Solar Turbines
Consulting Engineer
Houston, Texas · Senior · Part-time
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About the role
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical lead for proposal and front-end engineering efforts, ensuring alignment between conceptual design, commercial strategy, and execution requirements.
- Provide expert-level mechanical and facilities engineering guidance, ensuring designs meet industry codes, Solar standards, and customer expectations.
- Define and govern the mechanical design basis for complex facilities, including identification and mitigation of technical, operational, and constructability risks.
- Lead development, review, and approval of key engineering deliverables, including PIDs, layouts, one lines, block diagrams, and equipment specifications.
- Apply advanced engineering judgment in ambiguous, early-stage design environments, balancing code compliance, operability, cost, and schedule.
- Support fast-paced proposal efforts while maintaining technical rigor and defensibility
Requirements
- periodic travel as required.
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 15-20+ years of experience in mechanical facilities or Balance of Plant engineering within upstream oil & gas, midstream, and energy infrastructure sectors.
- Extensive experience with equipment specification, RFQs, vendor evaluation, and technical bid alignment.
- Operates with a high degree of independence and technical authority, under general direction from proposal or engineering leadership.
Nice to have
- Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred
Compensation
- $147,760.00 - $221,640.00
- Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
- Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience.
Benefits
- This is a summary list of benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
Company info
- 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.
- The Consulting Engineer is accountable for developing defensible, execution-ready solutions and acting as a key interface with internal stakeholders, customers, and suppliers.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
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