Job Information
Caterpillar, Inc. Solutions Sales Support Engineer in Larne, United Kingdom
Career Area:
Engineering
Compensation Grade:
23
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.
Job Title: Senior Design Engineer
Salary: £44k - £55k
Location : Larne
Benefits:
25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
12% Bonus
Contributory pension scheme- Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution Up to 6%
Contributory share scheme- Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution
Access to flexible benefits including access to private medical and dental care, ability to purchase
additional annual leave, cycle to work scheme etc.
Flexible working arrangements will be considered for this role, in-line with the needs of the business.
Caterpillar Larne is home to the Electric Power business and its principal activity is in the design, manufacture, sale and support of quality standard and customised generator sets and bespoke associated equipment that provide reliable electric power around the world.
What will Caterpillar do for you?
From day one, you’re set up to thrive at Caterpillar: helpful training, relatable mentors, global experience, competitive salary package, work-life balance and the growth opportunities you expect with a Fortune 100 company. You power our success and we are committed to empowering yours. After all, when your work can impact the entire world, it’s important to do work that matters.
The Opportunity
The core job functions include reviews of customer requests and specifications, providing concept designs, schematic layouts, design calculations, and product costing. The role includes working with other members of the Sales team to increase the sales of Solutions product for the Electric Power market to support the growth of genset sales. The candidate will represent Caterpillar in customer meetings, and help maintain strong relationships with dealers, Consulting Engineers, as well as end customers. The products and services being designed and costed in the role mainly consist of containerized genset solutions tailored to the specific needs of our customers.
What you’ll do
Detailed review of specifications and customer supplied drawings.
Participate in and contribute to meetings between dealer / customer and Sales personnel to appropriately define technical scope requirements.
Development of electrical distribution and/or control Bill of Material as required to meet customer specifications (spirit of specification).
Provide a technical description of the solution being offered.
Development of cost build up for electrical distribution and control equipment, as per technical solution offered.
Generate detailed line by line CDE (Compliance, Deviation, Exception) matrix against the supplied (relevant) packaging specifications.
Request quotations from third party suppliers for components and/or systems as required to meet functional specifications.
Provide technical support as required for timeline meetings.
Participate in hand over meetings and internal CDE reviews after placement of order.
Update and control of costings for third party synchronising controls systems, motorised breakers, electrical components (Including motor distribution panels, special panel work, etc...) and menu-based pricing for small light and power.
What you’ll have
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
• Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
• Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
• Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
• Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
• Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
• Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
• Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.
• Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.
• Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.
• Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.
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.
Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Knowledge of tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs; ability to produce, analyze, simulate and test product design drafts.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Coaches others on orthographic, isometric and axonometric projections.
• Presents complex products and systems graphically.
• Performs manipulations on design objects, such as changing projections and managing drawing layers.
• Directs the matrix computations performed to transform objects in coordinate space.
• Consults on benefits and drawbacks of top-down design vs. bottom-up design.
• Compares and contrasts uses of bird's-eye views and worm's-eye views.
Product Design - MFG: Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Develops improvement plans for senior management and evaluates the outcome of the design against the functionality.
• Advises others on the development of multiple products and their functionality.
• Trains others on advanced tools and approaches of product design.
• Monitors the processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are met.
• Evaluates feedback from customers and consults on functional weaknesses.
• Controls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.
Product Design and Development: Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Develops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services' efficiency and effectiveness.
• Creates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process.
• Supervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services.
• Develops proof-of-concept exercises to prove or disprove validity of proposed products.
• Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems.
• Designs working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.
Top Candidates will also have
A third level qualification in a relevant Electrical or Electronic Engineering discipline. Candidates with lesser or no third level qualification must be able to demonstrate more relevant experience
Strong knowledge of power generation and associated low voltage distribution equipment.
Previous experience in a commercial and/or technical sales role.
Good working knowledge of Generator Set offerings.
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 nearly 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-Hybrid
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
Posting Dates:
June 12, 2024 - June 26, 2024
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.
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