About this role
Manufacturing Support EngineerJob DescriptionAs a Manufacturing Support Engineer, you will be responsible for responding to production questions and evaluating nonconformances, substitutions, and deviations under controlled procedures. Your role involves performing technical investigations and root-cause analyses for manufacturing issues, coordinating timely engineering dispositions, and ensuring documentation/change control is completed.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and respond to production questions, nonconformances, substitutions, and deviations.
- Perform technical investigations and conduct root-cause analyses for manufacturing issues.
- Coordinate timely engineering dispositions and complete documentation/change control processes.
- Identify recurring problems and implement or recommend permanent corrective actions.
- Capture production feedback to enhance design standards and manufacturability.
- Support first-build, special-order, and change implementation activities.
- Track open production-support issues and communicate status and risks.
Essential Skills
- Product support expertise.
- Bachelor's degree in an appropriate engineering discipline or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Working knowledge of engineering drawings, specifications, BOMs, revision/change control, and structured problem solving.
- Effective communication skills with manufacturing and cross-functional teams.
Job Type & LocationThis is a Permanent position based out of Glendale Heights, IL.
Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $90000.00 - $120000.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.benefits available upon offer stage
Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Nov 9, 2026.
Workplace TypeThis is a fully onsite position in Glendale Heights,IL.About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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