Engineering Intern

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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.

Responsibilities

Applying basic engineering knowledge to develop technical skills and understanding of the business, products, systems, and procedures.

• Assisting with the analysis and implementation of new or improved processes, products, or systems.

• Helping resolve issues with design, manufacture or build sequences for processes and products. Assisting in ensuring design acceptance and manufacturing readiness.

• Performing needs analysis and initiating ideas.

• Pursuing a degree in an ABET accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.

Degree Requirement
Degree in progress or completed

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 Basic Understanding:
. Describes non-verbal behaviors that influence the interpretation of the message.
. Cites examples of effective and ineffective communications.
. Explains the importance of effective business communication.
. Speaks/writes using correct language, mechanics, and gestures.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques: ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Basic Understanding:
. Explains characteristics and steps in an effective decision-making process.
. Identifies issues and communicates with others when a decision needs to be made.
. Names decision makers in own environment and cites examples of past decisions.
. Describes types of decisions incumbent may and may not make in own job or function.

Initiative: Being proactive and committing to action on self-identified job responsibilities and challenges; ability to seek out work and the drive to accomplish goals.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Describes opportunities for taking initiative in the organization.
• Cites examples of taking initiative in own personal or professional life.
• Identifies types of environments that motivate or de-motivate initiative.
• Explains how initiative is critical to success.

Teamwork: Knowledge of the necessity and value of teamwork; experience with; ability to work cooperatively towards shared goals and being supportive of others at all levels.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Names primary and ancillary members, roles and responsibilities of own team.
• Explains the importance and benefits of a cohesive work team.
• Reviews team mission and objectives.
• Identifies and discusses the characteristics of good teamwork.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Uses a structured approach in analyzing and resolving technical problems.
• Seeks opportunities for continual learning to maintain technical competence in pursuit of technical excellence.
• Provides examples or case studies demonstrating technical excellence in actual business scenarios.
• Pursues, prepares for and assumes new technical assignments and challenges.

Product Engineering: Knowledge of various product engineering techniques; ability to master professional methods to design, build and process hardware products or components.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Classifies the material and texture of a specific product family according to clients' requirements.
• Clarifies the responsibilities involved in each phase of the engineering process to obtain an overall concept of the job.
• Describes major processes (e.g. design and test) of typical engineering programs.
• Identifies relevant methods, including design tools, manufacturing devices and etc. within each function.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.

Level Basic Understanding:
• Explains where to locate basic help facilities and troubleshooting guides.
• Discusses basic concepts behind a systematic approach to solving technical problems.
• Identifies available resources and support systems for troubleshooting.
• Describes problem identification, reporting and escalation procedures.

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