Career Area:

Engineering

Compensation Grade:

25

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: Engineering Manager (Process and Compliance)

Salary/Grade: £62,130 - £77,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Location: Larne

Benefits: 

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Up to 20% bonus

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 a 4.5-day-a-week schedule 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 services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world. 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

The Global Solutions Engineering Group is responsible for the development of design to order customer specific products. This includes new product development, technical support for operations, processing of engineering changes, investigation & resolution of product quality issues.

Reporting to the Engineering Director, the Engineering Manager will be responsible for all Global Solutions Engineering releasing, compliance, and process excellence worldwide. Managing a team in Northern Ireland and in the US, you will lead the team to ensure all products are of the highest standard and quality.

What you will do:

Manage 6 -10 engineering team members responsible for engineering process excellence, quality, releasing, and compliance for Global Solutions Engineering designs worldwide.

Engage in engineering design reviews, and collaboration with downstream (Operations & Supply Chain) and upstream departments (PM, TSS and Sales).

Coordinate with all diesel and gas solutions engineering teams globally to standardise and optimise our engineering processes and ensure all our products meet local and industry codes and standards worldwide.

Champion compliance for all products under GSE design control through collaboration with GSE leaders to ensure design processes incorporate compliance requirements. 

Responsible for maintaining our Global Solutions Engineering Scorecard.

Responsible for product quality for the rest of the world diesel solutions engineering group.

What you have:

Technical Excellence

Knowledge of industry standards associated with large reciprocating engine-driven electric power products (ie. UL2200, IEC60034, IEC60204, EN12601, EU Directives 2006/42/EC, 2000/14/EC, and 2011/65/EU).

Experience with Enterprise Requirements Planning (ERP) Tools (preferably SAP), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software (preferably Siemens Teamcenter) and Engineering data systems (preferably Caterpillar EDS).

Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

Managing People:

Ability to lead successful teams and diligently address issues related to performance and conflicts at the workplace.

Works collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds; understands their needs and perspectives.

Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.

Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.

Collaborating Globally:

Initiates communication with other individuals or teams to solve shared problems cooperatively.

Builds a network of colleagues from other areas with diverse expertise and capabilities.

Project Management:

Ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

Education:

An accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science degree or closely related technical qualification. 

Additional information:

Up to 20% travel for internal project meetings.

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

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Posting Dates:

January 20, 2026 - February 3, 2026

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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