Electrical Engineer

Career Area: Manufacturing 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.

Definition: Designs, implements, commissions, and supports electrical power, control, and automation systems for new and existing manufacturing projects, ensuring safe, reliable, energy-efficient, and compliant operation of production equipment and plant electrical infrastructure.

Designs and implements power distribution, motor control, grounding, protection, lighting, and industrial control systems. Develops electrical drawings, calculations, specifications, and installation documents. Leads installation, testing, commissioning, startup, and handover for equipment and facility projects. Troubleshoots electrical and automation systems, performs root cause analysis, and improves reliability and uptime. Ensures compliance with electrical codes, safety requirements, lockout/tagout procedures, and company standards. Coordinates cross-functional teams, suppliers, and contractors throughout project execution. Manages electrical projects and identifies energy, capacity, reliability, and cost improvements. Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electromechanical, Mechatronics, or related Engineering. Advanced English.

Collaborating: Partners with internal teams, suppliers, and contractors to deliver electrical and automation solutions. Aligns requirements, schedules, responsibilities, and issue resolution across teams. Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Evaluates safety, reliability, cost, and schedule impacts using data, standards, and risk assessments. Prioritize actions by hazard, equipment criticality, production impact, and business needs. Effective Communications: Clearly communicates requirements, risks, findings, and recommendations to diverse audiences. Prepares concise technical reports, specifications, updates, and commissioning documentation. Plant Facilities Management: Supports plant electrical infrastructure and assesses capacity, condition, reliability, energy use, and compliance. Coordinates safe installations, shutdowns, inspections, maintenance, and contractor work. Problem Solving: Uses structured troubleshooting, drawings, system data, and diagnostic tools to identify root causes. Implements and verifies actions that improve safety, reliability, and uptime. Process Management: Improves engineering workflows for design, change control, installation, commissioning, and handover. Maintains controlled documentation and monitors performance, recurring failures, delays, and improvement opportunities. Project Management: Defines project scope, cost, schedule, resources, specifications, and acceptance criteria. Coordinates execution and tracks risks, costs, milestones, documentation, and commitments while minimizing production impact. Technical Troubleshooting: Diagnoses faults in power, motors, drives, PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, instrumentation, networks, and control panels. Safely isolates failures and documents findings, repairs, results, and lessons learned. Top candidates may also possess: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Automation, Energy Management, or related field. Industrial power distribution, protection, emergency power, and critical-asset maintenance expertise. Hands-on experience with Allen-Bradley or Siemens PLCs, HMI/SCADA, networks, robotics, and drives. Proficiency with AutoCAD Electrical, ETAP, EPLAN, or similar tools. Lean Six Sigma, project management, electrical safety, or functional safety