Engine Installation Engineer

Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

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Job Title: Engine Installation Engineer

Salary: £49,500 rising to £61,000 depending on skills demonstrated

Contract: Full time & permanent

Location: Desford, Leicestershire, domestic relocation will be considered

The Opportunity

Construction equipment performs at its best when the engine and machine work together as one integrated system. Your engineering decisions will help make that happen.

Join Caterpillar's Engine Systems team in Desford and help develop diesel engine installations for machines including wheel loaders, telehandlers and backhoe loaders. You will contribute to engine installation solutions from concept and detailed design through verification, validation and production, supporting both New Product Introduction (NPI) and Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) programmes.

You will combine detail design, engineering judgement, structured problem solving and cross-functional collaboration to help deliver reliable, manufacturable solutions that meet machine, business and customer requirements.

What you will do:

As a Engine Installation Engineer, you are accountable for, but not limited to:

• Translate machine and engineering requirements into practical designs that consider packaging, interfaces, performance, reliability, serviceability and manufacturing requirements.
• Contribute to design realisation, engineering release, verification, test and validation planning to demonstrate that solutions meet defined requirements.
• Develop engineering solutions for new machines and improvements to products already in production.
• Apply structured analysis and engineering evidence to identify root causes, compare alternatives and make sound engineering recommendations.
• Apply design-for-manufacturability principles, considering assembly, build sequence, product quality, cost and production readiness.
• Work with product engineering, test, manufacturing, purchasing, suppliers and global colleagues to communicate technical information, resolve issues and deliver effective engineering solutions.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications, technical capability and skills on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined. 

What You Can Demonstrate:

Degree or Equivalent Technical Capability: A degree in a relevant engineering discipline, or equivalent technical capability demonstrated through applying engineering principles to develop designs, solve technical problems and support verification and validation.

Level: Working Knowledge

• Technical Excellence: Applies engineering principles, technical knowledge and appropriate standards to develop practical design solutions, address technical challenges and deliver reliable engineering outcomes.
• Analytical Thinking: Defines technical problems, evaluates relevant engineering information and systematically compares alternative solutions to reach evidence-based conclusions.
• Design for Manufacturability: Applies design-for-manufacturability principles when developing engineering solutions, considering build sequence, assembly, production readiness, quality and cost.
• Product Testing: Applies appropriate verification and validation methods to engineering designs, contributing to test requirements and using results to assess whether solutions meet defined functional and product requirements.

What You May Have:

• Applies knowledge of engines and machine systems to understand how engine installation decisions interact with mechanical, cooling, intake, exhaust, electrical, control and other machine systems.
• Understands construction equipment or comparable complex mechanical products and considers performance, durability, serviceability and customer requirements when making engineering decisions.
• Uses 3D engineering design and product-data-management tools to create, review, release and control engineering information. Familiarity with Teamcenter or a comparable product lifecycle management system would be advantageous.

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.

What You Will Get
One Company, Limitless Opportunities

Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.

Careers at Caterpillar are limitless, we have opportunities in Engineering, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and so much more. You can create the career you want. It’s your time and talent, make it count.

Our Sustainability Commitment

Caterpillar has a long-standing commitment to sustainability, one of our five Values in Action. It is part of who we are and what we do. We actively lead sustainable green initiatives to preserve the environment, help reduce poverty with the Caterpillar Foundation and stay involved in the communities we help build.

Benefits: 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity to buy additional holiday, 10% Bonus, contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 10%, contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution, Employee Support Networks – join groups that offer support, connection, and a sense of community, optional flexible benefits including access to private health and dental care plans, EV car lease etc 

Travel: up to 10% travel to include international

Posting Dates:

November 9, 2026 - November 23, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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