Career Area:
Manufacturing
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a integral 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.
ROLE DEFINITION
The Project Coordinator creates, executes, maintains, and monitors project plans for New Product Introduction (NPI) and strategic plant projects. The role controls timelines, facilitates project governance routines, aligns plans with the organization’s project platforms, and escalates deviations when execution does not follow the agreed plan. The position contributes to the business by providing structured planning, disciplined follow-up, and timely stakeholder communication. It serves as the central coordination point for project schedules,



status updates, risks, actions, and escalation needs across cross-functional teams.
The role covers plant-level NPI and strategic projects and represents the projects in follow-up, stakeholder, communication, and escalation meetings.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Create and execute a project plan for each assigned NPI and strategic plant project.
Maintain project timelines, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and action ownership in Microsoft Project and applicable internal platforms.
Lead recurring project follow-up meetings and coordinate stakeholder, communication, and escalation sessions.
Monitor project progress against the approved plan and identify schedule deviations, risks, constraints, and unresolved actions.
Escalate issues when project execution does not align with the agreed plan and support timely resolution by the appropriate stakeholders.
Communicate installation status, project updates

📌 Project Coordinator (Santa Catarina)
🏢 Caterpillar
📍 Santa Catarina