Manufacturing Engineer II

@ Sloan Valve Company
Sloan Valve Companysloanvalvecompany.com

Manufacturing Engineer II

Franklin Park, IL
Posted 5 days ago

About the job

Sloan Valve, founded in 1906, innovates in water-efficient solutions. As a family-owned company, we value sustainability, safety, and continuous improvement. The role develops manufacturing processes and trains staff at our Franklin Park facility.

Requirements

  • 5+ years manufacturing experience
  • CNC programming and troubleshooting
  • Ability to develop manufacturing processes
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Team collaboration skills

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Experience with LEAN techniques
  • Knowledge of manufacturing equipment
  • Excellent communication skills

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9/21/26

Job Posting Location:
Franklin Park, Illinois, United States, 60131

Req ID: 12072

JOIN AN INDUSTRY LEADER! Quality First & Green Always

Sloan is proud to share that we are certified as a Great Place to Work®.

At Sloan Valve Company, our culture is built on more than a century of innovation, responsibility, and purpose. Founded in 1906, Sloan helped shape the modern plumbing industry and continues to lead in water-efficient solutions. Guided by our values-family spirit, community, integrity, and innovation-we foster a culture of trust, accountability, and pride. As a fourth-generation family-owned company, our employees are driven by meaningful work that advances sustainability and supports the communities we serve.

About the role:

We have an opeing for a Manufacturing Engineer II based in our Franklin Park, IL manufacturing facility and headquarters. In this role you will develop, maintain, and improve manufacturing processes to manufacture Sloan's product lines economically and efficiently.

What you will do:
  • Develop the entire CNC machining processes for parts: including the creation of setup sheets, tool preset drawings, tool holder selection, cutting tool selection
  • Program 2 & 3 Axis CNC Equipment. Write new programs from scratch to produce new parts to print
  • Troubleshoot CNC Machining tolerance issues, program issues, setup issues, and other manufacturing quality related issue with setup and operators on the manufacturing floor.
  • Responsible for continuous process improvement tracked by quality yields and standard labor costs.
  • Analyze, review and optimize existing manufacturing processes to increase efficiency using LEAN manufacturing techniques
  • Determine and establish overall manufacturing engineering requirements for items such as, but not limited, to machinery, equipment, tooling, manufacturing methods and processes, and routings
  • Prepare routings, process sheets, work instructions, and process drawings as required and establish feeds, speeds, cycle times and other operating parameters for all types of equipment
  • Train supervisors, group leaders and operators in any new processes or products.
  • Identify and mitigate safety hazards throughout the facility


What you will need:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 5+ Years Manufacturing experience
  • 5+ Years Manufacturing/industrial engineering
  • 5+ Years CNC Programming & Troubleshooting Skills
  • Organizational skills with ability to prioritize and meet multiple deadlines.
  • Ability to apply mathematical concepts to practical situations.
  • Ability to trouble shoot problems with production process parts, and equipment
  • Critical thinking and analytical proficiency.
  • Demonstrates clear, professional, and respectful verbal and written communication in all interactions, consistent with an inclusive work environment.
  • The ability to collaborate with co-workers, production personnel, and outside vendors

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