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Job Summary:

Caterpillar’s Electric Power Division has an exciting opportunity as Electric Power Division (EPD) has an opening for a Program Specialist on our Large Electric Power team located in Griffin, GA.  The Program Specialist will manage the planning, organization and implementation of complex programs.

What you will do:

• Overseeing project processes and procedures; monitoring the productivity and performance of project team.

• Managing all aspects of projects.

• Setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitoring and summarizing progress of project.

• Reviewing and ensuring adherence to project materials, deliverables methodologies and procedures.

• Preparing and presenting program level reporting for upper management.

What 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.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
  • Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
  • Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
  • Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
  • Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
  • Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

• Flexibility and Adaptability: Knowledge of successful approaches and techniques for dealing with change; ability to adapt to a changing environment and be comfortable with change.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Creates processes with provisions to accommodate change.
  • Helps others adapt to changing environments and accept new situations.
  • Recovers from disappointments and setbacks.
  • Works effectively with unstructured teams, situations, or environments.
  • Leverages prior experience as a help towards handling changing situations.
  • Makes progress in an atmosphere of ambiguity and uncertainty.

• Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.
  Level Working Knowledge:
  • Develops basic persuasive arguments.
  • Discusses organizational culture around providing input on decisions.
  • Uses active listening skills and probing techniques to surface opportunities to influence.
  • Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.
  • Regularly presents ideas or suggestions to associates in persuasive terms.

• Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
  • Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
  • Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.
  • Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.
  • Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.
  • Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.

• Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Communicates to clients regarding expectations of all parties.
  • Participates in negotiating the terms of the business relationship.
  • Conducts periodic reviews of work effort, progress, issues, and successes.
  • Maintains productive, long-term relationships with clients or vendors.
  • Creates opportunities to educate support teams on client priorities.
  • Empowers others to establish collaborative, healthy relationships.

• Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
  • Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects.
  • Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.
  • Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients.
  • Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.
  • Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Degree or equivalent experience desired.

Additional Information:

• This position is located in Griffin, GA.

• Travel up to 25% is required.

• Domestic relocation assistance is offered for this position.

• Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.

• This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.

Final Details:

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at

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Summary Pay Range:

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

Posting Dates:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.