Caterpillar Inc.
Metrology Technician
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Job Description
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Job Title
Metrology Technician
Hourly Rate
£15.94 (exclusive of shift premium)
Location
Peterborough, Cambridge
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave
- Up to 5% Bonus
- Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar company 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 IPSD
Caterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L Cat® and Perkins engines that power over 5000 applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future.
Join Our Quality Team and Make Precision Count
We're looking for a highly skilled and quality-focused professional who is passionate about precision measurement, continuous improvement, and delivering excellence. In this role, you will be responsible for developing measurement plans, creating CMM programs, performing complex gauge calibration, and interpreting engineering drawings to support accurate inspection and reporting. You will play a key part in maintaining the highest quality standards, ensuring zero defects are passed to downstream customers, while providing detailed reports for both internal stakeholders and external third parties.
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With a strong eye for detail, the ability to identify quality and process improvements, and the confidence to influence and drive compliance, you will help shape a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
What You Will Do
- Define measurement plans required to measure a specific component.
- Create CMM programs to enable measurement of components
- Perform complex gauge calibration
- Be able to read & interpret drawings to enable program creation
- Providing accurate reports to internal and external customers
- Provide written reports suitable for external use (3rd party)
- Be responsible and accountable for following standard processes to maintain a high-quality standard and ensure that zero defects are passed on to downstream customers
- Visual awareness and identification of defective components & assemblies
- Able to identify and highlight quality and process problems, raising continuous improvement (CI) cards with resolution ideas demonstrating a depth of process and product knowledge
- Strong ability to motivate, influence, drive compliance and continuous improvement.
What You Have
- Experience of using CMM equipment utilizing Calypso software
- Experience of using Klingelberg measuring equipment
- Experience of Talysurf I series and Metrology 4.0 software
- Be able to read & interpret drawings to enable program creation
- Good working knowledge of engineering, design and manufacturing processes.
- Excellent in the use of Office 365 applications with particular attention to analysis.
- HNC or higher in a Technical or Engineering qualification.
- Previous experiences in Metrology/Measurement/Quality
- Good working knowledge of Quality Standards and Manufacturing Operations
Additional Info
This role is based at the Peterborough facility and will require shift work in line with business requirements.
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What You Will Get
We look forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our dynamic, diverse and friendly team. We have a culture of openness, autonomy, support, personal development as well as a continuous drive for improvement.
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 over 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.
NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.
Posting Dates
July 6, 2026 - July 17, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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