Facilities Project Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for a self-motivated Facilities Project Engineer at the Caterpillar Large Engine Center in Lafayette, IN. The role involves assisting with structural, utility, and lifting device infrastructure updates and maintenance at our facility. You report through the Facilities team and provide guidance in the maintenance and improvement of facility equipment, manufacturing processes, and associated services.

Responsibilities include design, construction, systems integration, maintenance, and support services required to support operations. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with quality, safety, cost reduction, hazardous materials, ergonomics, and other standards for the projects you handle.

Manufacturing

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• Managing construction projects for machine tool installations
• Familiarity with reinforced concrete design
• Maintaining standards and specifications, recommending changes to resolve design and construction problems, and writing periodic reports on the progress of the project.
• Providing leadership to other facilities engineers and directing efforts of contract engineering firms.
• Providing design information, reviewing and approving proposals and serving as the primary company contact.
• Estimating costs for equipment, materials and installation as a basis for determining the feasibility of alternatives and return on investment.
• Approving drawings, specifying equipment and writing purchase requisitions.
• Supervising work of outside contractors.
• Acting as a troubleshooter and investigating and determining causes for failure, lack of efficiency and need for repairing or improving systems or equipment.
• Resolving problems in designing the most economical, efficient systems, deciding what or which equipment should be purchased, making recommendations and keeping up-to-date on technical advances in the design field.
• Design of lifting devices
• Technical support for engine handling systems, cranes, structures and manufacturing equipment.
• Creating technical specifications and functions requirements for facilities related projects.

• Process Management:
  Extensive knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.
• Project Management:
  Working 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.
• Facilities Management:
  Extensive knowledge of safety measures for physical facilities; ability to maintain, care for and develop commercial and physical facilities.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking:
  Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Service Excellence:
  Working knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques; ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.
• Problem Solving:
  Extensive understanding 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.
• Collaborating:
  Working knowledge of collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
• Troubleshooting Technical Problems:
  Extensive knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve…