Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
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Senior Configurator Systems Integration Technologist
Primary Location: Decatur, IL
Secondary Location: Mossville, IL (AC) Travel: Up to 10% Relocation Assistance: Not available Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
Job Summary:
As a member of the Large Wheel Loader Engineering team, you will need to have a growth mindset, promote continuous improvement, and help build a defect-free culture. We have a fabulous team that does some of the most exciting work at Caterpillar, and we can’t wait for you to join the team!
This role provides exposure to a full product line with diversity between Mining, Quarry, Construction, and Compaction industries. The role offers an opportunity to understand a full business model and gain perspectives that enables development for future positions.
The Senior Configurator Systems Integration Technologist will report to the Engineering Manager. The primary focus will be to lead the product team to achieve long-term end-to-end competitive cost structure goals. This involves collaborating with the global extended Caterpillar team including business resources, engineering, manufacturing, commercial and supply chain to develop targets, identify projects to close gaps, and report out to leadership. You will also define and manage long-term competitive worldwide product cost targets and lead the cost Obeya process. You will stay abreast of innovations in Cat and competitive products to identify new opportunities and coach engineering teams on competitive cost structures and objectives.
What You Will Do:
- Developing world-wide competitive-based product cost targets by collaborating with global cost team members, business resources, and engineering to achieve competitive cost positions.
- Developing and maintaining competitive, external product cost comparisons
- Coordinating and maintaining full cost bill of material with engineering and business resources
- Leading cross-functional teams on global, high value cost reduction projects that will achieve reduction targets
- Lead Cost Obeya meetings, reporting to leadership the current state of our product costs, our line of sight to achieve target, and the actions in-process to achieve cost goals.
- Lead a team of regional cost project leaders to achieve end-to-end competitive cost structure goals by setting project-level vision and objectives to achieve target.
- Ensuring accurate and timely cost reporting.
- Researching and developing design parameters, performance characteristics, and technical specifications of new products and components.
- Guiding the evolution of the technical design, technical project planning, performance analysis, and development testing. Participating in supplier selection and capabilities assessment.
Education requirement:
- Degree or equivalent experience desired
Top Candidates will also have:
- **Leadership: **Ability to lead and influence others towards a common goal without direct authority.
- Exceptional organizational, analytical and project management skills
- Experience accessing data from Caterpillar systems
- Previous Six-Sigma experience
What skills you will have:
- Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
- Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
- **Effective Communications: **Understanding of effective concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
- **Problem Solving: **Knowledge 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.
Summary Pay Range:
$112,710.00 - $169,060.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits:
Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- 401(k) savings plans*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Employee Assistance Program*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Career Development*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
- Life Insurance
- Parental leave
- Adoption benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
- These benefits also apply to part-time employees
This position requires working onsite five days a week.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Posting Dates:
May 14, 2026 - May 19, 2026
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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