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Senior Service Technology Consultant

Caterpillar

Company websitecaterpillar.com (Caterpillar, opens in new tab)

Base salary $128,470  to $192,710

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Peoria, IL

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  • LocationPeoria, IL
  • WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
  • Last checked (34 min ago) · observed since

About this job

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.

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you’re joining a global team who care not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers and future work 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.

Our Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD) is one of the most innovative divisions within Caterpillar. In PSLD, as within all of Caterpillar, our priority is our customers and helping them build a better world. We touch nearly every element of the services value stream. PSLD is responsible for Aftermarket Parts Distribution of Cat Parts, Integrated Logistics and Global Services supporting Caterpillar dealers and customers. Our teams work together in critical areas that leverage digital capabilities, technology and operational excellence.

As a Senior Service Technology Consultant, you will work directly with dealers and customers to understand their service operations and identify opportunities to improve how support is delivered. Your focus will be on leveraging Remote Service and other TIS tools to reduce downtime, improve technician efficiency, and help resolve customer issues. You will bring dealer and customer feedback back into the product development process and collaborate with business partners to ensure new features solve real-world problems, provide an intuitive user experience, and drive adoption. 

This is more than a job—it’s a chance to influence change, drive innovation, and see the results of your work in real time.  


Additional Information:

  • Location:  Peoria, IL (United States)
  • Required Travel: Up to 50% (Domestic)
  • Relocation Assistance Offered: None
  • US Work Sponsorship Offered: None
  • This role is 100% on-site with no opportunity for hybrid or remote schedules.

What You Will Do:

  • Provide Remote Service product and application expertise to help dealers improve service operations, technician efficiency, and customer experience.  
  • Serve as a Remote Service ambassador by representing the product at dealer engagements, industry events, conferences, and other customer-facing opportunities.  
  • Partner with dealers and DSD teams to drive a “remote-first” mindset, helping identify opportunities to resolve issues faster, reduce downtime, and potentially avoid unnecessary technician travel.  
  • Gather Voice of Customer, dealer, and business feedback and translate those insights into product needs.  
  • Partner with business owners to help shape new Remote Service capabilities that solve real-world problems and deliver strong user experience.  
  • Support new feature pilots and field validation, bringing learnings back into the development process. 


What You Have (Basic Requirements):

  • Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.

  • Data Gathering & Analysis: Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes; ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgment.

  • Consulting: Knowledge of techniques, roles, and responsibilities in providing technical or business guidance to clients, both internal and external; ability to apply consulting knowledge appropriately.

  • Effective Communications: 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.

  • 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.

  • Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.


Top Candidates Will Have:

  • Experience working within or closely with dealer service operations and technicians 
  • A strong understanding of customer support, machine uptime, and technician efficiency 
  • Demonstrated ability to influence change and drive adoption of new processes or technologies 
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technicians, dealers, customers, business partners, and development teams 
  • The ability to translate real-world dealer and customer feedback into product needs and opportunities 
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and change, especially as Remote Service capabilities and dealer needs continue to evolve. 
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and work effectively with a wide range of personalities, roles, and experience levels. 


What You Will Get:

Through it all, we are one team – creating and delivering world-class components and solutions superior to the competition.  Learn more about the Caterpillar Experience.


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 and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

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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

 

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

 

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

November 9, 2026 - November 23, 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.

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Source: Caterpillar on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)

How this pay compares

Base floor $128,470, above 50% of the 220 Business Operations roles in Illinois on this site. The employer's range is $64,240 wide, 50% of the floor. First observed today.

Pay in context

Among 220 Business Operations roles in Illinois listed on this site, the median base floor is $125,000 and the middle half runs from $110,810 to $150,000. This role's floor ($128,470) is above 50% of them.

Base floors of 220 Business Operations roles in Illinois

Base floors of 220 Business Operations roles in Illinois$100K to $125K: 49.1% (108); $125K to $150K: 24.5% (54); $150K to $175K: 13.2% (29); $175K to $200K: 5.9% (13); $200K to $225K: 4.1% (9); $225K to $250K: 1.8% (4); $250K to $275K: 0.0% (0); $275K and up: 1.4% (3)0%15%30%45%49%10025%12513%1506%1754%2002%2250%2501%275This job $128K
Each bar counts postings on this site by published base floor, in $K. The marker is this job's floor.
Table
Base floors of 220 Business Operations roles in Illinois
Floor bandSharePostings
$100K to $125K49.1%108
$125K to $150K24.5%54
$150K to $175K13.2%29
$175K to $200K5.9%13
$200K to $225K4.1%9
$225K to $250K1.8%4
$250K to $275K0.0%0
$275K and up1.4%3
How this is calculated
Statistic
Base floor distribution of the cohort
Formula
count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
Denominator
220 open postings with this job family in Illinois
Sample size
220
Hidden when
the cohort has fewer than 30 postings
Calculation version
jobpage-analysis-v1
Data as of
2026-11-09
Employer set
Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 9, 2026.

State against nationwide

Median base floor in Illinois vs nationwide

Median published base floor of the same job family, in this state and across all states, next to this job's floor.
Table
Median base floor in Illinois vs nationwide
Valuepostings
Business Operations, Illinois$125K220
Business Operations, all states$135K4,086
This job's base floor (marked)$128,470
How this is calculated
Statistic
Median floor, state vs nationwide
Formula
median published base floor of each cohort
Denominator
open postings of this job family
Sample size
220 in Illinois; 4086 nationwide
Hidden when
either cohort has fewer than 30 postings
Calculation version
jobpage-analysis-v1
Data as of
2026-11-09
Employer set
Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more

How Caterpillar pays

59 of Caterpillar's 177 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 62 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $128,470; the middle half runs from $112,710 to $147,760.

Base floors of Caterpillar's 177 live roles

Base floors of Caterpillar's 177 live roles$100K to $125K: 35.0% (62); $125K to $150K: 51.4% (91); $150K to $175K: 11.9% (21); $175K to $200K: 1.7% (3)0%15%30%45%60%35%10051%12512%1502%175This job $128K
Each bar counts this employer's live roles by published base floor, in $K. The marker is this job's floor.
Table
Base floors of Caterpillar's 177 live roles
Floor bandShareRoles
$100K to $125K35.0%62
$125K to $150K51.4%91
$150K to $175K11.9%21
$175K to $200K1.7%3
How this is calculated
Statistic
Employer base floor distribution
Formula
count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
Denominator
177 open public roles at this employer
Sample size
177
Hidden when
this employer has fewer than 5 roles
Calculation version
jobpage-analysis-v1
Data as of
current
Employer set
Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more

Similar pay elsewhere

Other employers' Business Operations roles in Illinois with the nearest published base floor to $128,470, one per employer.

This range next to 6 other live Caterpillar roles with the nearest advertised base floor
Chart as a table
This range next to 6 other live Caterpillar roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Senior Service Technology Consultant (this listing)$128,470 - $192,710
Sr. Associate Engineer–Test/Validation$130,354 - $133,810
Senior Engineer$131,227 - $169,060
Electronic Components Project Lead$128,470 - $192,710
Environmental EHS Manager$128,470 - $192,710
Embedded Software Team Lead - Positioning and Controls$128,470 - $192,710
Senior Customer Experience Consultant$128,470 - $192,710

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Caterpillar roles · How to read the bar

Observed changes

No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Nov 9, 2026 (today).

  1. First observed on the employer's board, already publishing a qualifying base salary
Observed since
Employer-stated posting date
2026-11-09
Where this pay comes from

Location as the employer wrote it: Peoria, Illinois

$128,470.00 - $192,710.00

Method
Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
Checked
Rule set
us-base-v2

The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.

What we verified

  • The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
  • The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
  • The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.

We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.

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