Engineering Project Management Placement

by Caterpillar

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Deadline: 1st August 2018
Salary: £16,500
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Data Science, Data Science, Business Management, Engineering
Location: West Midlands
City: Shrewsbury

About Caterpillar

Since its inception in 1925, Caterpillar has grown to be the world’s leading manufacturer of Construction and Mining Equipment and a leading global supplier of diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. Caterpillar manufactures more than 300 products in 23 countries and serves customers in 200 countries worldwide. Our global presence extends to every continent with over 480 facility locations. We employ more than 10,000 people within the UK, meaning this represents the largest base for Caterpillar outside the United States.

Engineering Project Management Placement

Caterpillar’s Industry Solutions and Components Division, is responsible for the design, development, manufacture and remanufacture of heavy duty diesel engine and powertrain products for a variety of specialist applications, from locomotives to main battle tanks.

Working within the New Product Introduction (NPI) Team, you will be contributing to the planning and management of a range of engineering projects. You will be collaborating with different departments, such as manufacturing, supply chain and operations across the UK and America.

You will receive training on the Caterpillar New Product Introduction (NPI) processes, and will be supported by experienced Project Leaders and Engineers throughout the placement. One of the biggest benefits of a role within NPI at a facility such as Shrewsbury is the potential width of relevant responsibility over a short period of time combined with variety.
 
As a minimum you will be exposed to:

Planning and Profiling:

  • Creation and maintenance of project plans, including labour and material costs. Supporting work may include taking the lead at planning sessions.
  • Working closely with the Applications, Design and Development Teams (both in the UK and US) throughout the planning process to ensure the robustness of project plan content.
  • Creating a costed proposal for the planned activity, ensuring all aspects are covered and risk areas are highlighted

Project Management:

  • Assisting the Project Leader in ensuring tasks are completed on time and to budget
  • Updating project plans to reflect current and future workload
  • Analysis of data and preparation of spend reports, detailing forecast cost to completion and recovery actions required
  • Presenting project updates to Management Team on a regular basis

The Person

An Undergraduate with a projected degree of 2:1 or higher in one of the following (or related) subjects with an interest in engineering and have completed a project management module as part of your course.

  • Management Studies
  • Business Management
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering Management
  • Leadership & Management
  • Business Management & Mathematics
  • Self-motivation and high energy are essential, as are good presentation skills and the ability to communicate confidently with colleagues, customers and suppliers
  • Flexibility to manage multiple priorities and prepared to take responsibility for completion of a project against challenging timescales
  • Microsoft project experience is desirable but not essential.

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