Energy Solutions Project Engineer

Caterpillar is seeking an Energy Solutions Project Engineer for Tangent Energy Solutions in Kennett Square, PA. The role involves engineering design and application for energy systems to enhance customer energy resilience and cost efficiency. Responsibilities include project engineering, design oversight, and collaboration with third-party firms. Candidates should have a degree in engineering and strong communication and problem-solving skills.
Career Area:
Engineering

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.

About Tangent Energy

Tangent Energy Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar, and a part of Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD). Tangent Energy team members are among the most experienced in the industry in the areas of energy information presentment, coincident peak management, project financing, and Distributed Energy Resource project development. Combining the expertise to maximize economic value and performance to end use customers. Project development of DER generating assets includes photovoltaic systems, natural gas generators and battery energy storage systems.

Role Definition
As an Energy Solutions Project Engineer for Tangent Energy Solutions, we are looking for an industry expert in energy system applications to help customers increase their energy resiliency, reliability, and security while reducing cost, monetizing assets, and meeting their ESG goals through deployment of DERs. The successful candidate will provide engineering design and application for energy systems.

Responsibilities
• Provide up-front project engineering, including detailed estimates leveraging the industry leading Tangent AMP software and utilizing the Caterpillar Electric Power’s products and services (e.g., solar PV, energy storage, natural gas generation, combined heat and power, renewable fuels, and hydrogen solutions).
• Provide design oversight including procurement and installation of full systems that incorporate controls, integrated switchgear, and any other balance of plant items.
• Work with third party engineering firms and contractors for final design approvals.
• Attend site walkthroughs with project stakeholders during the development, construction, and commissioning phases of a project lifecycle.

Degree Requirement
Degree in an accredited Engineering

Skill Descriptors
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.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.
• Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
• Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
• Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.
• Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
• Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
• Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.
• Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.
• Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence.
• Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Identifies project management tools and requirements within own function.
• Describes the key objectives, phases and deliverables of a current project.
• Explains the concepts of phase, activity, task, and deliverable.
• Gives examples of critical paths in projects.

Additional Information:
• Office Location: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
• Expected Travel: 25% - 40%
• Relocation assistance is available for this position.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Summary Pay Range:
$95,640.00 - $143,520.00

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:
March 17, 2025 - March 31, 2025

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

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