Manager Engineering - Core Engine Components

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**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. Large Systems Power Division has an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Manager within the Cylinder Pack team in Core Components. As the Engineering Manager for the Cylinder Pack (Piston/Ring/Liner) team, your primary role is as the design control owner for these critical components across Caterpillar’s C27 through C280 product lines for diesel, natural gas, and alternative fuel engines. You will inspire, lead, and develop a growing team of 4 to 6 engineers as they develop and validate components and technologies aligned to New Product Introduction (NPI), New Technology Introduction (NTI), New Source Introduction (NSI) and Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) programs. Additionally, the role will provide leadership to drive collaboration across Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and Supply Chain process partners. This role will collaborate closely with internal and external partners across the world. **Responsibilities:** - Design control owner for LPSD pistons, piston rings, cylinder liners, piston pins, and oil jets - Leadership and development of design engineering team - Delivering NPI, NTI, CPI and NSI programs to time, cost, and quality targets - Updating and maintaining component and technology strategies for design control - Active engagement with the Supplier Development and Purchasing teams to develop and manage sourcing strategies and supplier capability to meet quality, capacity, and cost targets - Ability to manage multiple projects or initiatives **Degree Requirement:** - Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Materials Science curriculum (Mechanical Engineering or a degree in Material Science is preferred). **Skill Descriptors** Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan. 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. - Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan. 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. 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. Level Extensive Experience: - Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching. - Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience. - Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position. - Communicates well downward, upward, and outward. - Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement. - Maintains focus on the topic at hand. Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges. Level Extensive Experience: - Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions. - Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues. - Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions. - Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems. - Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues. - Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs. Customer/Market Focus: Understanding of the importance of remaining aware 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. - Recommends new products and services based on changing customer needs and success criteria. - Responds proactively to market and competitive shifts so as to maintain advantage. - Delivers superior customer value consistently and within targets. - Negotiates successful outcomes on behalf of difficult or dissatisfied customers. - Coaches