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Job Description:

Caterpillar’s Earthmoving Division is hiring a Machine Training Instructor for paving and milling products. In this role, you will exercise your learning and development skills while traveling heavily (up to 75%), providing hands-on training to our dealers and customers on paving/milling equipment.

Job Duties:

• Travel to marketing organization training centers, dealerships and corporate training centers to teach specific courses and to consult on service training concepts and strategies

• Provide technical expertise and advice on multiple product lines to internal customers, business units, marketing organizations, dealers, and subsidiary training operations

• Identifies training needs, provides guidance and expertise in development of training programs, solves critical problems, develops and negotiates cost estimates for deliverables submitted to business units and marketing organizations

• Provides leadership and coordinates with other Service Support teams on the design and development of product support strategies

• Determines material and course content, training aids, media and plans for assigned products

• Develops, or works with suppliers to develop, new training material concepts and innovative materials and edits service-training products prepared by other instructors

• Provides leadership and consultant services to ensure the relevance, appropriateness, timeliness and quality of all training classes and training materials

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of industry experience

• Ability to travel up to 75% of the working time

• Experience reading and interpreting electrical/hydraulic schematics and experience with mechanical, hydraulic or electrical systems in machines

• Computer skills (Windows suite of tools)

• Strong presentation and communication skills

• Fluent in English (Spanish desired)

Desired Qualifications:

• College degree

• Training assignments involving classroom instruction, design, development, and delivery of training courses and materials

• Experience in staff and field product support/service-related positions with technical expertise on multiple machine models

• Previous experience as a Staff Instructor and materials developer

• Experience working with paving or milling machines in a construction capacity

• Technical service training on construction equipment or operator training of machines

• Advanced computer skills (animation, graphics, audio/video)

Additional Details:

• This position travels frequently (up to 75%) to deliver onsite trainings to dealers and customers. Most travel and trainings are conducted in Arizona, North Carolina and Texas. When not traveling, this role will work from a home office

• The selected candidate may reside anywhere within the US within 50-miles to a major airport.

• Preferred home locations are in the states of Arizona, North Carolina and Texas or Minneapolis, MN for proximity to Caterpillar’s Paving leadership team

• Relocation assistance is available to Minneapolis, MN only

Benefits & Compensation

Base salary for this role ranges from $104,112 to $156,168. Actual salary to be offered will be based on experience. The total rewards package beyond base salary include:

• Annual incentive bonus plan ( s ubject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines )

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage available day one

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

• 401k savings plan with company match

• Health savings account (HSA)

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short and long-term employer paid disability coverage

• Life Insurance

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy Lifestyle Programs

• Employee Assistance Programs

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Your Work Shapes the World

At Caterpillar, we believe each person is unique and valued, and are committed to ensuring that our workplace is diverse and representative of the many customers we serve around the globe. Different perspectives help us achieve our best work and come together to form a high-performing Caterpillar team that makes positive changes in the communities where we live and work.

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

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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