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Job Description:
YOUR WORK SHAPES THE WORLD
Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.
When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.
POSITION SUMMARY
This opening is for a Product Service Engineer within the Excavation division, providing technical expertise & offering service solutions to Caterpillar and Dealer technical teams. This role is a part of the Product Group Area Management team, which is responsible for representing Excavation division (EXD) to all internal & external partners in the Europe, Africa-Middle East, and CIS (EAME) region. This job role is responsible for supporting short term, tactical service issues as well as long term strategic improvement actions in the product support space. This position is an expert role within the product support function in which the candidate needs to provide leadership & guidance to regional Caterpillar and Dealer personnel.
JOB DUTIES
Product Quality
- Continuously monitor field performance of products across the worktool / machine life cycle
- Define product problems in terms of observed symptoms, research available data, define applications and conditions encountered, identify root cause, work with dealers and technical staff to identify & provide information needed
- Work with Reliability & Engineering teams to understand potential Root Cause of failure
- Work with team to identify Interim & Permanent Corrective Actions, help to validate them
- Monitor results after change by collaborating with regional teams
Customer Support
- Provides technical product support to dealer personnel, subsidiary service groups, marketing units, design engineers, technical information division, test and evaluation, etc.
- Responds to dealer/customer and other Caterpillar employee questions regarding product performance through all communication channels, including the ‘Dealer Solution Network’
- Initiates preparation and distribution of technical publications to communicate resolutions and announce product improvements
- Conducts dealer and customer visits to personally provide technical assistance on urgent field problems and for follow up purposes
New Product Introduction
- Provides input to NPI (New Product Introduction) team for the setting up of serviceability, reliability and durability goals and pilot test program
- Assist NPI team to perform Validation activities in the region
Commercial
- Manages release of Service letters to address commercial/business impact of field problems
- Monitor Standard & Goodwill Warranty costs to proactively address any gaps
- Lead / participate in projects to improve Parts & Services Revenue
- Lead / participate in projects to improve Customer product support experience
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 6 – 8 years of relevant hands-on field experience
- Technical education in Engineering or Equivalent
- Strong knowledge of construction equipment, including application & service
- Experience in Worktools, Hydraulic, Electrical & Electronics,
- Effective communication & presentation skills, proficient in written & oral English language
- Adept in using online systems & applications, high skill levels in MS Office
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Able to build relationships with various internal & external stakeholders
- Ability to read schematics, engineering drawings, knowledge of Hydraulic Excavators and worktools
This position requires regional travel as and when required, up to 30% of the time.
Diverse candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
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