Job Description
Position: Manufacturing Process Analyst
Location: Waukegan, IL (Onsite – Monday through Friday)
Duration: 36-Month Contract
Pay Rate: $45.00 - $65.00 per hour W2
Join the Sterling Engineering Team!
Are you passionate about manufacturing, data analytics, and continuous improvement?
Sterling Engineering is looking for an Operations Excellence (OPEX) Data Analyst to join our team!
In this role, you'll work side-by-side with production, engineering, and operations teams to turn manufacturing data into meaningful insights that improve efficiency, reduce downtime, and drive operational excellence. If you enjoy being on the manufacturing floor, solving problems, building dashboards, and making a measurable impact on production performance, we'd love to hear from you.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Business Analytics, or related technical discipline.
- Must have experience supporting manufacturing operations, process improvement, or production analytics.
- Must have experience working within a manufacturing environment (pharmaceutical, food, automotive, consumer products, or industrial manufacturing).
- Must have experience with Power BI and Microsoft Excel.
- Must have Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP.
- Familiarity with MES or manufacturing execution systems.
- Experience with SQL for data extraction and reporting.
- Experience supporting Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, or Operational Excellence initiatives.
- Experience with QlikSense, Tableau, or similar Power BI platforms.
- Knowledge of manufacturing KPIs including OEE, OPE, MTBF, MTTR, and production throughput.
- Exposure to PLC-controlled manufacturing equipment or industrial automation.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification is preferred
About us…Sterling Engineering, in business for 57 years …we offer FULL BENEFITS! As a Sterling Engineering W2 employee on contract, you receive a Full Employee Benefits Package that includes Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, 3 Medical plans to choose from, Dental & Vision plans, 401(k) with a match, and an Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) plan.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Waukegan, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $45–$65 Per Hour |
| 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.
Skills
- Automationunmatched
- Business Analysisunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Drug Manufacturingunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Industrial Engineeringunmatched
- Lean Manufacturingunmatched
- Lean Six Sigmaunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Analysisunmatched
- Manufacturing Engineeringunmatched
- Manufacturing Equipmentunmatched
- Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)unmatched
- Manufacturing Operationsunmatched
- Manufacturing/Industrial Processesunmatched
- Mechanical Engineeringunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Operational Expenditure (OPEX)unmatched
- Operational Supportunmatched
- Operations Processesunmatched
- Performance Metricsunmatched
- Power BIunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Analysisunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)unmatched
- Qlikunmatched
- Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
- SAPunmatched
- SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
- Six Sigma Black Beltunmatched
- Six Sigma Green Beltunmatched
- Tableauunmatched
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