Manufacturing Engineer

Career Area

Manufacturing

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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.

Manufacturing Engineer (2 year fixed term)

£35,119 - £40,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Larne

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Up to 10% bonus
• Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 6%
• Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.
• Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase.

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back‑up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centres, municipalities, and more.

With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world‑class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers.

We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world. We need self‑motivated, intelligent and team‑oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

We are looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team at Caterpillar (N.I.) situated s is an excellent opportunity to play a key role within the Caterpillar Electric Power team. As a Manufacturing Engineer at Caterpillar, you will have an opportunity to provide the technical expertise necessary to design, develop, and implement manufacturing systems, complex manufacturing operations and sophisticated machines.

You will be involved in engineering change management to maintain safe, efficient, and stable factory operations in Larne. This role provides clear ownership of the engineering change process, coordinating across engineering and cross‑functional teams to ensure changes are fully assessed, planned, and smoothly introduced into production.

This role provides a great opportunity for the successful applicant to develop their abilities within an experienced team working on manufacturing engineering projects. The projects you’ll work on involve complex designs, with associated problems for which no precedents may exist, to meet customer specifications. You will be expected to complete projects with limited supervision.

• Develop, analyse and manage manufacturing / assembly projects.
• Assist in developing department capital and expense budgets.
• Support NPI’s, collaborating with engineering and other departments and ensuring smooth introduction into the factory.
• Coordinate Solution builds, collaborating with engineering and other departments and ensuring smooth introduction into the factory.
• Manage engineering changes in Larne, coordinating with engineering and other departments to ensure controlled and efficient introduction into the factory environment.
• Analyse bay performance including budget and developing / implementing improvements.
• Support efficiency projects & line balancing in each value stream to reach cost per hour targets and ensure efficient and cost‑effective systems and…