Facilities Project Civil Engineer – Sanford Advanced Manufacturing

Manufacturing

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Caterpillar is developing a new advanced manufacturing campus in Sanford, North Carolina, to expand production capacity for compact track loaders and telehandlers. The modern, technology-enabled operation is expected to incorporate automation, robotics, digital production systems and integrated logistics capabilities to enhance safety, quality and operational performance. Employees will help build the products our customers rely on while developing skills in advanced manufacturing and supporting the continued growth of Caterpillar’s Cat Compact℠ business.

We are hiring a Facilities Project Civil Engineer
. This role will help build a new state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing facility from the ground up. You will manage the civil facilities engineering workstream from initial requirements and design coordination through supplier selection, construction, installation, system integration, commissioning, startup, issue resolution, and handoff to operations. You will lead consultants, engineering design firms, and contractors; coordinate internal and external specialists; and ensure all deliverables meet Caterpillar requirements.

• Review, challenge, and approve technical drawings, specifications, calculations, design packages, and changes from external engineering partners. Confirm that the work is accurate, constructible, compliant, and aligned with operational needs.
• Manage scope, schedules, estimates, risks, changes, action items, commissioning plans, and operational readiness. Coordinate decisions and deliverables across internal functions, engineering partners, contractors, suppliers, utilities, and regulatory authorities.
• Resolve issues through containment, root cause analysis, corrective action, testing, verification, and documented closure.
• Translate evolving manufacturing needs into facility designs, technical standards, utility strategies, acceptance criteria, and scalable solutions.
• Integrate connected facility technologies, including building management systems, utility monitoring, advanced metering, sensors, automated controls, alarms, equipment connectivity, and condition-monitoring data.
• Use building information modeling, digital coordination, system data, commissioning records, and readiness metrics to identify conflicts, guide decisions, and improve startup performance.
• Coordinate planning and executing acceptance testing, system energization, integrated systems testing, commissioning, turnover, and startup.
• Provide concise verbal and written updates to leadership on integration progress, key decisions, emerging risks, cross-functional dependencies, and actions needed to support startup.

• Lead the development of site and facility infrastructure, including civil systems, utilities, drainage, transportation access, and building interfaces.
• Coordinate utility networks, security systems, telecommunications, site lighting, digital technologies, and future expansion planning.
• Drive permitting, construction execution, commissioning, and issue resolution to ensure operational readiness and successful project delivery.

Functional and Technical Knowledge: Working knowledge of the relevant civil, structural, utility, and manufacturing interfaces. Ability to evaluate external engineering work, ask informed questions, and make sound approval decisions.

Engineering Project Management: Ability to lead engineering work across multiple functional areas, external firms, contractors, and internal partners while managing technical dependencies and system integration.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Ability to evaluate developing technical and business information, assess alternatives, identify consequences, and recommend practical solutions that support launch and long-term operations.

Planning: Ability to organize work into actionable steps, anticipate bottlenecks, align…