Facilities Engineer

Job description

Career Area

Manufacturing 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.

Role Summary

Collaborate with SMDC leaders and stakeholders to identify, prioritize, plan, and execute facility improvements supporting safe, reliable, and efficient operations. Manage improvements from concept and scope development through purchasing, implementation, commissioning, and closeout. Maintain regular alignment with leadership with increasing independence as knowledge, judgment, and capability are demonstrated. Coordinate with the campus facilities maintenance team for select facility and infrastructure repairs.

Routine maintenance tickets remain with the campus support organization under the current operating model.

What You’ll Do

Facility Improvements and Project Management: Identify, prioritize, and execute capital and expense-funded improvements in collaboration with SMDC leaders and stakeholders. Manage scope, schedules, estimates, spending, risks, documentation, implementation, and closeout.

Vendor, Contractor, and Financial Coordination

Develop scopes of work, evaluate proposals, coordinate contractors, and manage purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, receiving, forecasts, and actual spending.

Facilities and Infrastructure Coordination

Identify facility needs, develop practical recommendations, and coordinate select repairs with the campus facilities maintenance team, contractors, engineers, or other technical resources.

Operational Support and Integration

Coordinate facility work around Engineering, Prove Design, testing, and Endurance activities to minimize disruption and support business priorities. 5S, Assets, and Continuous Improvement: Coordinate facility-related 5S improvements and manage applicable supplies, materials, spare parts, and assets to support reliable operations.

Safety, Compliance, and Communication

Ensure work complies with applicable safety, environmental, security, purchasing, and contractor requirements. Communicate project status, spending, risks, open actions, and decisions needed.

What You Have Accuracy and Attention to Detail

Maintains accurate project, purchasing, asset, and contractor records and understands the impact of errors.

Effective Communications

Clearly communicates (oral and written) requirements, priorities, progress, risks, and decisions needed to employees, contractors, technical resources, and leaders.

Engineering in a Manufacturing Environment

Understands how facilities, infrastructure, utilities, and support services affect engineering, testing, and product-development operations.

Plant Facilities Management

Coordinates facility improvements, vendor services, and campus maintenance support to meet operational needs.

Problem Solving

Uses structured methods to investigate facility needs, evaluate alternatives, recommend solutions, and coordinate corrective actions.

Project Management

Collaborates with leaders and stakeholders to establish priorities and manage scope, schedules, costs, risks, resources, and deliverables with increasing independence.

Technical Troubleshooting

Performs initial assessments, gathers relevant information, and engages the appropriate maintenance, engineering, contractor, or technical resources. Top Candidates Will Also Have Degree or equivalent experience in facilities, maintenance, engineering, construction, project coordination, or a related field. Experience executing facility repairs, infrastructure improvements, or capital and expense projects in a manufacturing, industrial, testing, or product-development environment.

Experience developing scopes of work, coordinating contractors and stakeholders, and managing project schedules and costs. Working knowledge of purchasing, work-order systems, preventive maintenance, asset management, 5S, facility reporting, Office products. Ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgment, communicate risks, and work with increasing independence.

Additional Details Work location

Sanford Machine Development Center, Sanford, NC Domestic relocation assistance: Not available Visa sponsorship: Not available for this role Travel: Minimal or as required Work arrangement: Five days per week on-site, Monday through Friday Summary Pay Range: $81,370.00 - $122,060.00 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience.

Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits. Medical, dental, and vision benefits* Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)* 401(k) savings plans* Health Savings Account (HSA)* Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)* Health Lifestyle Programs* Employee Assistance Program* Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts* Career Development* Incentive bonus* Disability benefits Life Insurance Parental leave Adoption benefits Tuition Reimbursement * These benefits also apply to part-time employees Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates

October 7, 2026 - October 21, 2026 Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen. Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community .