Mechanical Design Engineer

Overview

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.

Job Details

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer

Salary/Grade: £40,606 - £47,500 per annum (depending on experience)

Location: Larne

Benefits

• Up to 10% bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme – Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 6%
• Contributory share scheme – Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution
• Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase

This position requires 4.5 days a week in the office.

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 centres, 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. We are looking for self-motivated, intelligent and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our Technical Sales Solutions team at Caterpillar (N.I.) situated at Larne. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role within the Caterpillar Electric Power engineering team. As the first point of technical engagement, the Technical Sales team works directly with customers to develop and deliver bespoke, engineered, and costed solutions, balancing technical capability with commercial considerations and customer expectations. This role provides opportunities to develop within an experienced team on projects for various export markets. As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will develop and deliver mechanical concepts and preliminary designs for electric power solutions, supporting early customer engagement and ensuring a smooth handover to execution and delivery teams. For the right candidate, this role will include opportunities to be the lead engineer on smaller electric power projects.

What You Will Do

• Provide concept designs for gensets while meeting client needs
• Provide technical knowledge backed up with engineering reasoning and calculations
• Undertake specification compliance activities, ensuring client requirements are met while balancing product performance and engineering constraints
• Ensure accurate recording and controlled issuance of documentation for concept design cost evaluation

What You Have

• Product Design and Development: Apply engineering principles in acoustics, vibration, fluid dynamics, structures, and materials science to the design of mechanical systems and structures.
• Demonstrate prior experience working within a product design and development environment.
• Translate client requirements into technical solutions through effective interpretation of site conditions and operational needs.

• Technical Excellence: Provide technical solutions to challenges through competent analysis and consideration of technical implications. Maintain a high level of technical performance, proactively developing skills and keeping pace with evolving technical and procedural practices.

• Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Working with Creo or similar 3D Modelling Software in a previous role. Ability to create and interpret engineering drawings in accordance with recognised standards.

• Managing Multiple Priorities: Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on deliverables. Performs at least 2-3 concurrent activities without reducing productivity.

• Analytical Thinking: Identify multiple potential solutions by drawing on prior experience, data analysis, and current research. Evaluate and quantify costs, benefits, risks, and likelihood of success to inform sound recommendations. Address complex problems by systematically breaking them down into manageable component parts.

• Effective Communications: Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders.

• Education: A Degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline or demonstrative work-related experience.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed to contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide value that helps customers succeed. #CaterpillarNI

Posting Dates & Equal Opportunity

Posting Dates: April 21, 2026 - May 5, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting; please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined. Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.

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