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Caterpillar, Inc. Electrical Design Engineer (Power Systems) in Alpharetta, Georgia

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.

Your Impact 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.

About EPD

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

Caterpillar Switchgear, part of the Electric Power Division, currently has an opening for an Electrical Design Engineer located in Alpharetta, Georgia. In this role, you will design, develop and build, Low and Medium voltage switchgear for generator paralleling applications.

What you will do:

  • Interpret customer specifications and drawings, and apply them while considering industry regulations and NEC, UL 508, UL 891,UL 1558, UL MV, CSA 22-2, and ANSI requirements

  • Create bill of materials in ERP system

  • Provide direction to purchasing and procurement

  • Provide direction to CAD designers to create wiring and assembly drawings

  • Support production during equipment manufacturing

  • Write and validate PLC code for generator control systems, interfacing with various communication protocols

What You Will Have:

Analytical Thinking: Level Working Knowledge:

  • Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.

  • Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.

  • Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.

  • Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusion

Effective Communication: Level Working Knowledge:

  • Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

  • Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

  • Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

  • Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Managing Multiple Priorities: Level Working Knowledge:

  • Recognizes changing demands and priorities; validates changes with management.

  • Obtains information about how current assignments contribute to organizational goals.

  • Completes current work according to assigned priorities.

  • Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work.

  • Performs at least 2-3 concurrent activities without reducing productivity

Technical Excellence : Level Working Knowledge:

  • Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

  • Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.

  • Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.

  • Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence.

  • Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.

Product Design – MFG: Level Working Knowledge:

  • Participates in the conception process of a manufacturing product vision.

  • Collects and analyzes customer and market requirements

  • Utilizes design methods to implement the construction of a new design model.

  • Uses automated tools to design or modify the design of a product.

  • Assists in the testing and refinement of a new product design.

Product Design and Development: Level Working Knowledge:

  • Communicates with professionals to understand various requirements of product design.

  • Tests and evaluates alternative means of production being considered for use.

  • Uses automated tools to design or modify the design of a product.

  • Assists in building a complex prototype of product

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

  • PLC experience with Schneider and/or Allen Bradley

  • Experienced with UL508A control enclosure design

  • Power Engineering and Multi-Function Relay Programming/Operation

Other Information:

Position will not support sponsorship

Relocation will not be provided

What You Will Get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just a salary. Because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day-one benefits, including but not limited to:

  • Competitive salary and annual bonus program

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage​

  • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)​

  • Company-matched 401(k) plan

  • Stock option opportunity over time

  • Health savings account (HSA)​

  • Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)​

  • Short and long-term disability coverage​

  • Life Insurance​

  • Paid parental leave​

  • Healthy Lifestyle Programs​

  • Employee Assistance Programs​

  • Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

  • Strong community involvement

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.

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Summary Pay Range:

$87,480.00 - $131,280.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Annual incentive bonus plan*

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines .

Posting Dates:

December 12, 2024 - January 5, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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