The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Caterpillar is hiring a Construction Manager in New Orleans, LA.

• Role description

  Behind every great general team is a Construction Manager who sweats the details, and Caterpillar is looking for exactly that in New Orleans, LA. Take ownership, lean on your 7 years of Time Management, and earn $87,000 - $128,000 as part of a team that grows with you.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Keep the remote schedule realistic when everyone wants everything yesterday
  • Keep Caterpillar's New Orleans, LA site running while improvements ship underneath
  • Partner sideways with teams who rarely sit in the same room
  • Turn a vague remote mandate into work Caterpillar can measure
  • Maintain clear documentation of work performed and outcomes delivered
  • Turn 7 of pattern recognition into faster general calls
  • Read between the lines of what New Orleans customers actually need

  What You'll Bring

  • A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume
  • Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
  • Hands-on command of Demolition, with Welding as a close second
  • Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
  • Knowledge of LA-specific regulations relevant to general work
  • A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads

  Caterpillar grew from a New Orleans kitchen table into a craft-obsessed general company that New Orleans, LA now genuinely depends on. We default to documenting decisions so LA and remote teammates stay equally in the loop.

  We deliver $87,000 - $128,000, comprehensive benefits, and a development culture where curiosity and candidly-kind ambition are rewarded.

  No cobwebs here: this general listing was confirmed open this morning.

  Go ahead and apply; the worst that happens is Caterpillar learns your name.

• Required skills

  • Estimating
  • Demolition
  • Site Layout
  • Welding
  • Flooring Installation
  • Total Station
  • TIG Welding
  • Electrical Wiring
  • Time Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Growth Mindset

• Benefits & perks

  • Employer-paid health premiums
  • Paid certification exam fees
  • Assistive technology support
  • Hybrid Work
  • Personal Shopping
  • Paid paternity leave

• Apply before 2026-09-09

  Submit your application for this Remote general position.