Product Service Engineer-hydraulic Mining Shovel

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Tucson, AZ

This role focuses on monitoring and improving the performance of Hydraulic Mining Shovels, addressing field issues, reducing warranty costs, and providing technical support to customers and dealers. It involves cross-functional collaboration with engineering and marketing teams, and input into new product introductions to ensure serviceability, reliability, and durability.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible for monitoring the overall performance of products to reduce warranty costs and to meet the needs of customers worldwide.
  2. Identify problems, investigate causes, and establish priorities for resolution.
  3. Define field problems in terms of observed symptoms, research available data, define applications and conditions encountered, and raise CPI (Current Product Improvement) issues as appropriate.
  4. Initiate action for product improvement through PIP (Product Improvement Program) /PSP (Product Support Program) warranty program preparation to address commercial/business impact of field problems.
  5. Provide input to NPI (New Product Introduction) team for the setting of serviceability, reliability, and durability goals.

Skills

Required

  • Knowledge of and ability to troubleshoot heavy equipment systems including hydraulic, electrical, engine, etc.
  • Experience in providing technical support for heavy equipment directly with customers and dealers.
  • Experience in providing problem management and root cause analysis.
  • Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with dealers and customers.
  • Demonstrates clear written and verbal communication with strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with technically and non-technically skilled mining customers and dealers alike.
  • Self-motivated and organized.

Nice to have

  • Caterpillar HMS experience.
  • Mining industry experience.
  • Experience and knowledge of various product support systems such as CPI, SIS, SIMS, RWA, PIS.

What the JD emphasized

  • monitor and influence the overall performance of assigned Hydraulic Mining Shovel (HMS) model to meet the needs of customers and dealers
  • Work directly with real‑world product issues, field performance, and customer feedback
  • Your problem identification and prioritization directly shape product improvements, warranty reduction, and long‑term product quality.
  • Provide critical input to New Product Introduction (NPI) teams, helping set serviceability, reliability, and durability goals for next‑generation equipment.
  • Visit dealers and customers to see issues firsthand, provide technical support, and witness the impact of your work in the field.