Manufacturing Engineer 1

Caterpillar — Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu

₹4–7 LPA (HireSetu estimate) · Full-time · onsite · Apply by 2 Oct 2026

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Quick answer: An entry-rung manufacturing engineering job at Caterpillar's Thiruvallur plant, on site five days a week, with relocation support but no visa sponsorship. The skills list runs from lean and equipment reliability to cobots and robotic process automation.

From Caterpillar's job posting

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.

Role Definition

Assists with technical analysis of manufacturing processes in all aspects of production, costs, quality, compliance to safety guidelines, and environmental requirements for manufacturing.

Responsibilities

  • Participating in identifying and implementing enhancements and modifications to equipment and processes.
  • Monitoring equipment and process reliability; identifying and addressing problem areas.
  • Providing coaching and development for operations technical staff and support areas.
  • Providing engineering support on planning, development, operation, and maintenance of equipment, processes, or facilities.

Skill Descriptors

Collaborative Automation: Knowledge of techniques and processes of collaborative automation; ability to develop and deploy cobots to automate manufacturing processes.

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.

Engineering - MFG: Knowledge of processes, techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment; ability to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems and processes that safely realize a desired objective or invention.

Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes.

Manufacturing Processes: Knowledge of existing product manufacturing methods, technologies and processes; ability to execute, plan, manage and monitor the entire manufacturing process.

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.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA): Knowledge of techniques and processes of robotic process automation (RPA); ability to develop and deploy RPA solutions in various industries.

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates

September 24, 2026 - October 1, 2026

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

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HireSetu's note

A low entry bar, an odd set of skills

Degree or equivalent experience is the whole education line, so this sits at the bottom of the engineering ladder and a fresh graduate with a plant internship is squarely in the frame. The skills pull in two directions: lean manufacturing, manufacturing processes, equipment and process reliability on one side, collaborative automation and RPA on the other. A plant that names cobots and software robots is automating something, inspection, material movement, reporting, and the engineer who joins gets pulled into those projects.

If you have touched a robotic arm, a PLC cell or built even a small RPA bot, that goes at the top of your resume, above coursework and percentages. The role also includes coaching operations staff, which means explaining a process change to someone who has run that machine for fifteen years.

Thiruvallur and the five-day week

Thiruvallur is an industrial district northwest of Chennai, an hour or more from the city centre on a bad day, and the job is onsite five days a week. Relocation is offered, and for most people that means moving to Thiruvallur or the northern suburbs instead of commuting in daily from central Chennai.

Ask where the plant sits relative to the bus routes and suburban rail, and how shift coverage is handled, since monitoring equipment reliability does not stop when a general shift ends. No visa sponsorship is available, so you need the right to work in India already in hand.

Drafted with AI from Caterpillar's job posting and checked by Prashanth Jakkula before publishing. See our Editorial Policy.

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  3. Upload your resume and check every auto-filled field; Workday often misreads dates and job titles.
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