Engineering Product Team Lead

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.

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.
• Overseeing project progress and costs; communicating status with stakeholders and participating functional areas; addressing and resolving problems.
• Directing the project team; motivating and developing the project team and team members.

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.
• Extensive Experience: Utilises standard tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time. Plans, estimates, organizes and monitors engineering projects, with support from the Global Project Management function. Identifies risks; creates contingency plans. Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
• Team Management: Knowledge of effective team-building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.