Position Summary:
Title: Engineering Manager
Work location: Addison, Il
Job Type: Full time/Exempt
Salary: $105,000 to $135,000
We are looking to add an Engineering Manager to our team at Overton Chicago Gear. It is essential that the candidate has a strong background in gear manufacturing specifically, an extensive experience in custom gearing and gear drives. OCG will only consider candidates who are true subject matter experts, capable of authoritatively discussing gear nomenclature and that can be effective at leading an engineering team to support the business.
Responsibilities for Engineering Manager
- Assign tasks to engineers
- Gauge progress of various projects
- Communicate effectively with customers
- Collaborate with the sales team to create new products
- Train new employees
Qualifications for Engineering Manager
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering
- Great analytical and math skills
- Incredible problem-solving abilities
- Ability to collaborate with many other teams
- Ability to create a set of qualifications for a new product
- Interpersonal skills to manage a team on engineers
- Ability to give constructive criticism
- Ability to make decisions quickly
Specific Duties:
- Position must possess the following skills, qualifications, and capabilities:
- Prepares process sheets detailing methods and operations to be utilized to manufacture customer specified projects
- Draws machining sketches as aids to accompany process sheets
- Reviews and investigates manufacturing change requests. Makes changes to methods and processes as required
- Investigate and assist manufacturing personnel in resolving manufacturing problems
- Requisition raw materials for the manufacture of parts
- Investigate and assist in the resolving of quality problems
- Foster a team spirited environment
- Independently solve problems and display conflict resolution skill
- All other duties and activities as assigned or necessary to support the organization
About Overton Chicago Gear:
Overton Chicago Gear is a full-service manufacturer of open gearing and gearboxes. For more than 130 years we have delivered high performance, mission critical gearing and gearboxes.
We design and build custom gearboxes to meet each customer’s specific application and requirements. We build to print, reverse engineer a single gear or deliver a complete gearbox. We rebuild and upgrade gearboxes from any manufacturer and create upgraded designs that drop into existing spaces. When you choose Overton Chicago Gear, you get a reliable supplier that delivers quality product, on-time and at a competitive price.
Work Location:
Must be able to be in person and onsite in Addison, IL.
What we offer:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401K
- Holidays
- PTO
- Yearly Bonus Structure
Manufacturing and Quality Processes:
ISO9001 Registered, Computer Controlled Manufacturing Overton Chicago Gear uses leading-edge computer-controlled equipment and tight process control to design and manufacture gearing and gearboxes. Large or small gearing, we turn, mill, drill, broach, hob, shape, grind, finish and inspect with great efficiency. We have longstanding exclusive partnerships with offshore manufacturers. This gives our customers greater flexibility on delivery and price, along with our full range of engineering, quality and after-sale support. Our facilities have been ISO 9001 registered since 1996.
Our quality policy:
Overton/Chicago Gear is committed to process driven, world class manufacturing and continually improved quality systems that deliver reliable solutions at the best possible value to all stakeholders.
Next Steps: if you are interested in being considered for this position, please send your resume to cgarcia@oc-gear.com.