identify efficiency opportunities
Manage relationships with internal stakeholders including senior leadership, as well as with customers, charging hardware OEMs, software providers, electricians, and utilities
Oversee vendor performance, service agreements, and technology evaluations
Champion a proactive safety culture focused on risk incident prevention, and continuous improvement and conduct or oversee safety reviews, hazard assessments, site readiness checks, and may include contractor/user safety protocols as applicable
Lead high standards of safety, risk identification, mitigation, and documentation cross all project phases and ensure all systems and site infrastructure comply with relevant regulatory requirements (e.g., NEC, UL, IEEE, OSHA)
Encourage team awareness of emerging charging technologies, energy systems, and managed charging tools and drive pilot programs or new technology evaluations that support fleet electrification
Support development of cost estimates, proposals, and ROI analyses for integrated energy and digital systems
What you have:
Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree or higher with professional experience in engineering, business administration, operations, supply chain, program management
Technical Excellence: Background in energy, infrastructure, EV charging, facilities, construction, or technology-enabled services (technical, operational, or commercial functions)
Level Extensive Experience:
• Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions and assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.
•Certifications such as PMP, MBA, PE; knowledge of NEC, NEVI, BABA, IEEE, OSHA, NERC, incentives are a plus
Planning - Tactical, Strategic. Experience supporting the development of cost estimates, proposals, and ROI analyses for integrated energy and digital systems
Level Extensive Experience:
• Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
• Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
• Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
• Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
• Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
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.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.
Communicating for Impact: Knowledge of the concepts, tools and techniques for effective listening and communicating; ability to apply these theories to receive, transmit and accurately interpret information and ideas to influence others in various situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Analyzes the interests or requirements of the audience; shares only relevant information in a direct and efficient manner.
• Adapts standard communication approaches when conducting dialogue with different audiences or conveying messages.
• Explains others' view points and asks questions to ensure mutual understanding.
• Recognizes and assesses cues or unstated intentions behind verbal and nonverbal communication.
• Provides persuasive messages using well-reasoned arguments to address audience concerns or reactions.
Customer/Market Focus: Awareness of shifting market priorities and ability to respond to internal and external customer needs in a manner that consistently adds value.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Implements improvements to methods for maintaining customer responsiveness.
• Experience applying smart-charging strategies, load management, and energy analysis.
• Understanding of energy usage, demand peaks, and charging patterns to identify efficiency opportunities.
• Experience partnering with utilities on incentives, demand response, or renewable integration.
Managing People: Proven ability to lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams, and diligently address issues related to performance and conflicts at the workplace.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Anticipates and manages difficult interpersonal situations and conflicts; resolves them to mutual satisfaction.
• Consults within the team; seeks inputs from subordinates and considers all views while making decisions and works collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds; understands their needs and perspectives.
• Implements coaching and mentoring programs to ensure the holistic development of employees.
• Monitors employee morale and satisfaction; recognizes employee contributions and achievements and regularly reviews employee performance and provides constructive feedback.
• Ability to establish a positive, safety-focused culture with strong communication and accountability.
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Other:
Position is located in Mossville, IL
Requires 5 day in office schedule
Domestic relocation is available
Sponsorship is no available
Summary Pay Range:
$159,120.00 - $238,680.00
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.
Posting Dates:
April 10, 2026 - April 26, 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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