Job Information
Caterpillar, Inc. Senior Project Engineer/Project Manager in Larne, United Kingdom
Career Area:
Strategy
Compensation Grade:
23
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.
Job Title: Senior Project Engineer/Project Manager
Salary/Grade: £46,329 - £57,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Location: Larne
Benefits:
Up to 12% bonus
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 6%
Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.
Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase.
This position requires 4.5 days in the office.
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 centres, 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.
We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and service. We need self-motivated, intelligent and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!
The opportunity
As the Senior Project Engineer/Project Manager, you will manage multiple complex Electric Power projects from conception through to completion. This is a highly collaborative role where you will work alongside project teams across engineering, supply chain, procurement and commissioning to ensure projects are completed on time and to a high standard.
You will focus on providing leadership to the project team(s) executing all the project activities related to the fiscal reporting, engineering, procurement, purchasing, logistics, quality, EHSS, site technical assistance and commissioning of Large Electric Power (LEP) Solutions projects.
As the Senior Project Engineer/Project Manager, you will drive continuous improvement of project management processes through the development of collaborative relationships amongst the Power Solutions work group, with customers, suppliers, and other cross functional groups.
What you will do :
Understand the project technical and commercial requirements, local conditions, statutory requirements.
Develop project schedule, project costing, and manage document control.
Collaborate with our dealers in managing customer change orders, facilitating the project team in making sound technical and commercial assessments and decisions.
Develop the risk identification and risk mitigation strategies, jointly working with team members and dealers on projects.
Assist the dealer project team in the development and execution of their project execution strategy, tactics, and transactional activities.
Practice and manage regular communications and reporting with team members, dealers, customers, and management.
Document and resolve issues using local or regional project resources and working relationships where possible, holding project team members responsible to make the project successful.
Support the manufacturing facility Quality Engineer and Dealer site team in closing project site ‘punch list’ items.
Institutionalise process excellence and lessons learned disciplines by conducting ‘lessons learned’ meeting(s) with all Functional Area Leaders and responsible dealer after system turnover to end user.
What you have:
Project Management:
The ability to plan, organise, monitor, and control construction, industrial and/or infrastructure projects, ensuring efficient utilisation of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Experience identifying project risks and vulnerabilities and developing appropriate contingency plans.
Ability to anticipate and execute project changes while facilitating effective issue resolution and communication of updates.
Demonstrated ability to own commercial delivery as projects transition from presales into execution.
Managing Multiple Priorities:
Demonstrated experience with managing at least 2-3 concurrent projects without reducing productivity and delivery performance.
Ability to recognise changing demands/priorities and to adjust plans accordingly.
Requirements Analysis:
Demonstrable ability to communicate with customers and users to elicit and gather client requirements.
Experience with contributing to the preparation of detailed documentation and requirements.
Flexibility and Adaptability:
Ability to adapt to a changing environment and be comfortable with change.
Demonstrated capability to identify and consider alternative approaches to situations or problems.
Adjusts to new or changing assignments, processes, and people.
Relationship Management:
Proven capability to manage relationships between the Global Account Management (GAM) team, dealer, and end customer to develop and maintain a cohesive project strategy.
Experience working with clients to address critical issues and resolve complex problems.
Able to provide prompt and effective responses to client requests and interactions.
Additional information:
- There is some travel required up to 20% of the time.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. #CaterpillarNI #LI
Posting Dates:
April 13, 2026 - April 27, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.
Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.
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