Career Area:

Manufacturing

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 Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine

Caterpillar’s Oil and Gas division, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership.  Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry. 

Job Summary:

We are currently seeking a Electrician Operator in Laurel, Montana. The Electrician Operator will be responsible for installing, calibrating, maintaining, and troubleshooting instrumentation and control systems associated with natural gas reciprocating engine–driven power generation equipment. The role ensures plant reliability, efficiency, and compliance with safety and environmental standards.

What You Will Do:

Install, calibrate, and maintain pressure, temperature, flow, and vibration sensors on reciprocating engines and auxiliary systems.Configure and troubleshoot PLCs, SCADA, and engine monitoring systems.Perform loop checks, signal testing, and verification of control logic.Diagnose and repair faults in instrumentation, control wiring, and automation systems.Support preventive and predictive maintenance activities for gas engines, compressors, and generator auxiliaries. Maintain records of calibration, test results, and corrective actions.Assist operators and mechanical technicians with engine start-ups, shutdowns, and performance tuning.Monitor engine emissions, fuel systems, and protective devices to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.Respond to alarms and system trips, providing technical expertise in root cause analysis.Follow all safety procedures and be a champion of safety culture

Degree Requirement:

Degree or technical certification in a relevant field or equivalent experience required

Top Candidates Will Have:

5+ years of experience as an instrumentation/control technician in a power plant, gas compression, or oil & gas facility.Hands-on experience with reciprocating engine instrumentation and control systems.

What You Have – Skills, Knowledge, & Experiences:

Standard Operating Procedures: Knowledge of established standard operating procedures (SOP); ability to design, implement and evaluate standard operating procedures affecting daily and strategic business operations in order to increase operational efficiency.
Level Extensive Experience:

Designs a standard operating procedure, detailing steps and activities, within a department; develops procedures, processes, and controls to implement and execute policy requirements.Optimizes complex SOPs according to changes in organizational procedures.Monitors the relationship between SOPs and performance improvement (e.g. quality improvement).Evaluates the benefits and drawbacks of industry-specific SOPs.Integrates best practices into the design, implementation and evaluation of organizational SOPs.Evaluates the causes behind deviations from and modifications to existing SOPs.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive Experience:

Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Working Knowledge:

Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Extensive Experience:

Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Power Generation: Knowledge of working principles, methods, equipment and processes of power generation; ability to apply the knowledge appropriately within the power supply sector.
Level Extensive Experience:

Oversees the processes of power generation to ensure a safe working environment.Develops a maintenance and repair mechanism for power generation equipment.Troubleshoots and resolves complex problems in power generation processes.Creates a series of criteria and standards to evaluate electric power quality.Monitors energy consumption and waste inside power plants.Establishes an evaluation system to monitor generator operations.

Electrician Services: Knowledge of electrical power, lighting and control systems; ability to plan and perform electrical work for buildings, infrastructures, and equipment.
Level Extensive Experience:

Installs, maintains, and repairs electrical wiring and lighting.Oversees and carries out all activities and tasks associated with electrician services.Prepares sketches and blueprints for wiring and equipment.Maintains and repairs electrical heating and ventilation equipment.Ensures conformance with safety codes.Troubleshoots control circuits.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.
Level Extensive Experience:

Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Summary Pay Range:

$79,800.00 - $119,760.00

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

Posting Dates:

September 5, 2025 - September 18, 2025

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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