Naval Application Engineer - 1

Naval Application Engineer

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.

Job Title: Naval Application Engineer

Salary: £80,000 to £89,000 (dependent upon experience)

Location: Wimborne, United Kingdom

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave
• Up to 18% bonus
• Car allowance per month
• Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 10%
• Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.
• Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans for family members, EV car lease, holiday purchase.

Relocation/Sponsorship: Domestic Relocation

There is a requirement of 5 days in the office a week.

About Caterpillar Marine

Caterpillar Marine, with headquarters in Houston, Texas, offers premium power solutions for a wide range of marine applications. With decades of experience designing engines and aftertreatment solutions, Caterpillar Marine products set the standard for quality, performance, and reliability. Caterpillar is dedicated to being your service provider on the water to provide engine and operational success. With Customer Value Agreements (CVAs), customers can take advantage of an extensive array of service options that can be tailored to their specific needs. Combined with our digital solutions, a CVA can provide valuable insights to engine health and performance. The global sales and service network is ready to support customers in tug, offshore, inland waterways, fishing, governmental, dredge, ferry, and yachting wherever they are.

Job Summary

Primary responsibility of this role is to work with industry partners, architects and designers, on specifying Caterpillar supplied equipment into their vessel designs. This is a critical role to ensure that our partners in the industry are aware of Caterpillar's products for marine vessels, not only what we have today but what we are developing for the future.

What You Will Do

• You will work together with internal Caterpillar and dealer teams to influence new ship design activity at shipyards, naval architects, and contractors.
• The incumbent must have the ability to understand vessel design criteria and then act as a design partner to identify and develop the right Caterpillar solution that best achieves those ship requirements.
• Responsible for influencing power systems specifications during the concept study and preliminary design phase of shipbuilding programs
• Ability to incorporate commercial aspects into the technical decision-making process
• Develop propulsion and power generations solutions that enable new ship designs to meet their stringent requirements. Be capable of applying creative thought and critical thinking skills through the early phases of ship design.
• Develop and maintain strong long-term relationships as a partner with key decision makers
• Collaborate closely with the Caterpillar product development teams on new technology and performance requirements that will better serve our customers in the future

What You Have

Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.

• Facilitates creation of the 'right' products and services to resolve customer business issues.
• Fosters strong customer relationships via delivery on commitments, open communication, and on-going feedback/improvement.
• Advises others on creating customer focused environments in various scenarios.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.

• Communicates to clients regarding expectations of all parties.
• Conducts periodic reviews of work effort, progress, issues, and successes.
• Maintains productive, long-term relationships with clients or vendors.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

• Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
• Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
• Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

What You Will Get

You will be joining a great team and will have the opportunity to work on the forefront of getting technology designed into vessels. As Caterpillar is investing in new products you will have the chance to work with designers to make sure they are aware of these products and how it can help them build better boats. The culture at Caterpillar is very collaborative with very clear standards and values that we will never compromise on. We have a global team for a global business that is very focused on the best outcomes for our customers.