Solar Turbines
Sr Principal Engineer - Mechanical Design
San Diego, California · Principal · Part-time
No sponsorship$128k-$193kDetected 6 days ago
Project ManagementSupply ChainMechanical DesignCollaborationProblem SolvingCritical Thinking
About the role
- Career Area: Engineering Job Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
- The position is expected to utilize lean engineering and focus on quality, product problem resolution, lifecycle cost, product performance, durability, serviceability, maintainability, and time to market.
- This position will interface closely with the other groups within GTPE, Technology & NPI, Turbomachinery Operations, Global supply chain, Marketing, Solutions.
Responsibilities
- Leads new designs and teams resolving manufacturing or operational issues, for complex components and systems.
- Responsibility for design acceptance, manufacturing producibility, and validation.
- Develop project scope to address business challenges and opportunities.
- Define and implement engineering procedures to make the product or process more reliable, efficient and cost-effective. Understanding functional requirements and translating into detail design documents.
- ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
- 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.
- Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
- 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.
Requirements
- Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis
- Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques
- ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
- Knowledge of effective self-management practices
- Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
- Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods
- Knowledge 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.
Skills
- 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.
- 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.
- Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks, and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
- Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
- Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
- 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.
- Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.
Compensation
- $128,470.00 - $192,710.00
- 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
- 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.
- Leading collaboration with all functional areas to provide a design solution that meets the requirements of the enterprise partners and customers.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
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