Job Description

Career Area: Engineering: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 xe2x80x93 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 xe2x80x93 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.Job Title: Tooling & Robotics Project EngineerLocation: Peterlee, UKSalary: 47,615 GBP xe2x80x93 59,518 GBPHours: 36.5Travel: Up to 10%Job Requisition: R0000299919Hiring Manager: Stuart HutchinsonJob Purpose:Caterpillar in Peterlee, UK is currently hiring a Tooling & Robotics Project Engineer. As a Tooling & Robotics Project Engineer, you will provide leadership to multi-functional project teams to execute major capital equipment projects to the facility while adhering to Caterpillarxe2x80x99s core values of Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, Commitment and Sustainability. The Project Engineer is responsible for the execution of defined steps of the Facilities Capital and Automation strategic goals.Job duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• The leadership, management and guidance in major capital equipment projects.
• Identifying and implementing enhancements and modifications to complex manufacturing operations equipment and processes
• Participating in the adoption of new technologies and processes (automation, robotics, computer aided manufacturing software, etc.) to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction and quality improvement.
• Collaborating with all functional areas, (operations, purchasing, manufacturing) to provide robotic solutions that meets the requirements for the facility

What skills/experience you will have:

• Engineering/Manufacturing/Management Degree or equivalent experience in Project Management and Manufacturing.
• Excellent PC, Presentation and Communication Skills

• Project Management:

• Knowledge and experience 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.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Describes the key objectives, phases and deliverables of a current project.
• Creates detailed project plans including cost, schedule, critical path and resource requirements.
• Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a project.
• Produces project status reports.

• 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.
• A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
• Analyses risks and benefits of alternative approaches.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

• Judgment and Decision Making:

• Knowledge of the decision-making process; ability to carefully evaluate the impact of emerging business situations and choose the best path forward communicating actions and activities that maximize organizational performance.
• Seeks input from multiple sources to generate diverse ideas for decision making.
• Sustains organization strategies over time by accurately analysing trade-offs in changing direction or staying the course.
• Makes sound data and fact-based decisions.
• Communicates decisions confidently and resolutely.

• Change Management:

• Knowledge of the processes and procedures by which to manage change in the production environment and processes effectively.
• Knowledge of change management techniques and models
• Knowledge of the associated communication requirements, activities and authorization levels required to implement and effectively maintain a change.

• Manufacturing Best Practices and Standards:

• Knowledge of best practices and standards for improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and safety of the design, production, and distribution of manufacturing products; ability to create and implement best practices and standards for various manufacturing processes and activities.
• Cites examples of industry best practices and their relevance to the organization.
• Identifies the expected benefits of implementing best practices.
• Locates and interprets best practice documentation and information sources.

• Names the manufacturing processes that can be streamlined from the implementation of best practices.
• Monitors industry for best practices and new robotic and welding techniques

Top candidates will also have:

• Robotic Welding System and Fabrication & Welding Knowledge
• NEBOSH/IOSH Qualification or evidence of safety improvement activities
• Knowledge of PUWER & UKCA regulations

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