Engineering Project Manager

    Highlights

    Drive organic account expansion across manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, product engineering, supply chain, quality, and related engineering services. Preferred Qualifications: Experience working within engineering services organizations supporting OEMs or industrial manufacturing clients.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationPeoria, IL

    Description

    Key Responsibilities:
    Leadership & People Management
    • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of manufacturing, mechanical, and product engineering professionals.
    • Manage employee performance, career development, staffing plans, and resource allocation.
    • Foster a culture of accountability, customer focus, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
    • Ensure team members are positioned for success through coaching, training, and leadership development.
    • Support recruiting, onboarding, and retention of high-performing engineering talent.
      Customer Relationship Management
    Serve as a primary leadership interface for Caterpillar engineering and manufacturing stakeholders.
    • Build and maintain strong relationships with customer leadership teams across multiple business units.
    • Act as a trusted advisor capable of understanding customer challenges and aligning engineering solutions to business needs.
    • Lead customer reviews, operational discussions, issue resolution, and strategic planning sessions.
    Business Growth & Account Expansion
    • Identify, qualify, and pursue opportunities for expanded engineering services within Caterpillar.
    • Partner with sales, account management, and delivery teams to develop growth strategies.
    • Drive organic account expansion across manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, product engineering, supply chain, quality, and related engineering services.
    • Support proposal development, SOW creation, pricing strategies, and customer presentations.
    • Develop and maintain a healthy pipeline of opportunities within assigned business areas.
    Delivery & Operational Excellence
    • Ensure successful execution of engineering projects while maintaining quality, schedule, and budget objectives.
    • Monitor project performance and proactively address delivery risks.
    • Drive utilization, productivity, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence metrics.
    • Coordinate resources across onsite and global delivery teams.
    • Support continuous improvement initiatives and best practice deployment.
    Required Qualifications:
    • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline.
    • 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, mechanical, or product engineering environments.
    • 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams and managing technical personnel.
    • Proven customer-facing leadership experience within an engineering services organization.
    • Demonstrated success growing engineering services business within existing customer accounts.
    • Direct experience supporting or working with Caterpillar is required.
    • Strong understanding of manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, product development, industrial operations, and engineering service delivery models.
    • Experience leading teams supporting large industrial or heavy equipment manufacturers.
    • Excellent communication, presentation, and executive relationship management skills.
    Preferred Qualifications:
    • Experience working within engineering services organizations supporting OEMs or industrial manufacturing clients.
    • Familiarity with Caterpillar engineering and manufacturing processes, systems, and organizational structure.
    • Experience managing onsite and offshore/global delivery teams.
    • Program management, operational leadership, or P&L management experience.
    • Knowledge of product development, manufacturing operations, quality engineering, supply chain engineering, and digital manufacturing initiatives.
    Skills:
    • Customer Relationship Management.
    • People Leadership & Team Development.
    • Business Development & Account Growth.
    • Manufacturing Engineering.
    • Mechanical Engineering.
    • Strategic Planning.
    • Program & Project Management.
    • Executive Communication.
    • Resource Management.
    • Problem Solving & Decision Making.
    • Operational Excellence.
    • Customer Satisfaction & Relationship Growth.
    • Revenue Growth within the Caterpillar Account.
    • Team Engagement, Retention & Employee.

    Experience:
    • Caterpillar Experience (Required).
    • Engineering Management.
    • Manufacturing Engineering.
    • Mechanical Engineering.
    • Customer Relationship Management.
    • Business Development.
    • Account Growth / Account Management.
    • Engineering Services.
    • Team Leadership.
    • Program Management.
    • Resource Management.
    • Operational Excellence.
    • Stakeholder Management.
    • Proposal Development.
    • Manufacturing Operations.
    • Engineering Services Industry.
    • Heavy Equipment Manufacturing.
    • OEM Engineering Support.
    • Manufacturing Services.
    • Product Engineering.
    • Mechanical Design.
    • Plant Operations.
    • Technical Sales.
    • Customer-Facing Leadership.
    • Revenue Growth.
    • Strategic Account Management.
    • Peoria, Illinois.
    • Global Delivery Management.
    • Engineering Consulting.

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