Senior Project Coordinator

Senior Project Coordinator

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.

Location: Peterborough

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 13th October 2025

Salary/Grade: £48,000-£53,000 depending on skills and experience

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave
• Up to 10% Bonus
• Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 10%
• 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

About Global Program Management:

Caterpillar thrives on innovation and improvement which benefits both our internal processes and ultimately our customer's product experience. The UK Global Program Management team supports project teams in every function of Caterpillar's operation, driving delivery of key initiatives which make a real difference to how we do business and continue to meet and exceed the needs of our global customers.

Job Summary:

This position is a professional role committed to delivering programs on-time, within budget and to quality targets. The successful individual will improve the effectiveness of project teams through the application of industry accepted program and project management methods, techniques, tools, and training, and provide leadership and expertise in program and project management processes to ensure that the most efficient and cost-effective implementation of products and services is delivered.

What You Will Do:

• Deliver planning meetings for smaller projects with little or no requirement for supervision. The individual must possess the ability to work with a range of functional areas to develop a detailed work breakdown structure (WBS) and translate the WBS into credible project and program plans while providing leadership in understanding and following program and project management standard processes.
• Develop and produce program and/or project management schedules in Microsoft Project using GPMUK tools and processes. The individual will capture all activity information, identify relationships between activities, and recommend actions to resolve schedule conflicts.
• Coordinate with Program Leads to schedule and support program control meetings & compression sessions and make schedule changes/corrections during those meetings as required. This will include analysis of data from schedule updates to explain the consequences of any changes and, working with project team members to resolve logic errors, explains changes due to updates, and recommends actions to resolve schedule problems.
• Create and maintain issues/action logs, risk registers, scope change requests/logs, program work plans, program cost tracking and provide general workshop planning, execution, and follow-up assistance.
• Works daily with project team members to advocate the importance of robust planning to be successful in implementing on time, on cost, and to the required quality targets. Provides administrative planning and follow-up for program team, steering committee, and governance review meetings
• Train other Program Coordinators and project teams in the program management processes and software. May create report packages and communicate or post program or project status, may also include maintenance of a program web site.

What You Have:

• A college or University degree or evidence of progressively responsible job-related experience in Program Coordination, Information Technology, Engineering, project management or NPI
• Proven experience with project management concepts, including project charters, scheduling and planning projects, and successful on-time delivery.
• Strong project management skills, indirect leadership skills, excellent communication skills, ability to multitask effectively, strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or to influence others inside and outside the department to take specific actions.
• Will possess extensive knowledge of project management software (MS Project experience desirable) MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat, and Web Publishing tools

What You Will Get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a competitive total rewards package along with the potential of an annual bonus, along with comprehensive on-boarding, coaching, and mentoring schemes to help individuals achieve their full project management potential.

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 exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

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