Career Area:Technology, Digital and Data
Job Description:Role DefinitionWe are seeking a highly motivated Data Scientist to join our Digital & Analytics team. This role directly supports a manufacturing facility, working together with operations and support teams to identify business challenges, translating them into data-driven solutions, and delivering actionable insights through analytics and reporting.
You will play a key role in gathering requirements, identifying relevant datasets, building scalable data logic, and delivering intuitive reporting solutions that enable better decision-making across operations.
What you will do- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to understand business problems, define scope, and translate requirements into analytical solutions
- Identify, source, and validate data needed to solve operational and business challenges
- Develop SQL-based data models and logic to support analytics and reporting use cases
- Design and deliver reporting solutions (primarily in Power BI) tailored to end-user needs
- Perform exploratory data analysis to uncover trends, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement
- Collaborate with peers to ensure data quality, consistency, and best practices
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of analytics capabilities across the team
Tools & Technologies- SQL on Snowflake
- Power BI
- Exposure to Python and web frameworks such as Django (training provided)
- ETL and Orchestration Tools (Python and Dagster)
What you must have (skill descriptions)- Business Statistics: Knowledge of the statistical tools, processes, and practices to describe business results in measurable scales; ability to use statistical tools and processes to assist in making business decisions.
- Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
- 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.
- Programming Languages: Knowledge of basic concepts and capabilities of programming; ability to use tools, techniques and platforms in order to write and modify programming languages.
- Query and Database Access Tools: Knowledge of data management systems; ability to use, support and access facilities for searching, extracting and formatting data for further use.
- Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
Top candidates will also have- Strong analytical mindset with a passion for investigating data and solving problems
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interface effectively with diverse customer groups
- Comfortable translating ambiguous business needs into structured analytical solutions
- Collaborative team player who works well with peers and stakeholders
- Experience working with SQL to build queries, data models, and business logic for analytics
- Background in business analytics, including translating operational problems into data-driven solutions
- Proven ability to work with stakeholders to understand challenges and convert them into reporting and analytical outputs
- Experience developing reports and dashboards (Power BI or similar tools)
Growth OpportunitiesThis role offers strong growth potential within the data and analytics space, including:
- Advanced data engineering and architecture exposure (ETL, orchestration, modeling)
- Expansion into full-stack analytics and application development (Python/Django)
- Opportunities to take ownership of end-to-end data products and solutions
Why Join UsYou'll be part of a team driving digital transformation within a complex manufacturing environment by working on meaningful problems, building impactful solutions, and developing skills across data science, analytics, and software development.
Additional Information - This position will close at 11:59 p.m. on 06/19/2026.
- This position can be located will be located onsite 5 days a week in East Peoria, IL (Building KK).
- Domestic relocation is available
- VISA Sponsorship is NOT Available
- Travel requirements will be up to 10%
Final detailsPlease frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application - please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.
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Summary Pay Range:$89,210.00 - $144,960.00
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.
Relocation is available for this position.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Posting Dates:June 12, 2026 - June 19, 2026
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
