Project Management Placement

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About Caterpillar

Caterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems 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.

Project Management Placement

What experiences can we offer you?

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.
 
During your placement you will have the opportunity to work in the following areas:

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

What are we looking for?

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
• Mathematics
• Leadership & Management
• Business Management
• Engineering 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.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button below.

Please only apply for one discipline. You will be given the option of applying for a second discipline during the application process. If you apply for multiple disciplines you will not be considered for all applications.