Facilities Engineer

Career Area:

Manufacturing

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Role Summary

Coordinate recurring facility services, operational purchases, reporting systems, assets, and CMDC’s leased-vehicle fleet.

Work alongside and under the functional direction of the senior facilities engineer, helping manage recurring operational responsibilities with increasing independence as knowledge, judgment, and capability are demonstrated. Support facility and capital projects.

• •Serve as a primary point of vehicle fleet coordination among CMDC personnel, vendors, vehicle users, and supporting organizations.
• •Develop, improve, and maintain facilities maintenance processes, tools, and capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• •Vendor and Facility Services : Coordinate recurring vendors and services, including landscape and field maintenance, fuel, office and shop supplies, pest control, pallet and waste removal, and other facility needs.
• •Fleet and Lease Coordination : Assume overall coordination of CMDC’s leased-vehicle fleet and serve as the primary CMDC contact with Wheels, Caterpillar’s preferred lease vendor. Coordinate vehicle assignments, replacements, renewals, maintenance needs, documentation, and follow-up with vehicle users and affected business areas.
• •Purchasing and Financial Coordination : Coordinate orders, deliveries, receipt verification, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, spending records, and resolution of purchasing or service discrepancies.
• •Asset and Workplace Coordination : Maintain records and coordinate inventory, assignment, transfer, recovery, and disposal of radios, fixed assets, furniture, and other facility or operational equipment. Coordinate furniture and room or workstation IT needs with the appropriate resources.
• •Maintenance and Preventive Maintenance Systems : Maintain the facility maintenance application and related reporting systems, including preventive maintenance schedules, service records, open items, completion status, and required follow-up. Coordinate with facility personnel, vendors, and supporting teams to help keep maintenance information accurate and current.
• •Facility and Project Support : Lead / support facility and capital projects through vendor coordination, scheduling, documentation, and stakeholder communication. Escalate significant scope, cost, technical, policy, priority, or vendor-performance concerns.

What You Have

• •Accuracy and Attention to Detail : Maintains accurate fleet, lease, purchasing, asset, vendor, and operational records and recognizes the impact of incomplete or inaccurate information.
• •Effective Communications : Clearly communicates priorities, status, requirements, and unresolved issues to a wide range of people, including vehicle users, vendors, employees, supporting organizations, and facility leadership, and follows through to get results.

• •Engineering in a Manufacturing or Product Development Environment : Understands how facilities, infrastructure, vehicles, equipment, and support services contribute to product development and engineering operations.
• •Plant Facilities Management : Understands common facilities-management practices and how routine services, maintenance, and infrastructure support keep a site operating effectively.
• •Problem Solving : Uses structured methods to investigate and resolve purchasing, service, vendor, and fleet issues.
• •Project Management : Organizes and tracks activities, schedules, purchases, costs, documentation, resources, and deliverables while supporting facility and capital projects.
• •Technical Troubleshooting : Identifies and corrects data and system issues in maintenance applications, preventive maintenance records, asset records, and operational reports, engaging technical or functional resources when needed.

Critical Required Skills

• •Digital Tools and Applications : Able to build, update, and maintain simple business applications and workflows using Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, Forms, and Excel to track work, manage data, and improve processes.
• •Customer and Partner Accountability : Takes ownership of requests from internal customers and partners, keeps commitments, and closes the loop on open items.
• •Relationship Building : Builds trusted working relationships with employees, supporting teams, and vendors to resolve issues and keep work moving.
• •Maintenance or Infrastructure project experience

Top Candidates Will Also Have

Degree (Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, or related field) or equivalent experience.

• •Experience coordinating vendors, purchasing, leased vehicles, operational services, assets, or workplace needs in a product development or industrial environment.
• •Working knowledge of capital or infrastructure project management, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, receiving, cost tracking, asset systems, and operational reporting.

Ability to coordinate multiple priorities, work effectively across business areas, and exercise sound judgment.

Summary Pay Range:

$81,370.00 - $122,060.00

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:

November 3, 2026 - November 16, 2026

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

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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