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- Best Practicesunmatched
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- Capital Equipmentunmatched
- Capital Projectunmatched
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- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Control Engineeringunmatched
- Corrective Actionunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Engineeringunmatched
- Engineering Managementunmatched
- Human Machine Interface (HMI)unmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Industrial Roboticsunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Lean Manufacturingunmatched
- Lean Six Sigmaunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Automationunmatched
- Manufacturing Equipmentunmatched
- Manufacturing Operationsunmatched
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- Medical Equipmentunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Motion Controlunmatched
- OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)unmatched
- Operational Improvementunmatched
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- Production Systemsunmatched
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Description
Controls Engineering Manager
Location: Buffalo Grove, IL
Salary: $140,000- $160,000 base salary + 10–20% annual bonus (10% guaranteed)
Salary: $140,000- $160,000 base salary + 10–20% annual bonus (10% guaranteed)
Position Overview
We are seeking a hands-on Controls Engineering Manager to lead a team of Controls Engineers supporting a high-volume manufacturing operation. This role combines technical leadership with day-to-day involvement in automation and controls projects, ensuring production equipment remains reliable, efficient, and operating at peak performance.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in industrial automation and understands the urgency of supporting manufacturing environments where equipment downtime directly impacts production. This individual will mentor and develop the engineering team while serving as the technical expert for controls systems, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Controls Engineers, providing technical guidance, coaching, and performance management.
- Provide hands-on support for complex controls issues, equipment troubleshooting, and production-critical downtime events.
- Partner with production, maintenance, quality, and operations teams to improve equipment reliability and manufacturing performance.
- Work directly with customers to develop and implement controls upgrades and automation improvements.
- Collaborate with OEMs and equipment vendors to resolve technical challenges and develop long-term automation solutions.
- Lead controls-related capital projects, equipment upgrades, and new automation initiatives from concept through implementation.
- Drive root cause investigations and implement permanent corrective actions to improve equipment uptime and reliability.
- Establish and maintain controls engineering standards, documentation, and best practices.
- Support PLC, HMI, industrial networking, robotics, motion control, and automated manufacturing systems.
- Identify opportunities to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), reduce downtime, and increase manufacturing efficiency.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement through Lean manufacturing principles and data-driven decision making.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 6+ years of industrial controls or automation engineering experience.
- 2+ years of engineering leadership or supervisory experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with PLC programming, HMIs, industrial automation, and manufacturing equipment.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex controls issues and provide technical leadership during production-critical events.
- Experience managing projects, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with operations, maintenance, customers, and equipment manufacturers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in food, pharmaceutical, medical device, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
- Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing operations where minimizing downtime is critical.
- Knowledge of robotics, vision systems, motion control, SCADA, MES, or industrial networking.
- Experience working with OEM equipment suppliers and system integrators.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement experience is a plus.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for a leader who enjoys staying close to the technology rather than managing strictly from behind a desk. The ideal candidate understands what it takes to diagnose equipment issues, estimate repair efforts, support engineers through technical challenges, and develop long-term solutions that improve manufacturing reliability. If you thrive in fast-paced production environments and enjoy leading teams while remaining technically involved, we'd love to hear from you.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Buffalo Grove, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
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