Production Engineer
Job Description
Title: Production Engineer
Location: Elmhurst, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $90-110K yrly
Benefits:Full comprehensive benefit package
Overview:
We are seeking a person who enjoys working in an open, team environment and desires to be a long-term, hands-on contributor. We promote working directly with the production team on a day to day basis with constant communication.
Job Duties:
- Contribute to a culture geared toward the wellbeing of other employees and sustainable growth.
- Provide daily support to the production team, including answering technical questions, troubleshooting at the test department, and approving work in process changes to the units.
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities in the designs that you support, including improvements in manufacturability, cost reduction, and performance.
- Manage design projects to implement continuous improvement concepts.
- Facilitate the engineering chance notice (ECN) process for design changes.
- Create new bills of material (BOMs) for custom units.
- Validate new designs through testing and data collection.
- Create and update Wiring and Piping diagrams for production.
- Review work orders for production to ensure bill of material accuracy.
- Review and improve build practice and design standards (SOPs).
- Utilize Solidworks to create CAD models for design projects.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering
- Basic knowledge of Thermodynamics
- Basic knowledge of controls loops
- Organizational and project management skills
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.
Meet Your Recruiter
Team Lead and Principal Recruiter
Ric is a Team Lead and Principal Recruiter at Sterling Engineering with more than a decade of technical recruiting experience, including over eight years with Sterling. In his role, he leads recruiting efforts while also working hands-on with clients and candidates throughout the full hiring process.
From sourcing hard-to-find technical talent to navigating offer negotiations, Ric focuses on creating strong, lasting matches that benefit both the individual and the organization. His approach is built on understanding technical environments, listening closely to hiring needs and career goals, and aligning the right people with the right opportunities.
Ric enjoys recruiting because of the meaningful impact it can have on someone’s career. Whether helping a candidate pursue a growth opportunity, improve work-life balance, or step into a leadership role, he is driven by the opportunity to support people through important career decisions. At the same time, he takes pride in helping companies build high-performing teams that move their business forward.