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Starting Salary: $26/hr (Additional $1.00, 2nd shift premium, Sign-on Bonus)
1st and 2nd shift (Mon-Fri with OT available on Weekends)
Compensation & Benefits
Base rate for this role ranges from $21.00 - $36.05.
Compensation and benefits 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
Description:
Lay out, fabricate, mock-up, modify, assemble, align, and combine various hardware necessary to complete production and/or first article engine packages, trailers, and prototype products. Perform assembly and mechanical operations associated with base manufacturing, including enclosures.
Work Performed:

• Lay out, fabricate, mock-up, assemble, align, and combine various components and completed engines to package bases.
• Route cable and wire and perform electrical terminations.
• Perform alignments of rotating equipment.
• Install hydraulic tubing including bending, cutting, and swaging.
• Read and interpret engineering documents such as; mechanical and electrical diagrams, sketches, photographs, masters, schematics, diagrams, templates, and other written and/or oral instructions.
• Cut, form, bend, and install tubing, piping, conduit, and metal paneling, braze tubing as required.
• Prepare engine packages for painting and perform necessary clean up as required.
• Perform work operation under direct guidance.
• Use overhead crane to load and/or off-load package sets on and off trucks or trailers.
• Fabricate shop and tooling aids as required.
• Operate material moving and handling equipment and perform movement of work piece from one production location to another within the Turbomachinery Structures department.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent
• Minimum of 1 year experience using power tools, other equipment to perform troubleshooting, repair and installation
• Understanding of engineering schematics and blueprints.
• Experience using general repair tools and equipment.
• Ability to work overtime as needed
• Willing to work any shift

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of mechanical experience on Turbine equipment, installation, repair and maintenance.
• Experience with mechanical work on Solar packages.
• Previous experience building gas turbines, or related type assemblies.
• ASE Certified, UTI or similar certification
• Airframes and Powerplant (A&P) license

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.
Posting Dates:
July 31, 2026 - October 25, 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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