Compensation: $150,000 – $185,000 Per Year
Full Benefits: Yes
Relocation Expenses: Yes
Interview Expenses: Unspecified
Location: Spring Grove, IL
Job Type: Direct Hire
Remote: No Remote
Total Openings: 1
Years Of Experience: 10 – 15 years

Department: Engineering / Operations
Reports To: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Direct Reports: TBD (Production Control, Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Corporate
Managers, QA Segment Engineers, Flex Manager)

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Director of Industrial Engineering to lead operational excellence,
demand responsiveness, and scalable growth in a complex job-shop manufacturing environment. This role
combines strategic foresight with hands-on leadership, ensuring production capabilities align with dynamic
market demands while driving continuous improvement across multiple sites.
The Director will play a critical role in enhancing efficiency, cost effectiveness, and delivery performance by
optimizing processes and integrating advanced manufacturing methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

 Lead the evaluation, implementation, and maintenance of manufacturing systems (MES, ERP,
simulation models, advanced analytics).
 Align operational capacity with market demand through data analytics, capacity models, and real-time
scheduling.
 Ensure simulation and planning models reflect real operating conditions with validated data integrity.
 Optimize production flow and job routing to manage customer orders effectively while collaborating
with Sales Leadership.
 Translate business strategy into actionable operational initiatives to enable scale, efficiency, and
responsiveness.
 Stay ahead of industry trends in heavy manufacturing, evaluating emerging tools and technologies.
 Drive cross-site initiatives that improve enterprise-wide performance.
 Build and grow industrial engineering capabilities through mentoring, training, and knowledge-
sharing.
 Foster a culture of continuous improvement, technical curiosity, and operational excellence.
 Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Sales, and Plant Leadership to ensure alignment.

Qualifications

 Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
 10+ years of industrial engineering or operational leadership experience in heavy manufacturing or
capital equipment.
 Expertise in lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, capacity modeling, ERP/MES integrations.
 Experience with shop-floor simulation, scheduling, and data analytics platforms.
 Strong track record in continuous improvement and cross-functional leadership.
 Project management skills for scope development, timelines, and deliverables.
 Excellent communication skills with ability to lead change across multiple sites.
 Deep understanding of job shop dynamics, including short lead times and custom orders.
 Must come from a heavy industry manufacturing background (steel, forging, castings, power
generation etc.)

This position is unique in the fact it is with an employee owned organization. The employee will benefit from
annual ESOP (15%) and Target bonus (typically 10%) with the target bonus being based on a 5 year rolling
salary history. The longer you are with the company, these bonus’ can become huge. They also have
discretionary bonus’.