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Caterpillar Inc. · 9 hours ago

Research & Data Consultant

Irving, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$113K/yr - $169K/yr

Caterpillar Inc. is a global company focused on building sustainable communities and innovative solutions. They are seeking a Research & Data Consultant to provide strategic intelligence and support decision-making through research, data analysis, and information management.

ConstructionMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingMechanical Engineering

No H1B

Responsibilities

Monitoring competitive and industry news and compiling and publishing a curated weekly newsletter for global employee consumption

Serving as the technical point of contact for the development, maintenance, and growth of a Snowflake data warehouse which serves as an enterprise central repository for external company, industry, and industrial project data

Performing data analysis and creating visualizations in Power BI to meet business needs. Create, deploy, and maintain GenAI agents on structured and unstructured data and help formulate strategy and best practices around using technologies to derive meaningful insights around external business information

Maintaining and cataloging a small collection of print materials at the corporate headquarters location

Assisting in the development, maintenance, content collection, and training of Goldmine, Caterpillar’s Intelligence Portal, including measuring user satisfaction of services provided through periodic surveys, analyzing survey responses and seeking means for continuous improvement

Identifying and evaluating current technologies, information resources, and services related to the field of information collection, storage, and delivery and deploying these solutions across the enterprise

Managing multi-channel reference and research inquiries from global Caterpillar employees on a wide variety of business, industry, competitive, and management topics

Incorporating library services and leading local effort to increase/maintain awareness of library resources and services, including creating and delivering presentations and utilizing enterprise-wide communication tools to promote and train on library resources and services

Maintaining and utilizing networks of people and resources for obtaining Voice of the Business to further library and information services within Caterpillar

Qualification

Data ScienceData EngineeringPower BIBusiness AnalysisMarket ResearchCompetitive EnvironmentInterpersonal RelationshipsActive LearningEffective CommunicationsInitiative

Required

Masters Degree in Library & Information Science with Data Science experience, Informatics, Bachelors of Science in Information Science + Data Science, or BS Data Engineering or Analytics with a background in a corporate or library environment

Considerable experience in data science/engineering and library/information services desired

Knowledge of business analysis and the set of tasks, techniques and tools required to identify business needs; ability to recommend solutions that deliver value to stakeholders

Understanding the necessity for continuous personal growth and learning; ability to gauge one's strengths, limitations, and interests accurately, and use this knowledge for purposes of performance effectiveness self-development

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

Being proactive and committing to action on self-identified job responsibilities and challenges; ability to seek out work and the drive to accomplish goals

Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner

Knowledge of business market concepts and principles; ability to utilize the processes, tools, and techniques for gathering, analyzing, and communicating information about the competitive environment

Knowledge of market research; ability to collect, collate and analyze information about existing or potential markets and market needs