Advanced Engineering Placement

by Caterpillar

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Deadline: 22nd December 2019
Salary: £17,500, Share Scheme, Pension, Flexible working and 25 days annual leave
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Engineering
Location: East Midlands
City: Desford, Leicester

Advanced Engineering Placement

As an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity at Caterpillar, and we believe the more experience you can gain early in your career the further you can go. That’s why during our one-year scheme we place a strong emphasis on multiple diverse projects. You will also have the opportunity to work and collaborate with people in Caterpillar facilities worldwide and we are looking for you to bring fresh, innovative ideas to solve complex technical problems. You will be a fully involved team member with responsibility and accountability for key project deliverables. That said, you will be given all the support you require to be successful.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Requirements definition, including critical customer requirements, application profiles, competitive machine positioning
  • New component and system design
  • Validation and test, including computer simulation and predictive techniques, rig testing or overall machine testing
  • Collaboration with technical partners to ensure designs produced are suitable

You will be given the support and coaching required to develop your technical capability and business understanding. We promote a hands-on approach, including being trained in machine operation. You will be encouraged to spend time operating Backhoe Loader, Compact Wheel Loader and Mini Excavator machines, in order to better understand customer applications. Within a short period of time you would become vital to the success of the Advanced Engineering department and accountable for key deliverables.

We will provide you with a mentor to support you throughout your professional development to help you gain Chartered or Incorporated Status. We also operate a conditional offers process where our highest performing placement students are fast tracked to our graduate development scheme with a conditional offer of employment upon returning to university. This includes a financial incentive and the potential of a summer work placement.

We really value diversity at Caterpillar and the benefits to our business it provides – we will provide you the opportunity to collaborate and share your creative ideas throughout your career.

Who are we looking for?

Applicants should be studying for a degree in Mechanical/Automotive/Aeronautical/ Electrical/Motorsport/Systems/Controls/Product Design Engineering or Physics and be on track to achieve a minimum of a 2:2.

We will provide you the training and support you need to be successful at Caterpillar. We also hold a Meet and Greet day for all new UK placement students.

About Caterpillar

We are 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 Leicester is part of the Building Construction Products (BCP) division, manufacturing a range of world class Backhoe Loaders and Compact Wheel Loaders, as part of the wider BCP range. Products that are reliable, cost effective, versatile and adaptable. Each of the product families has several machine models with differing power, capabilities and features.

Leicester is more than just a production area- it is a full product development facility with global responsibility for its products. Our development facilities include: Advanced 3D CAD systems on-line to other Caterpillar engineering resource centres around the world, full product prototyping and engineering capabilities, and, through the international network, access to some of the most advanced R&D facilities in the world.

The Advanced Engineering team within Building Construction Products (BCP) division offers some of the most exciting engineering roles within the Caterpillar global organisation. Working on the evaluation and integration of new technologies across multiple Caterpillar products provides the opportunity to work with multiple disciplines across a variety of technical systems (engine, transmission, hydraulics, electronics, automation, operator interface, etc.) within a global organisation.

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