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.
Role Definition
Assists Program Manager with the management of complex projects within a corporate
program.
Responsibilities
Tracking progress according to program schedules and goals; developing solutions to program
problems.
Participating in the preparations of proposals, plans, and program
specifications.
Developing the project scope documents, project timetables and other documents that would be provided to Project Managers.
Monitoring the scheduling, budget, and performance of company
programs.
Degree
Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience
desired
Skill
Descriptors
Business Acumen:
Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse
situations.
Level Working
Knowledge:
Comments on the organization's business model and financial
goals.
Communicates key considerations for business decision making
process.
Cites examples of types of information needed to make sound business
decisions.
Participates in business task to get things done in own unit or
area.
Caters to key stakeholders and their
priorities.
Planning: Tactical,
Strategic:
Knowledge
of
effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational
(short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
Level Working
Knowledge:
Contributes to short-term operational
plans.
Anticipates
and adapts
to
plan changes.
Monitors
progress of
work
against
plan as
required
to meet
objectives.
Reports variances and makes agreed-upon
corrections.
Under guidance, develops tactical plan for own direct
responsibility.
Process Management:
Knowledge of business process
improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand,
monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.
Level Working
Knowledge:
Employs process
flows,
cycle time,
process
time
and
waste
concepts
as
appropriate.
Walks through steps, decisions, measurements, dependencies and hand-offs for a specific
process.
Creates process flow or work flow
diagrams.
Documents types of process decisions and potential impact of each
decision.
Identifies and monitors common process
bottlenecks.
Collaborating:
Knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Level Working
Knowledge:
Demonstrates experience participating in productive collaborative
processes.
Under guidance, initiates collaborative
meetings.
Assists
in
communicating
shared
goals
with
diverse
groups and
parties.
Helps promote collaboration across generations, functions, regions, and
levels.
Helps solve business problems and meet business goals through collaborative
processes.
Effective
Communications:
Understanding of effective communication concepts,
tools and techniques; ability to
effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
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.
Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own
work.
Avoids technical jargon when
inappropriate.
Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and
groups.
Problem Solving:
Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving
organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to
diverse situations.
Level Working
Knowledge:
Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution
alternatives.
Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved
stakeholder.
Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of
information.
Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on
resolution.
Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify
problems.
Project Management:
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.
Level Working
Knowledge:
Provides
input
for
Gantt
or
PERT
charts
or
their
equivalent to
track
project
progress and status.
Under guidance, plans and estimates simple
projects.
Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource
requirements.
Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a
project.
Produces standard project status
reports.
Data Gathering and Reporting:
Knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data; ability to practice them in a particular department or division of a company.
Level Working
Knowledge:
Detects
and summarizes
patterns in
data
and
findings
by
producing
simple reports.
Assesses common problems and obstacles surrounding data-
gathering.
Customizes data fields to meet clients'
needs.
Interprets and explains results of a data-gathering
initiative.
Participates in
projects
to
gather data for
needs
analysis.
This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Posting Dates:
May 4, 2026 - May 30, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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