Senior Engineering Project Team Leader

Caterpillar

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Work type
On-site
Location
Mossville, IL
Salary
$147,760–$221,640 / yr
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Nov 4, 2026

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This role pays more than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $153,906–$222,625 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $185k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

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About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world''s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Industry: Heavy Equipment & Manufacturing

Caterpillar currently has 131 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $128,470–$192,710 across 125 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Project Team Leader

JOB TITLE: Senior Engineering Project Team Leader The Senior Engineering Project Team Leader joins the Emissions and Product Regulatory Compliance department to lead the business-side vision, strategy, governance, and delivery of a portfolio of software systems. This role bridges business stakeholders and IT to transform global emissions certification and compliance workflows. You will translate business needs into requirements, guide strategic roadmaps for critical compliance applications, and oversee project progress, costs, and resource coordination across engineering, manufacturing, and IT groups. Key competencies include expert project management, requirements development, and technical excellence. Required skills include planning, decision-making, and effective communication. Preferred experience involves Agile and Waterfall methodologies, data lake technology, Teamcenter, CDM systems, master data management, and Microsoft tools like SharePoint and Power BI to solve complex regulatory and product data management challenges.

What you'll do

  • Review and revise the EPRC Systems vision and strategic development roadmap.
  • Partner with IT to ensure software architecture supports the strategic roadmap.
  • Lead governance and management for a portfolio of high-impact software initiatives.
  • Oversee project progress, costs, and resource prioritization to ensure timely completion.
  • Translate business needs into technical requirements for compliance applications.
  • Coordinate resources across engineering, manufacturing, IT, and other functional areas.
  • Resolve project problems and secure support from various internal stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • A degree in an accredited Computer Science, Engineering, or closely related curriculum.
  • Expert knowledge of effective planning techniques for operational, tactical, and strategic planning.
  • Expert knowledge of decision-making processes and the ability to analyze situations to reach productive decisions.
  • Proven ability to effectively transmit, receive, and interpret ideas and information through appropriate communication behaviors.
  • Expert knowledge of project management strategies to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects.
  • Extensive knowledge of requirements development and analysis tools, methods, and techniques.
  • Knowledge of leveraging software to support complex business-critical processes and solving significant technical challenges.
  • Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies, data lake technology, and Teamcenter (preferred).

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