Senior Service Engineer - Remanufacturing

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Mossville, IL

Senior Service Engineer for Caterpillar Remanufacturing, focusing on improving product reliability and durability by responding to dealer technical inquiries, initiating solutions for drivetrain, hydraulic, and electronic products, and collaborating with various teams on product support and process improvement. The role involves failure analysis, field validation, and providing technical assistance globally.

What you'd actually do

  1. Respond to global dealer technical inquires submitted to the Dealer Solution Network that require Tier 2 support
  2. Find issues and initiate Fix It solutions for Cat Reman drivetrain, hydraulic and electronic products
  3. Support PIQ, BIQ & CPI projects with Failed Parts return, Failure Analysis, contribute to PCA ideas, facilitate Field Validation, release Service Publications and propose Field Support plans.
  4. Understand Reman product and processes in order to support Cat dealers, Regional Commercial Sales, Regional Product Support reps, and Caterpillar Machine and Component Product Support team members.
  5. Conduct dealer, customer and Reman facility visits to provide technical assistance on urgent field problems.

Skills

Required

  • Associates Degree
  • Professional experience within drivetrain, electronic or hydraulic systems design, validation, product support, or technical field experience.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and analytical ability.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills to communicate technical information effectively with a wide range of personnel, including internal team members, dealers, customers, and suppliers.

Nice to have

  • Good working knowledge of warranty and service systems.
  • Experience with direct communication with Caterpillar Dealers.
  • Experience with Reman and salvage processes across a wide range of components and applications.
  • Experience with CPI process and related systems.
  • Experience in Caterpillar’s Applied Failure Analysis (AFA) process and reporting.
  • Experience using Cat data systems: DSN, TMI, SIMS, SIS, HVC, SCAS.

What the JD emphasized

  • global dealer technical inquires
  • Tier 2 support
  • Failure Analysis
  • technical assistance