Engineering Manager

Katalyst HealthCares and Life Sciences

• $110K — $130K *
Peoria, IL 61604In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering.
  • 10+ years in manufacturing, mechanical or product engineering.
  • 5+ years leading engineering teams and managing personnel.
  • Proven customer-facing leadership in engineering services.
  • Direct experience with Caterpillar is required.
  • Understanding of manufacturing engineering and engineering service delivery models.
  • Strong communication and executive relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of engineers in various specializations.
  • Manage employee performance and career development initiatives.
  • Cultivate a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
  • Serve as a primary liaison for Caterpillar's engineering and manufacturing teams.
  • Build relationships with customers across multiple business units.
  • Identify and pursue opportunities for engineering services expansion.
  • Ensure successful project execution while maintaining quality and budget.

Benefits

  • Professional development and leadership training programs.
  • Opportunities for career advancement within the company.
  • Collaborative and inclusive company culture.
  • Access to a network of industry professionals and experts.
  • Flexible working arrangements to promote work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership & People Management:
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of manufacturing, mechanical, and product engineering professionals.
  • Manage employee performance, career development, staffing plans, and resource allocation.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, customer focus, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Ensure team members are positioned for success through coaching, training, and leadership development.
  • Support recruiting, onboarding, and retention of high-performing engineering talent.

Customer Relationship Management:
  • Serve as a primary leadership interface for Caterpillar engineering and manufacturing stakeholders.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with customer leadership teams across multiple business units.
  • ct as a trusted advisor capable of understanding customer challenges and aligning engineering solutions to business needs.
  • Lead customer reviews, operational discussions, issue resolution, and strategic planning sessions.

Business Growth & Account Expansion:
  • Identify, qualify, and pursue opportunities for expanded engineering services within Caterpillar.
  • Partner with sales, account management, and delivery teams to develop growth strategies.
  • Drive organic account expansion across manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, product engineering, supply chain, quality, and related engineering services.
  • Support proposal development, SOW creation, pricing strategies, and customer presentations.
  • Develop and maintain a healthy pipeline of opportunities within assigned business areas.

Delivery & Operational Excellence:
  • Ensure successful execution of engineering projects while maintaining quality, schedule, and budget objectives.
  • Monitor project performance and proactively address delivery risks.
  • Drive utilization, productivity, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence metrics.
  • Coordinate resources across onsite and global delivery teams.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives and best practice deployment.

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline.
  • 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, mechanical, or product engineering environments.
  • 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams and managing technical personnel.
  • Proven customer-facing leadership experience within an engineering services organization.
  • Demonstrated success growing engineering services business within existing customer accounts.
  • Direct experience supporting or working with Caterpillar is required.
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, product development, industrial operations, and engineering service delivery models.
  • Experience leading teams supporting large industrial or heavy equipment manufacturers.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and executive relationship management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working within engineering services organizations supporting OEMs or industrial manufacturing clients.
  • Familiarity with Caterpillar engineering and manufacturing processes, systems, and organizational structure.
  • Experience managing onsite and offshore/global delivery teams.
  • Program management, operational leadership, or P&L management experience.
  • Knowledge of product development, manufacturing operations, quality engineering, supply chain engineering, and digital manufacturing initiatives.

Skills:
  • Customer Relationship Management.
  • People Leadership & Team Development.
  • Business Development & Account Growth.
  • Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering.
  • Strategic Planning.
  • Program & Project Management.
  • Executive Communication.
  • Resource Management.
  • Problem Solving & Decision Making.
  • Operational Excellence.
  • Customer Satisfaction & Relationship Growth.
  • Revenue Growth within the Caterpillar Account.
  • Team Engagement, Retention & Employee.

Experience:
  • Caterpillar Experience (Required).
  • Engineering Management.
  • Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering.
  • Customer Relationship Management.
  • Business Development.
  • ccount Growth / Account Management.
  • Engineering Services.
  • Team Leadership.
  • Program Management.
  • Resource Management.
  • Operational Excellence.
  • Stakeholder Management.
  • Proposal Development.
  • Manufacturing Operations.
  • Engineering Services Industry.
  • Heavy Equipment Manufacturing.
  • OEM Engineering Support.
  • Manufacturing Services.
  • Product Engineering.
  • Mechanical Design.
  • Plant Operations.
  • Technical Sales.
  • Customer-Facing Leadership.
  • Revenue Growth.
  • Strategic Account Management.
  • Peoria, Illinois.
  • Global Delivery Management.
  • Engineering Consulting.
* Ladders Estimates

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