Manufacturing Engineering (12 Month Placement Scheme)

Overview

Career Area:

Students and Graduates

Job Description:

Grundwerte Ihre Arbeit gestaltet die Welt bei Caterpillar Inc.

Wenn Sie zu Caterpillar kommen, werden Sie Teil eines globalen Teams, dem nicht nur die Arbeit, die wir leisten, am Herzen liegt, sondern auch der Zusammenhalt untereinander. Wir sind die Macher, Problemlöser und Gestalter der Zukunft, die stärkere und nachhaltigere Gemeinschaften schaffen. Bei uns wird nicht nur über Fortschritt und Innovation gesprochen – wir setzen sie gemeinsam mit unseren Kunden dort um, wo wir arbeiten und leben. Gemeinsam bauen wir eine bessere Welt, in der wir alle gerne leben.

12 Month Industrial Placement Scheme

Discipline: Manufacturing Engineering

Location: Skinningrove, Saltburn-By-The-Sea, UK

Salary : £26,000, Share Scheme, Pension, and 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).

We currently have some exciting opportunities for industrial placement students to join Caterpillar across several of our sites. You will have the opportunity to work with others across our organisation, and you will be directly involved, and at the heart of our business, participating on strategic projects.

*Please note that in order to be eligible to complete a 12-Month Industrial Placement commencing July 2027, you must be in your penultimate year of study unless enrolled in an integrated master’s program.

What do we do?

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Since 1925, we’ve been driving sustainable progress and helping customers build a better world through innovative products and services. Throughout the product life cycle, we offer services built on cutting-edge technology and decades of product expertise. These products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value to help our customers succeed.

We have a clear vision to be the global leader in providing customer value in the markets in which we operate. Our core values (Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, Commitment and Sustainability) are key to our success.

The Skinningrove site operates under the Wear Components Business Unit of Product Support & Logistic Division (PSLD) which currently includes Operations facilities on 3 continents.  The Skinningrove facility produces steel track shoes for 'Cat track' found on Hydraulic Excavators, Track Type Loaders and Track Type Tractors. The automated manufacturing operations include the following equipment and processes:  robotics, steel cutting, shearing, machining, heat treatment and painting.

Diversity at Caterpillar

When we leverage our people's experiences, backgrounds, and cultures in an inclusive environment, we enable every individual to achieve their full potential, which drives business success. We are proud to be active partners with both the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) & Women's Engineering Society (WES). We also have numerous well supported employee resource groups. Caterpillar is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds.

What experiences can we offer you?

As an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity at Caterpillar and believe the more experience you can gain early in your career the further you can go. That’s why during our yearlong scheme we place an emphasis on multiple diverse projects. You will have the opportunity to work and collaborate with people in Caterpillar facilities worldwide and we are looking for you to bring fresh, innovative ideas to solve complex technical problems. You will be a fully involved team member with responsibility and accountability for key project deliverables. That said, you will be given all the support you require to be successful.

Our placement roles have the additional benefit of a workplace mentor; this could be your manager or a technical expert who will support you throughout your time at Caterpillar and help you gain the professional development and skills you need to be set up for success!  Our placement students can expect to return to university with further developed technical skills and experience of how University learning is applied to the workplace.

We also operate a conditional offer process; our highest performing placement students are fast tracked to our graduate development scheme. This includes a financial incentive and the potential of a summer work placement. Offers will be made based on the condition that a graduate role is available at the time of your graduation and that you achieve a min of 2:2.

Job duties/responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

During the industrial placement you will be based within the Engineering team, working on real improvement projects. The Engineering Team are responsible for leading production employees to execute the production of track shoes through our heat treatment and paint facility, to deliver a world-class product to our customers.

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