Manufacturing Lead Jobs in Chicago, IL

You arrive, pinpoint a failed drive, swap components, recalibrate, document the fix, and coach the operator team on a prevention step you just added to the SOP.

strong>Loaction:Midwest , Illinois (Chicago area), Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota (Onsite)

The ideal candidate is a senior environmental casualty underwriting professional with a proven track record handling complex product liability & pollution targeting Middle market manufacturing risks within a leading commercial insurance carrier. As a Lead Underwriter, you will develop, underwrite, and manage a national portfolio of complex product Liability & pollution risk while helping to shape underwriting strategy, distribution, and team development within our environmental practice.

Category Strategy Development and Enterprise Leadership Develop and implement global category strategies for research and pre-clinical categories, ensuring alignment with business objectives and research timelines. The scope includes strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, and commercial governance across global Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) and Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs).

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- Ensure process in place to stock/replenish warehouse with needed operational and safety supplies Works closely with Sales and production planning to ensure customer orders are processed and shipped on time while achieving compliance to customer requirements.

General Scope of Responsibility: Responsible for the leadership and direction of warehouse operations including Production/Operations, Safety, Continuous Improvement, Superior Quality, Customer Fulfillment and Cost Containment.

Employee Relations: Skilled in coaching leaders and employees through complex issues, conducting investigations, leading in a unionized environment, and fostering a high-performing, compliant workplace. Human Resources Lead for the Summit, IL facility serves as a strategic partner to the Plant Leader, driving an inclusive culture, organizational effectiveness, employee and labor relations, and talent development.

p>The Team lead is responsible for leading daily production activities on the shop floor to ensure safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets are met.

• Maintain and improve visual management in the plant (hour-by-hour boards, quality fast response, Plex Shop visual).

Implement small-scale process improvements, train operators on SOPs, and manage hardware disposition by evaluating defective or non-conforming hardware for repair, rework, or replacement.

Actively participates in the safety program by: engaging in training activities to learn what constitutes a safety hazard; reporting safety concerns to the supervisor, submitting safety suggestions, and correcting or reporting to the appropriate people when an employee sees a workplace health or safety hazard, until it is resolved.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, including overhead reaching and horizontally on a ladder; ascend and/or descend stairs; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

p>The primary function of the Department Lead is to oversee and direct daily operations within your respective department to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production. As a leader in fineblanking, conventional stamping and plastic injection molding, Principal Manufacturing sets itself above the competition.