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Service Support Consultant

Caterpillar · Peoria, IL · $128,470–$192,710 a year · Full time

Posted Oct 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about your experience with construction equipment service, either at a dealer or in the field.

What they are checking: Whether they have the hands-on service background that earns credibility with dealer technicians.

Tell me about a training session you designed or led for technicians.

What they are checking: Ability to teach service skills clearly, since training is part of the job.

How do you keep several high-priority service initiatives moving at the same time?

What they are checking: Organization and follow-through across competing priorities for a regional resource.

Tell me about a time you solved a problem by bringing together people from different teams.

What they are checking: Cross-functional coordination between field teams, dealers and internal partners.

What would you do

A dealer has a customer machine that keeps failing and nobody can find the cause. How would you help?

What they are checking: Structured technical troubleshooting with dealers on the hardest service problems, the core of this role.

How would you work with dealer technical communicators to spread a fix across the Americas North region?

What they are checking: Understanding of how service knowledge moves from Caterpillar through dealers to technicians.

A dealer is frustrated that Caterpillar is slow to respond on an issue. How do you handle that call?

What they are checking: Customer handling that keeps trust while being honest about what can be done and when.

About the work

How do you decide when a field issue is a dealer service problem and when it is a product quality problem?

What they are checking: Judgment that routes issues to the right fix, protecting uptime and product quality.

What data would you look at to measure customer uptime and whether service strategies are working?

What they are checking: Whether they connect service work to measurable outcomes like downtime and repeat repairs.

Which diagnostic tools and service information systems have you used?

What they are checking: Familiarity with the tools technicians use, so they can guide troubleshooting from experience.

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The full job description

As published by Caterpillar.

Career Area: Product Support 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. Join Caterpillar’s lifecycle solutions team in our Construction Industries (CI) division and help deliver on our strategy to solve customers’ toughest challenges. As Service Support Consultant , you will help strengthen dealer and field support, improve issue resolution, and execute service strategies that improve customer uptime, product quality, and long-term lifecycle value across Americas North. Role Summary: As the Service Support Consultant, you will provide focused support to CI field teams, dealers, and internal partners across Americas North by helping execute high-priority service support initiatives, training and development activities, dealer technical communicator engagement, and customer issue resolution. This role serves as a key regional resource for helping dealers address customers’ most difficult service challenges, improving consistency, responsiveness, and support effectiveness across the CI service network while protecting uptime and reinforcing Caterpillar’s commitment to customer success. What You Will Do (Job Duties): • Support execution of high-priority field support activities, including service letters, containment actions, quality initiatives, and regional support plans that help dealers and customers resolve urgent service issues and keep critical equipment working. • Partner with field representatives, dealers, product groups, and internal support teams to improve responsiveness, prioritize the service needs that matter most to customers, and strengthen alignment on product support and issue resolution. • Manage and help prioritize condition monitoring leads in partnership with dealers and field teams, turning equipment insights into proactive support actions that improve uptime, reduce avoidable downtime, and help customers address issues before they become larger challenges. • Lead and support training and development activities for service support representatives, including monthly communications, annual conference planning, new representative onboarding, and pre-field representative development. • Coordinate dealer technical communicator engagement and conference support, helping connect dealers with product and component group partners while improving the flow of technical information to the field. • Serve as a subject matter resource for region- and dealer-specific service issues, helping identify root causes, escalate concerns, communicate support actions, and drive practical solutions that protect customer satisfaction and help customers overcome their toughest operating challenges. What You Will Have (Core Skills): Customer Focus: Understands dealer and customer service needs, prioritizes support actions that improve uptime and satisfaction, and helps translate field feedback into practical issue resolution and service improvement plans that solve meaningful customer challenges. Technical and Service Knowledge: Applies strong product support, service process, and dealer operations knowledge to help diagnose issues, support field execution, and connect the right internal resources to dealer and customer needs. Effective Communication: Communicates technical, service, and quality topics clearly to field teams, dealers, and internal partners, tailoring messages for the audience and driving alignment on priorities, actions, and follow-up. Problem Solving: Uses sound judgment, data, and field input to prioritize issues, support root-cause understanding, and move complex service concerns toward timely resolution. Relationship Management: Builds trusted relationships with dealers, field representatives, product groups, and internal support partners; sets clear expectations, facilitates collaboration, and follows through on support commitments. Top Candidates Will Have: • Experience supporting Construction Industries products, dealer service operations, field service teams, or technical support processes. • Strong ability to coordinate across dealers, field representatives, product groups, and internal partners to resolve service issues and execute support plans. • Experience developing or supporting service communications, training content, technical meetings, representative onboarding, or dealer technical communicator engagement. • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple service priorities, organize support activity, and follow through on actions in a fast-paced field support environment. • Strong customer-first mindset, technical curiosity, and ability to influence without direct authority across a broad Americas North support network. Additional Information: • This position is located in Peoria, IL. • Relocation assistance is available. • Visa Sponsorship and ISE are NOT available for this position. • Travel in this role is 30%. Summary Pay Range: $128,470.00 - $192,710.00 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. Benefits: Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits. • Medical, dental, and vision benefits* • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)* • 401(k) savings plans* • Health Savings Account (HSA)* • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)* • Health Lifestyle Programs* • Employee Assistance Program* • Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts* • Career Development* • Incentive bonus* • Disability benefits • Life Insurance • Parental leave • Adoption benefits • Tuition Reimbursement * These benefits also apply to part-time employees Posting Dates: October 1, 2026 - October 9, 2026 Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen. Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community .

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