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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 Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

Job Summary:

You will lead a team of Grade Control Platform (GCP) and Grade Control Application (GCA) project managers who, working with CTCT development teams, are building the software platforms and integrated applications from which innovative solutions to real world customer problems can be created. Focus is on the product life cycle and the projects that deliver these.

About Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT)

Our division develops machine control products that use site design information combined with positioning technology to semi-automatically control machines. These products are used in a range of applications to enable a machine operator to perform their work safely, accurately, efficiently, sustainably and effectively using sophisticated yet intuitive user-centric technology.

What You Will Do (Responsibilities):

This role is a leadership position accountable for the efficient delivery of both Grade Control Platform software as well as Grade Control Applications through the execution of the CTCT T5 development process.

• Owner of the CTCT GCP development process aspects and key contributor to GCA development process aspects of the CTCT T5 development process.

• Oversight of the execution of the CTCT T5 development process including Risk Based Thinking.

• Partner with the Technical Directors, Technical Stewards and Sr Product Managers to establish standards, best practices, and a culture of continuous improvement that leads to the best outcomes.

• With other Senior Program Managers, accountability to ensure that GCA project needs are reflected in GCP backlogs and vice versa.

• Manage directly or through reports the execution and delivery of projects and programs for both Caterpillar and Trimble.

• Maintenance and implementation of metrics to measure product life cycle targets (Time, Cost Quality, Content)

• Coordination of broader development plans including those that pertain to Caterpillar factory integration and Mining (CI and RI)

• Communication with leaders CTCT to establish and maintain a shared, consistent understanding of the CTCT product, platform or application, direction and goals.

• Coach and mentor team members to grow their skills and capabilities for benefit of both their own career and the success of the business

Top Candidates Will Have:

• 10+ years’ experience in cross-functional project teams and software development organizations.

• At least 5 years of direct people management experience, responsible for performance and career planning.

• An understanding of the grade control industry and demonstrated ability to bring quality products to production.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver software projects that bring quality products to market.

• Proven hands-on technical project management experience with the ability proactively identify & resolve issues early while maintaining relationships.

• Grade Control machine software NPI experience is highly desirable.

• Experience in Agile software development and a recognized certification in Project Management is highly desirable.

Education Requirement:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience

What Skills You Will Have:

Planning: Tactical, Strategic:

• Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.

• Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.

• Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.

• Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing project plans.

• Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.

• Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

Quality Management:

• Utilizes quality indicators relevant to Grade Control software development.

• Adheres to organizational quality management processes and practices.

• Applies key aspects of continuous improvement processes and evaluates impact on quality.

• Uses quality evaluation tools and techniques such as Risk Based Thinking.

• Works with quality assurance methods, tools and techniques.

Effective Communications:

• Works to create a climate that values and rewards good oral and written communication.

• Communicates effectively with diverse audiences, using appropriate media and language.

• Monitors developments in communications tools for potential use by organization.

• Writes reports, articles, or books for distribution to the business or professional community.

• Ensures important messages are clearly understood.

• Coaches others on methods of improving their own communications.

Problem Solving:

• Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.

• Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.

• Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.

• Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.

• Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.

• Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Program Management:

• Evaluates risks and vulnerabilities and creates contingency plans.

• Advises others on preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating program cost and time.

• Conducts regular and ad-hoc program reviews with project managers, team and clients.

• Coaches others in maintaining open communication among project managers and interested parties.

• Oversees reporting requirements and creates monitoring and control mechanisms.

• Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors a set of projects within a program.

Additional Information

The locations for this position are Mossville, IL and Dayton, OH.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position will require less than 10% travel.

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 wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary

• 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)

• Short and long-term disability coverage

• Life Insurance

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy Lifestyle Programs

• Employee Assistance Programs

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

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers .

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Summary Pay Range:

$144,960.00 - $217,320.00

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:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

• These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Posting Dates:

April 7, 2025 - April 21, 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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