JOBS

The Glen Ellyn Public Works Department is recruiting for Crew Leader I in the Forestry Division. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a lead worker over crews within the Division by performing a variety of skilled/semi-skilled tasks focused mainly on the publicly owned urban canopy. An expectation of duties will be roughly a 25/75 split between office and field work. This would include work both emergency and non-emergency in nature, with a large emphasis related to snow removal activities during the winter. This is accomplished by planning and reviewing the work of all maintenance personnel, responding to resident calls and requests, deploying all equipment and materials to effectively complete jobs, and scheduling/assigning work activities. Supervising and coordinating contractors will also be a requirement of the position. Position reports directly to the Forestry Superintendent.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Plan, schedule, prioritize, assign, and oversee daily crew work activities by serving as the lead worker within the Forestry Division.
• Track, perform and supervise tree planting, tree removals, stump removals, and tree pruning; also coordinates Com Ed top out for parkway trees in power lines.
• Operates and perform forestry work in a fully extended bucket truck; proficient in climbing and rigging to remove or prune a parkway tree.
• Provide responsive customer service to citizens by effectively resolving complaints or concerns.
• Evaluate employee work performance (including part-time seasonal employees); coach and develop employees; inspire confidence; and make recommendations regarding merit raises based on performance evaluations; administer and recommend progressive discipline with sound judgment.
• Coordinate/oversee contractors and monitor performance.
• Evaluate operations and activities in a division; recommend improvements and modifications; prepare various reports on operations and activities.
• Procure supplies and materials; maintain appropriate inventory levels; provide justification of purchases to senior management.
• Operate a salt and plow truck on a primary route and lead snow removal in a quadrant of the village.
• Prepare and implement snow removal operations according to the snow and ice removal plan, including day or evening snow command responsibilities.
• Provide accurate documentation of work activity including timesheets, daily activity sheets, schedules, call-out lists, training reports, safety reports, and purchasing.
• Participate in budget preparation; prepare cost estimates for material and equipment; submit justification for estimates.
• Assist other divisions in fulfilling responsibilities in the absence of another crew leader, on an as-needed basis.
• Participate in the selection of employees; provide and coordinate employee training programs to perform Forestry work and other Public Works activities.
• Conduct safety meetings for assigned crew; oversee safety procedures and wearing of proper safety equipment and clothing to mitigate accidents and injuries.
• Supervise and perform proper vehicle and equipment maintenance.
• Participate in the full range of Public Works Department operations, maintenance, repairs, snow/ice control, and construction duties as needed.

Naperville Community Television (NCTV17) is seeking an experienced and results-oriented Annual Giving Officer to secure the necessary financial support to advance their mission and meet the station’s fundraising budget.
In this multifaceted role, the Annual Giving Officer will use expert communication skills and a keen sense of initiative to spot develop fundraising opportunities. They will create, manage, and implement an annual fundraising plan, including individual and corporate donor campaigns, to meet financial goals. They will cultivate and steward strong relationships with donors and external stakeholders to maximize engagement with the station leveraging existing relationships and the current donor database. Due to the nature of this opportunity, the position is not remote. Responsibilities:

• Donor Cultivation and Stewardship
  • Develop and maintain relationships with individual donors, major donors, and potential donors through personalized communications, donor recognition events, and one-on-one meetings.
  • Create cultivation plans to engage donor segments and deepen their connection to the organization.
  • Implement stewardship strategies to express appreciation for contributions, including personalized acknowledgments, donor recognition programs, and impact reporting.
  • Conduct prospect research to identify potential individual and corporate donors.
  • Create compelling donor campaign materials, including direct mail, emails, and social media content.
• Budgeting and Reporting
  • Manage the fundraising budget in collaboration with the senior management team.
  • Monitor fundraising performance against targets and provide regular reports to senior management and the Board of Directors.
• Database Management
  • Maintain accurate data entry procedures, gift processing protocols, and clean data practices in the organization’s DonorPerfect database.
  • Generate reports and analyze fundraising data to assess campaign performance’s ROI, monitor donor retention, and identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Fundraising Events
  • Work with the senior management team on fundraising events to expand the donor base and increase current donor engagement with the station.

Hilscher North America is currently looking for a detail-oriented and customer-focused individual to join their team as an Order and Customer Service Specialist. This role plays a crucial part in ensuring seamless order processing, efficient shipping, exceptional customer satisfaction, successful management of product returns, and effective communication with customers. Responsibilities are listed below. Full details about the positions is HERE. Interested candidates may send resume to usjobs@hilscher.com and let them know you are applying for this position.

• Handling order operations in the ERP-system.
• Coordinate shipments with the production sites to ensure timely fulfillment of orders.
• Monitor delivery dates and updating customers on their orders.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for commercial customer inquiries.
• Confidence in working with customers to provide timely and accurate information on technical products.
• Maintain strong relationships with customers, and internal stakeholders ensuring high levels of satisfaction and retention.
• Assist in preparing sales quotes and proposals.
• Coordination with the warehouse team on shipping dates and capacities.
• Generate reports on sales metrics, order status, and customer feedback.
• Analyze data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Assist in forecasting demand and planning production schedules accordingly.
• Process, manage, and validate incoming RMA requests efficiently and accurately.
• Communicate with customers regarding RMA approvals, denials, and any additional information required.
• Coordinate the shipment of replacement products for approved RMAs.
• Collaborate with the production sites to inspect and assess returned products.

Abrasive Form has a Maintenance Mechanic Apprentice opportunity available. The apprentice will learn to: Install, maintain, and repair machinery, equipment, building and electric systems, following specifications, manuals, learn to read schematic drawings and established procedures, using hand tools, and other necessary equipment. Must be able to comprehend basic math and be mechanically inclined. Open to learn and willing to take additional training. Responsibilities:

• Repairs equipment as problems are identified by the management and operators.
• Observes and listens to operating machines or equipment to diagnose machine malfunction and determine need for repair or adjustment.
• Dismantles machine or equipment when necessary, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defect or to remove the defective part.
• Replaces defective parts with a new part or repairs or reproduces from various kinds of metal, using necessary tools.
• Maintains all machines and equipment following the preventative maintenance schedule.
• Cleans, maintains, and lubricates machines and equipment.
• Repairs and maintains the buildings.
• Maintains an orderly storage and work area.
• Any other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Abrasive Form is seeking a CMM Operator to join their team. Responsibilities are the following:

• Modify existing programs and create new programs for CMMs based on interpreting complex drawings. Programming languages include PC-Dmis and Camio.
• Communicate with customers and peers regarding how a program was developed and assist with correlation of CMM measurements to the customer’s standard.
• Export inspection data from the CMMs and compile into customer specific inspection sheets using Datapage software.
• Manage the maintenance, repairs, calibration of CMMs as needed.
• Manage the scheduling of the CMM’s to support the shop and maximize machine productivity.
• Train operators on proper gaging techniques and the use of the CMM and other related QC processes.
• Ensure calibration of custom gages are completed per schedule and maintain calibration records according to existing quality standards.
• Manage gage layouts / calibrations for new gages and newly modified gages according to the calibration drawings or CAD models, where available.
• Manage fixture layouts for new fixtures and newly modified fixtures according to the fixture drawings or CAD models, where available.
• Troubleshoot all CMM issues.
• Assist process development teams with statistical analysis, gage R&R analysis, Control Plans and other process launch documentation as required by the customer.

Abrasive Form is seeking a Production Control Assistant to join their team. The Production Control Assistant is responsible for the creation of work orders and administrative duties. A successful Production Control Assistant should be able to fulfill certain duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities:

• Scanning incoming paperwork when jobs come in, this individual must scan all information into doc records, so they have a record of the paperwork and do not have to keep hard copies. Anyone that has this on their computer can look up any information. This scanning is done for the main office printer.
• Learn Vista, their ERP system. All job travelers, sales orders, job openings, packing slips and purchase orders are produced from the information they put into vista.
• Packing slips and shipment packages. All customers have different requirements. These will consist of packing slips that are created from vista, company certificate, serial number list and certifications from suppliers on services they perform on the parts that are being shipped.
• Entering serial numbers into Microsoft Excel.
• Purchasing orders for outside suppliers.

Abrasive Form is seeking a Customer Account Representative to join their team. The Customer Account Representative supports the operations and overall business success by managing customer needs, coordinating internal activities, and partnering with the Quality team, Operation Leaders, Shipping and Receiving team and the Engineering team to deliver on customer commitments. The Customer Account Representative acts as the primary point of contact between Abrasive Form and the customer, ensuring customer expectations are managed and met while achieving organizational goals.
The successful candidate is energetic, success driven with the ability to work independently to deliver results to customers and the organization. They will have exemplary communication, collaboration, problem solving, and time management skills and serve as a role model and leader to peers. The Customer Account Representative is a CRITICAL player in the success of the business.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Builds rapport and maintains regular communications with customers remotely or onsite at customer location.
• Builds rapport with Operations, Engineering & Quality team members, supervisors and managers.
• Communicates with the Senior Leadership team, Operations, Engineering & Quality regularly, reporting details of customer meetings, especially, critical information related to customer needs/changes and/or impediments to delivery plans or timelines.
• Works with customers to improve operational and quality performance by participating or leading improvement teams through to completion.
• Assists with capacity planning, production forecast and production planning.
• Oversee all customer orders from beginning to end:
  
  • Contract Review and Order Management.
  • Reviews orders for work scope, specification changes, pricing, shipping instructions and enters as necessary into internal processing systems.
  • Works with production planning to provide overview of customer demand signal and prioritize customer needs for execution on the production floor.
  • Coordinates the receipt of customer consigned parts and prepares necessary documentation to release parts to production floor for processing.
  • Manages any required outside supply chain needed to fulfill customer orders.
  • Coordinates required customer approvals and shipment documentation to ship customer requirements.
  • Organizes activities for transportation of customer products by specified deadlines.
  • Coordinates with Quality team to document and track nonconforming submittals and clearance.
  • Stays up to speed with production deadlines and customer product status.
  • Stays up to speed with new product introduction deadlines and status.

Abrasive Form is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join their team who will provide technical support developing and revising CMM. Supervise CMM Inspectors and provide technical assistance to CMM Operators. Submit Concessions and Deviations to customers for the acceptance of nonconforming product. Create/revise Inspection Work Instructions, Quality Alerts and Inspection Plans to reduce scrap, internal nonconformances, and customer complaints. Provide training for the use of inspection gauges and CMM equipment. Support NPI and Cold Starts with development of Control Plans, Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Process Capability support, Inspection Plans, and statistical analysis. Support daily manufacturing operations. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create CMM programs (PCDMIS) and/or modify existing CMM programs.
• Submit Customer Concessions or Deviation Requests for nonconforming product. Evaluate, test, and over-inspect nonconforming parts to document the nonconformance condition for customer approval.
• Communicate with customers regarding Inspection methods, gauges, Non-destructive and destructive testing specifications, and/or clarification of specifications or drawing issues.
• Identify and document customer product specifications and inspection criteria on AF Inspection Plans.
• Identify inspection measurement requirements for new products as a member of NPI Team. Regularly attend Design Review Meetings for new products.
• Evaluate potential failure modes and risk assessments while documenting PFMEAs, and Control Plans.
• Train operators and inspectors on the use of inspection gauging identified in Inspection Plans.
• Perform Internal and Process Audits. Facilitate Corrective and Preventive Actions.
• Create work instructions and procedures in support of the AS9100D Quality Management System.
• Interact with operators to gather input and feedback on product quality and inspection methods.
• Participate in Kaizen continuous improvement and cost reduction efforts within company.
• Supervises 3 5 CMM Operators.

The Production Supervisor leads a team of operators in the finishing departments (finish machining, shipping, etc.). Additionally, the Production Supervisor is the key point of contact and schedule coordinator with outside service providers (heat treat, FPI, welding, coatings, etc.). The Production Supervisor will flex between two non-union aerospace facilities in Bloomingdale and Glendale Heights, IL respectively. The position has critical areas of responsibility for delivering on-time production and throughput to meet increasing customer demand. The Production Supervisor will be successful in their role by planning, managing the finishing departments, and addressing machine maintenance/quality needs in a self-directed, customer and employee focused manner. The Production Supervisor will serve as a backup for the Operations Manager for vacation coverage and other business needs. This role partners with cross-functional departments to deliver key performance metrics across safety, quality, delivery, and cost while communicating operations status, resolving issues, and identifying and implementing improvements.
The successful candidate is energetic, and success driven with deep technical expertise. They will have exemplary leadership, team building, problem solving, and time management skills and serve as role model and leader to peers and subordinates. The Production Manager is a CRITICAL player in the success of the business.
Now offering $1,500 sign on Bonus!
Duties and responsibilities:

• Lead the activities of the finishing departments to ensure productivity, quality, on-time delivery, and profitability goals are met.
• Support the operation in physically managing the customer’s parts, outside service vendors and all relevant information that is collected and processed during the production cycle and in preparation for shipment.
• Motivate, coach, mentor and lead employees to deliver high performance. Address opportunities for improvement, which may involve difficult performance conversations.
• Communicate regularly with leadership any problems or issues occurring in production, maintenance, people or quality.
• Actively evaluate, make recommendations, and implement improvements to the operation to maximize profitability and throughput.
• Train employees on processes, policies and procedures to build highly skilled operators.
• Exemplify and lead by example to embody safety programs and processes to create a safety culture. Take ownership of safety for the operation and drive safety improvements.
• Drive high quality through all operational processes by determining root causes, eliminating process issues, and being accountable to results.
• Identify and evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive execution of work orders and demonstrate a reduction in unplanned downtime of the equipment. Address and implement corrective actions to improve results based on trends.
• Manage staff, including but not limited to, engaging direct reports, mentoring, coaching. Working with the Chief Operating Officer, Operations Manager, and Human Resources to manage any discipline issue and/or employee relations.
• Must be able to work flexible hours and weekends as needed.

Abrasive Form is seeking a Quality Engineer to join their team. The Quality Engineer creates and revises Inspection Work Instructions, Quality Alerts and Inspection Plans to reduce scrap, internal nonconformances, and customer complaints. This position is responsible for submitting Concessions and Deviations to customers for the acceptance of nonconforming product. The Quality Engineer provides training for the use of inspection gauges and CMM equipment use, supports NPI and Cold Starts with development of Control Plans, Process Capability support, Inspection Plans, and statistical analysis. The successful candidate is intimately hands-on supporting the daily manufacturing operations, exemplifies teamwork and collaboration and process improvement. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Director of Quality, the Quality Engineer is responsible for delivering against the Quality strategy for results.
• Submit Customer Concessions or Deviation Requests for nonconforming product. Evaluate, test, and over-inspect nonconforming parts to document the nonconformance condition for customer approval.
• Communicate with customers regarding Inspection methods, gauges, Non-destructive and destructive testing specifications, and/or clarification of specifications or drawing issues.
• Review Inspection plans during the NPI process.
• Train operators and inspectors on the use of inspection gauging identified in Inspection Plans.
• Perform internal and process audits and facilitate corrective and preventive actions.
• Create work instructions and procedures in support of the AS9100D Quality Management System.
• Interact with operators to gather input and feedback on product quality and inspection methods.
• Participate in Kaizen, continuous improvement, and cost reduction efforts within company.
• Create Pareto Charts for defect categories and implement corrective actions.
• Periodically evaluate inspection results and report CPK and PPK value.
• Control and drive down MRB on customer parts.
• Participate in customer conference calls.
• Support the daily manufacturing operation with majority of time spent on the production floor.

The City of Naperville’s Water Utility is currently seeking a Water Utility Technician for the Collection & Pumping division to perform skilled and semi-skilled work in wastewater collection, maintenance, and inspection. In this position, candidates will be responsible for jet flushing, investigations of sanitary sewer problems, flow monitoring, assisting with lift station concerns, and customer service.
Duties:

• Investigates sanitary sewer problems.  Performs jet flushing, flow monitoring, and assists with lift station concerns.
• Operates televising and other equipment used in the inspection, maintenance, rehabilitation, and repair of the sanitary sewer system.
• Provides a high level of wastewater customer service to residents and fellow employees.
• Prepares maintenance records on all equipment used.
• Locates and inspects sanitary sewers.  Monitors contractors, construction, and rehabilitation projects (including mapping and system analysis).
• Maintains buildings, grounds, inventories, and vehicles.
• Performs lift station maintenance work (painting, preliminary investigations of wet well level and pump operations, bypass pumping, monitoring portable generator performance, and other electrical/mechanical duties).
• Monitors work zones for unsafe conditions.
• Maintains and repairs flow meters and performs a large volume of mapping duties for GIS/CIP projects.
• Reliably responds to emergencies after normal work hours and works overtime as needed.