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Job overview
A Technician Intern works alongside a qualified mentor in a Warren CAT-sponsored program to develop the knowledge and expertise to become a Caterpillar Technician. The intern troubleshoots, diagnoses, and repairs Caterpillar engines and machinery, performs maintenance and component work, and follows service manuals and technical guidelines. The role includes a Work Steps assessment and requires maintaining a 2.5 GPA or higher during the internship.
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Description
GROW YOUR CAREER WITH US!
A Technician Intern will work alongside a qualified mentor and participate in a Warren CAT-sponsored program to develop the knowledge and expertise to become a Caterpillar Technician.
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
Work under the guidance of a Warren CAT Mentor to:
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Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair Caterpillar Engines and Machinery.
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Utilize hand tools, air tools, precision measuring tools, laptops, diagnostic software, cranes, and rigging equipment.
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Understand engines, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, mechanical, and pneumatic systems and components.
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Adhere to service manuals and technical guidelines to ensure repairs meet Caterpillar standards and accurately document all service and repair activities.
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Perform routine maintenance tasks such as oil changes, lubrication, and filter replacements.
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Remove and install parts, disassemble and assemble components, and test and adjust assemblies.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
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Maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher during the internship.
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Arrange for housing near the school campus and the local Warren CAT location if required.
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Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development.
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Successfully complete the Work Steps assessment.
WHY GROW WITH US?
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We like to take care of business and have fun doing it!
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If offered a fulltime role, we also offer health, dental, vision, life, and more as a comprehensive benefits package.
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Tool packages and tuition reimbursement are available with sponsored college programs.
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Don’t you want to work with awesome people?
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently 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 sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Required travel up to 5%.
This position is considered a safety sensitive position.
The Job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
EEO/AA
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.
For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,234 open Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$40–68K/yr38 salary ranges
- Texas median$23–33/hr175 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 501 open Technician jobs in Texas and 5,234 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 5 years (2,528 postings).
- Education
- 105 of the 5,234 open Technician jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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