Condition Monitoring Specialist

Description



Position at Carolina CAT - Construction

Join the Carolina Cat Team

As a family-owned company under our fourth generation of leadership, we have built our business based on the principles of trust, integrity, and a desire to help our customers and employees succeed.

Since 1926, we've supported our communities by supplying equipment for critical infrastructure and commerce and by donating our time and resources to area nonprofits. We make smart investments in our company and continuously improve as part of our vision to be a trailblazing company that's built to last.

We're looking for hard-working, team-oriented professionals who enjoy working on new challenges every day. We believe our employees are the key to our success, and we're committed to providing a work experience that helps our team grow to their full potential.

Collectively, our employees work together to make a difference for our customers, our communities, and our company. Learn more about what it means to become a team member with Carolina Cat.

Summary

The Condition Monitoring Specialist (CMS) serves as a primary resource and consultative partner to the Condition Monitoring Analyst (CMA) team within the Fleet Performance department. This role bridges platform expertise, customer engagement, and operational enablement - working alongside CMAs to ensure fleet health programs are executed effectively, customers receive proactive guidance, and the tools and systems supporting condition monitoring operate at peak efficiency. The Condition Monitoring Specialist is expected to exercise independent judgment, drive process improvements, and serve as a subject matter expert across Cat Foresight, diagnostic tooling, and fleet monitoring best practices.

Essential Functions

CMA Consultation & Technical Support

• Act as a consultative partner to CMAs, providing guidance on Cat Foresight platform usage, alert interpretation, and fleet monitoring strategies.
• Advise CMAs on best practices for customer communication, escalation handling, and condition monitoring workflows.
• Assist CMAs in identifying gaps in fleet coverage or monitoring configurations and recommend corrective actions.
• Collaborate with CMAs to develop and refine diagnostic approaches, ensuring consistent and high-quality analysis across the team.
• Serve as a first point of escalation for CMA questions related to platform functionality, tooling, or process ambiguity.

Cat Foresight Platform Management

• Oversee the integrity and configuration of the Cat Foresight platform, ensuring assets, sites, and groups accurately reflect current fleet and customer structures.
• Partner with CMAs to evaluate auto-recommendations and guide the team on appropriate responses and enrollment decisions.
• Monitor platform dashboard utilization and adoption metrics; advise CMAs and leadership on trends and opportunities for deeper engagement.
• Lead platform audits in coordination with CMAs to validate data accuracy and identify enrollment gaps or inactive assets.
• Serve as the internal subject matter expert on Cat Foresight capabilities, communicating updates or feature changes to the CMA team.

Customer Engagement & Fleet Program Consultation

• Consult with CMAs on customer fleet health reviews, helping translate condition monitoring data into actionable recommendations for customers.
• Support CMAs in preparing customer-facing materials, enrollment communications, and platform onboarding guidance.
• Assist CMAs in identifying opportunities to expand fleet coverage or deepen customer engagement with condition monitoring programs.
• Participate in customer-facing interactions alongside CMAs when technical platform expertise or program consultation is required.

Reporting, Analytics & Data Management

• Develop and maintain reporting frameworks that give CMAs and leadership visibility into fleet enrollment status, platform utilization, and team workload.
• Analyze CMA performance data and condition monitoring metrics to surface insights that drive continuous improvement.
• Support the Fleet Performance Manager with ad hoc analysis, data pulls, and strategic reporting needs.
• Ensure data integrity across all condition monitoring systems; identify and resolve discrepancies in coordination with CMAs and vendors.

Training, Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Develop and maintain SOPs, process guides, and reference materials that equip CMAs to perform their roles efficiently and consistently.
• Lead or facilitate onboarding for new CMAs, ensuring they are prepared with platform access, tooling, and operational context.
• Identify knowledge gaps within the CMA team and proactively create or source training resources to address them.
• Maintain a living knowledge base of condition monitoring best practices, platform updates, and lessons learned.

Vendor & Internal Coordination

• Serve as the primary liaison between the CMA team and Caterpillar or third-party vendors on platform issues, tooling needs, and service escalations.
• Track open support tickets and platform defects; communicate status and resolution timelines to affected CMAs.
• Collaborate with internal departments (IT, Finance, Sales) to align workflows, resolve cross-functional issues, and support CMA operational needs.
• Represent CMA team interests in vendor discussions and internal planning conversations, advocating for tools and processes that enhance team effectiveness.

Administrative Oversight

• Manage SIS (Service Information System) and ET (Electronic Technician) license activations and renewals, ensuring uninterrupted CMA tool access.
• Oversee laptop bundle procurement, configuration, inventory tracking, and sales coordination in support of CMA and customer-facing programs.
• Support SIS/ET and laptop billing cycles in coordination with the Finance team, ensuring accurate purchase orders, invoices, and reconciliation.
• Maintain organized records for licenses, equipment inventory, vendor contacts, and administrative transactions.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualifying individuals to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, information systems, or a related field preferred; equivalent work experience considered.
• 3+ years of experience in a fleet operations, technology support, or condition monitoring role; heavy equipment or construction industry experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with Cat Foresight, SIS, ET, or similar telematics and fleet management platforms.
• Prior experience in a consultative or cross-functional support role, advising technical teams or serving as a subject matter resource.

Skills & Competencies

• Deep understanding of condition monitoring principles, fleet health analysis, and Caterpillar diagnostic tooling.
• Strong consultative communication skills; ability to translate complex platform or data concepts into actionable guidance for CMAs and customers.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret fleet data, identify trends, and recommend improvements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams); experience with fleet management or asset tracking software required.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage competing priorities, multiple stakeholders, and time-sensitive deliverables independently.
• Proactive problem-solver who takes initiative, identifies issues before they escalate, and drives resolution.
• Collaborative team player with a genuine commitment to enabling CMA success and delivering value to customers.

Travel & Working Conditions

• Occasional travel to customer sites, Caterpillar facilities, or vendor locations may be required.
• Standard business hours; occasional flexibility needed to support field operations or time-sensitive CMA needs.

Workplace Requirements

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must frequently lift, carry, push, pull and /or otherwise move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this Job, depending on site location, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and equipment. The employee may occasionally be exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee may occasionally be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in some work environments is occasionally loud.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

We require all employees to treat all our employees and candidates as equals. All personnel actions are conducted in the spirit of equal employment. We're committed to recruit, train, promote and retain associates without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.

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