Senior Engineer

Career Area:
Engineering

Job Description:

WE BUILD WHAT MATTERS

What matters most to you? Is it being part of a strong team? Supporting your family? Solving global problems? You can do these and more at Caterpillar; where your work enables progress around the globe, and you contribute to meaningful work. Together, we can build what matters!

About SPM Oil & Gas

SPM Oil & Gas, a Caterpillar company, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership. Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry.

We are currently looking for a Senior Engineer in Fort Worth or Houston, Texas. The Senior Engineer is responsible for project management and product design for new product development and existing product improvement projects through the SPM Oil & Gas API Q1 Design Process, from conceptualization through implementation. The scope of the projects includes development of designs, with associated 3D models suitable for production, and performance of design analysis related to structural, kinematic, and fluid dynamics specifications. Equipment supported, includes conventional wellhead, production valve, and frac rental market. The role requires operational adherence to sound engineering practices, excellent communication skills along with the ability to train and mentor technical personnel.

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Designs new products and intelligent systems that meet safety, performance, and API 6A and API 16C specifications.
• Manages multiple engineering projects, including product improvement analysis and design modification projects, while maintaining priorities and NPI project development schedules.
• Manages design improvement and performance advancement projects for existing products and equipment through design analysis and proto-type testing, collaborating closely with Manufacturing and Operations.
• Compiles and analyzes the overall design requirements to develop product specifications for final designs, as well as specifications for buy-out parts and sub-assemblies included in the designs.
• Produces functional requirements, documenting interface specifications, performance objectives and recommended technologies and vendors.
• Compiles and analyzes operational, test and research data to establish performance standards for equipment and intelligent systems.
• Uses appropriate engineering tools to create 3D models of equipment, fabrication drawings, systems layouts and schematics.
• Uses appropriate tools for FEA analysis and CFD analysis of structural, kinematic and fluid dynamics designs evaluations.
• Interfaces and effectively collaborates with manufacturing, quality, field operations and sales for design inputs and performance evaluation.
• Interfaces and collaborates with key vendors, essentially performing vendor qualifications based on product specifications and vendor technical expertise and engineering support capability.
• Collaborates with broader, global SPM Oil and Gas engineering capability, which includes design analysis, product knowledge, additive manufacturing and intelligent systems expertise.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 7-10 years of data experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Top candidates will also have:

• Experience in product design, engineering analysis and or project engineering.
• Some experience in a manufacturing environment for engineered products with exposure to API Q1, ISO 9001, Lean Six Sigma or other process and quality management systems.
• Experience using design software and CAD software applications and processes, preferably Solidworks and Solidworks EPDM.
• Sound understanding of solid body mechanics, materials, and fluid dynamics.
• Capable of managing project objectives across diverse, cross-functional teams across distributed locations.

Additional Information:

• This role is a hybrid role based in either Fort Worth, Texas or Houston, Texas.
• Ability and willingness to travel.
  • Travel may include field service engineering for new product deployments or operations and sales support in Canada and US. Travel should not normally exceed 15% of time but may include 1-to-2-week training and support trips (should not exceed 3 per year).

What we can offer you:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

Here you earn more than just a salary. Because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day-one benefits, including but not limited to:

• Competitive salary and annual bonus program
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
• Company-matched 401(k) plan
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)
• Strong community involvement

At Caterpillar, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive environment that values and respects the unique talents, experiences, and viewpoints of our global employees. Our vision is to continually develop the Best Team to build innovative solutions for our global customers, deliver superior results for our stockholders and positively impact the people and communities we serve.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected applicant.

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.

As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers #LI

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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