Career Area:

Strategy

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.

About EPD:

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

Job Summary:

Caterpillar’s Electric Power Division has an exciting opportunity as Electric Power Division (EPD) has an opening for a Program Specialist on our Large Electric Power team located in Griffin, GA.  The Program Specialist will manage the planning, organization and implementation of complex programs.

What you will do:

• Overseeing project processes and procedures; monitoring the productivity and performance of project team.

• Managing all aspects of projects.

• Setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitoring and summarizing progress of project.

• Reviewing and ensuring adherence to project materials, deliverables methodologies and procedures.

• Preparing and presenting program level reporting for upper management.

What you will have:

• Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
  • Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
  • Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
  • 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.
  • Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

• Flexibility and Adaptability: Knowledge of successful approaches and techniques for dealing with change; ability to adapt to a changing environment and be comfortable with change.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Creates processes with provisions to accommodate change.
  • Helps others adapt to changing environments and accept new situations.
  • Recovers from disappointments and setbacks.
  • Works effectively with unstructured teams, situations, or environments.
  • Leverages prior experience as a help towards handling changing situations.
  • Makes progress in an atmosphere of ambiguity and uncertainty.

• Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.
  Level Working Knowledge:
  • Develops basic persuasive arguments.
  • Discusses organizational culture around providing input on decisions.
  • Uses active listening skills and probing techniques to surface opportunities to influence.
  • Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.
  • Regularly presents ideas or suggestions to associates in persuasive terms.

• Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
  • Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
  • Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.
  • Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.
  • Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.
  • Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.

• Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Communicates to clients regarding expectations of all parties.
  • Participates in negotiating the terms of the business relationship.
  • Conducts periodic reviews of work effort, progress, issues, and successes.
  • Maintains productive, long-term relationships with clients or vendors.
  • Creates opportunities to educate support teams on client priorities.
  • Empowers others to establish collaborative, healthy relationships.

• Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
  Level Extensive Experience:
  • Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
  • Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects.
  • Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.
  • Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients.
  • Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.
  • Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Degree or equivalent experience desired.

Additional Information:

• This position is located in Griffin, GA.

• Travel up to 25% is required.

• Domestic relocation assistance is offered for this position.

• Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.

• This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.

Final Details:

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a 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

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Summary Pay Range:

$128,470.00 - $192,710.00

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

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

September 14, 2026 - September 28, 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.

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