.Career Area:EngineeringJob 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. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.Job Summary:Caterpillar's Advanced Materials Technology (AMT) division supports the company's heat treat manufacturing equipment, processes, and technological development around the world. AMT is currently seeking an experienced metallurgical or materials engineer to deliver world-class support to our business unit customers. In this role, you will lead Caterpillar's heat treat supplier assessment team to develop high-quality suppliers for heat treatment and related processes.What You Will Do:Lead global heat treat assessment process, including budgeting, planning, tracking, and corrective actions.Conduct 20-30 domestic and international assessments annually.Train and qualify new auditors; maintain audit processes and materials.Solve high-impact metallurgical problems and lead corrective actions.Participate in APQP, New Supplier Introduction, and New Product Introduction processes for various business units.Plan and manage audits, including funding requests, prioritization, and oversight for teams in USA, Mexico, UK, Brazil, India, and China.Track audit completion, distribute reports, and maintain audit data to client business units.Provide technical support to procurement personnel & suppliers.Provide metallurgical & manufacturing engineering technical support for heat treat components across the enterprise.Education Requirement:Requires a degree in an accredited Metallurgical Engineering or Materials Science curriculum.What Skills You Will Have:Planning:Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.Analytical Thinking:Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.Decision Making and Critical Thinking:Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.Assesses and validates decision options and predicts their potential impact.Effective Communications:Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.Technical Excellence:Fosters an environment that encourages, supports and rewards technical excellence.Project Management:Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans