Job Description
We are seeking a Manufacturing Project Engineer to identify, evaluate, and lead capital improvement projects within a manufacturing environment. This role will work closely with operations and engineering leadership to identify opportunities for new equipment, automation, process improvements, and other CAPEX investments.
Salary: $98,000–$125,000
Location: Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Benefits: A comprehensive benefits package is offered, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, paid holidays, a 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, and additional employee perks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify and develop CAPEX projects that improve safety, quality, productivity, capacity, reliability, and manufacturing costs.
- Research manufacturing equipment, technologies, automation solutions, and process improvements.
- Develop technical recommendations and business justification for proposed capital investments.
- Present project findings, recommendations, costs, and expected benefits to engineering and operations leadership.
- Lead approved manufacturing projects from concept and equipment selection through installation, validation, and production launch.
- Develop project scopes, requirements, timelines, budgets, and technical specifications.
- Coordinate with equipment suppliers, integrators, contractors, manufacturing teams, and other internal stakeholders.
- Evaluate existing manufacturing processes and identify opportunities for equipment and process improvements.
- Support automation, CNC machining, robotics, fixtures, and other manufacturing equipment projects.
- Troubleshoot manufacturing and equipment issues during implementation and new product launches.
- Improve cycle times, equipment reliability, uptime, and overall manufacturing efficiency.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
- Train and support production and maintenance teams following implementation of new equipment or processes.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of Manufacturing Engineering, Project Engineering, or related experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience identifying and leading capital equipment or CAPEX projects.
- Ability to research and evaluate manufacturing technologies and equipment and develop recommendations for leadership.
- Experience managing engineering projects from concept through implementation and production.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and production equipment.
- Experience with automation, robotics, CNC machining, PLCs, or related manufacturing technologies is highly preferred.
- Experience working with equipment vendors and system integrators is preferred.
- Creo and/or SolidWorks experience is a plus.
- Strong project management, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Buffalo Grove, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $98,000–$125,000 Per Year |
| 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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