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Director of Industrial Engineering
Corps Partners
Location : Spring Grove, IL, 60081
Job Type : Full Time / Part Time
Date Posted : 1 December 2025
We are seeking a highly experienced
Director of Industrial Engineering
Department:Engineering / OperationsReports 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 experiencedDirector of Industrial Engineeringto 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.
Freqently Asked Questions
A Director of Industrial Engineering in manufacturing must excel in strategic foresight, cross-functional team leadership, and operational optimization. Mastery in lean methodologies, capacity modeling, and change management helps drive efficiency and scalability across complex job-shop operations.
Midwest manufacturing hubs like Spring Grove offer expanding roles for industrial engineering directors, with upward mobility into executive operations leadership. Expertise in advanced manufacturing analytics and multi-site coordination paves the way for broader strategic influence and enterprise-wide impact.
While both roles focus on engineering leadership, a Director of Industrial Engineering prioritizes process optimization, production flow, and operational capacity, whereas a Director of Mechanical Engineering centers on product design and mechanical systems development.
Corps Partners emphasizes a hands-on leadership approach combined with continuous improvement and technical curiosity. The Director role is designed to foster cross-site collaboration and innovation, aligning with the firm’s commitment to scalable growth and market responsiveness.
Managing complex job-shop dynamics with short lead times and custom orders, the Director must integrate advanced manufacturing systems while balancing regional market demands, ensuring seamless coordination across multiple manufacturing sites within Corps Partners’ operational framework.
Certifications like Six Sigma Black Belt and PMP are highly valued in Spring Grove’s manufacturing sector. Familiarity with regional compliance standards and ERP/MES systems tailored to Illinois heavy manufacturing boosts leadership credibility and operational success.
The Spring Grove area has a moderate demand for senior industrial engineering leaders, with preference given to candidates demonstrating multi-site operational leadership, strong analytics skills, and proven lean manufacturing expertise aligned with local industry growth trends.
Directors of Industrial Engineering in Spring Grove typically earn between $130,000 and $160,000 annually, depending on experience and industry specialization. Compensation often includes performance bonuses tied to operational efficiency and project delivery.
At Corps Partners, continuous improvement is central to the Director’s mandate, requiring leadership in mentoring teams, implementing lean strategies, and fostering a culture of technical curiosity that drives measurable operational advancements across manufacturing sites.
Corps Partners integrates advanced analytics with a strong emphasis on real-time scheduling and capacity modeling, offering their Director of Industrial Engineering a uniquely data-driven platform to align production with dynamic market demands while leading enterprise-wide initiatives.
Spring Grove, IL