BOM & Routing Project Engineer
Job Description
Position Type: Full-Time Contract to Hire
- Identify BOM and routing inaccuracies through production feedback, Kaizen activities, engineering reviews, and planning analysis.
- Analyze drawings, BOMs, routings, work instructions, labor requirements, and downstream operational impacts.
- Develop and package proposed BOM and routing changes for Engineering and Planning review.
- Create and coordinate ECNs/ECOs to correct manufacturing master data.
- Update JDE BOMs following approved engineering changes, including components, quantities, and revisions.
- Update JDE routings to accurately reflect manufacturing operations, sequence, and labor standards.
- Work cross-functionally with Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Planning, Operations Excellence, and Operations.
- Analyze critical-path issues and identify opportunities to reduce rework, material chasing, changeovers, labor costs, and unnecessary process steps.
- Validate BOM explosions, work orders, routings, labor, and material requirements following system changes.
- Track project completion and measure improvements in BOM accuracy, routing accuracy, labor, cost, capacity, and lead time.
- Must have engineering experience working in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of BOMs, manufacturing routings, engineering changes, and production processes.
- Experience analyzing manufacturing data and identifying opportunities for process, cost, labor, or efficiency improvements.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, BOM structures, routings, and work instructions.
- Experience working with an ERP/manufacturing system such as JDE is highly relevant.
- Comfortable taking ownership of projects from initial opportunity identification through implementation, validation, and close-out.
- Ability to work within formal ECN/ECO approval and change-control processes.
Meet Your Recruiter
Senior Technical Recruiter
Galen is a Senior Technical Recruiter at Sterling Engineering with nearly 14 years of recruiting and talent acquisition experience, spanning agency leadership, high-volume technical recruiting, and executive-level client partnership. Since joining Sterling in February 2026, he has brought a strategic, relationship-driven approach to supporting candidates and clients across manufacturing, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and more.
Galen is dedicated to solving complex hiring challenges and building trusted, long-term partnerships with candidates, hiring managers, and executives. He takes the time to understand each person’s experience, goals, and career ambitions so he can help connect them with opportunities that align with both their skills and long-term direction.
For Galen, recruiting is about being an advocate and facilitator during important moments of transition and opportunity. He genuinely enjoys learning what motivates people and helping them take meaningful next steps in their careers while supporting companies in building strong, high-performing teams.