Job description
Join Northlake Precision Components in Chicago as a Manufacturing Operations Engineer. This role drives daily improvements across our production lines, improves throughput, and ensures top quality and safety standards. You will partner with Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality, and Supply Chain to implement sustainable process changes that unlock measurable value.
We offer competitive compensation, strong benefits, and a collaborative culture designed for engineers who love solving real world production challenges.
Responsibility
- Lead cross functional process improvement projects using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to reduce waste and cycle times.
- Analyze production data to identify bottlenecks and implement data driven solutions that increase yield and uptime.
- Define and document standard work, SOPs, and control plans to ensure consistent quality across shifts.
- Manage kaizen events and pilot deployments, tracking benefits and sustaining gains with rigorous follow up.
- Collaborate with Maintenance to optimize preventive maintenance and reduce unplanned downtime.
- Support capacity planning and line balancing to meet customer demand with excellent on time delivery.
- Facilitate root cause analysis for quality issues using problem solving tools and 8D methodology.
Qualification
- Bachelor degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering or a related field.
- 3+ years of hands on manufacturing experience in a high speed production environment.
- Strong knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, and DOE methodologies.
- Experience with ERP/MES systems (SAP or Oracle) and data analysis tools (Excel, Minitab, or JMP).
- Excellent problem solving, communication, and collaborative skills with the ability to influence cross functional teams.
- Ability to read engineering drawings and implement process changes safely and compliant with regulatory standards.