Think BIG Construction Technician Program (Charlotte) August 2026

About the role

Join the Carolina Cat Team. 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.

Summary

We are currently accepting applications for the Fall 2025 School Year. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone seriously interested in Diesel Mechanics and getting an Associate's Degree!

Responsibilities

• Work on some of the biggest, hardest-working machines in the world.
• Be a highly skilled, technically trained, in-demand member of the worldwide Cat dealer family.
• Service Caterpillar equipment using cutting-edge diagnostic and maintenance systems, advanced technologies, and high-tech tools.
• Combine classroom and hands-on learning.

Qualifications

• Possess a passion and STRONG desire to become a Caterpillar Technician.
• Possess a basic mechanical aptitude.
• Earn or will earn a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Be 18 years of age or older by the time of your first internship.
• Meet FDTC admission requirements, including placement testing and an application and interview process with the school and the dealer.
• Pass a background check.
• Pass a drug screening.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Workplace Requirements

• Stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear.
• Sometimes climb or balance; stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Taste or smell.
• Frequently lift, carry, push, pull and /or otherwise move up to 25 pounds.

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 occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
• The employee must frequently lift, carry, push, pull and /or otherwise move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Employee must operate equipment in a safe manner.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.