JOBS

The West Chicago Park District is seeking an Athletic Fields Specialist. Under the supervision of the Parks Specialist I, the Athletic Fields Specialist is responsible for performing a variety of athletic field maintenance, park maintenance, turf, and recreation support activities. The Athletic Fields Specialist is a Seasonal position, working 20 hours weekly. Hours may fluctuate to accommodate evening or weekend facility. Some responsibilities are the following:

• Provide a safe environment for participants, staff, and volunteers by strictly adhering to all West Chicago Park District policies and procedures.
• Provide quality customer service to other staff, volunteers, and the public.
• Prepare athletic fields for play including painting, chalking, dragging and leveling fields.
• Participate in community events as sponsored by the West Chicago Park District and local agencies.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm and drive with a desire to accomplish Park District and department goals and objectives.
• Exhibits understanding and tact when dealing with internal and external patrons needs and expectations.
• Maintains athletic field fences, dugouts, goals, infields, base, and nets.
• Maintains and inspects bleachers for safety.
• Maintains athletic field turf including seeding, topdressing, aerification, fertilizing.
• Maintains all tools, equipment, and machinery as necessary.

Jel Sert has a Lead Technician position to fill. They are offering a $5,000 sign-on bonus. This position will provide guidance and direction to departmental maintenance employees (technicians and/or mechanics) in areas of:

• Food Safety: Ensures that finished product is manufactured in a safe environment and is free of risk from contamination caused by defective equipment
• Food Quality: Ensures that finished product complies with all quality specifications and expectations.
• Productivity: Ensures that all departmental equipment performs at optimum operating efficiencies by: Coordinating developing and implementing effective Preventive Maintenance efforts along with effective troubleshooting of unscheduled downtime for prompt return to operation.
• Personal Safety: Ensuring safe practices and procedures are being followed at all times.
  Responsibilities:
  • Technician/Mechanic skills evaluation and development.
  • Preventive Maintenance Program development and compliance.
  • Planning and scheduling of Maintenance efforts in accordance with production demands.
  • Technical support – troubleshooting unscheduled interruptions in production.
  • Process improvements.
  • Identify/Order repair parts.
  • Budget compliance.

Jel Sert has a Lead Technician position to fill. They are offering a $5,000 sign-on bonus. This position will provide guidance and direction to departmental maintenance employees (technicians and/or mechanics) in areas of:

• Food Safety: Ensures that finished product is manufactured in a safe environment and is free of risk from contamination caused by defective equipment
• Food Quality: Ensures that finished product complies with all quality specifications and expectations.
• Productivity: Ensures that all departmental equipment performs at optimum operating efficiencies by: Coordinating developing and implementing effective Preventive Maintenance efforts along with effective troubleshooting of unscheduled downtime for prompt return to operation.
• Personal Safety: Ensuring safe practices and procedures are being followed at all times.
  Responsibilities:
  • Technician/Mechanic skills evaluation and development.
  • Preventive Maintenance Program development and compliance.
  • Planning and scheduling of Maintenance efforts in accordance with production demands.
  • Technical support – troubleshooting unscheduled interruptions in production.
  • Process improvements.
  • Identify/Order repair parts.
  • Budget compliance.

Jel Sert has a Facilities Maintenance Technician position to fill. They are offering a $5,000 sign-on bonus. This position will complete work orders, preventative maintenance orders and project work to maintain the facility equipment and building at Jel Sert’s headquarters and local distribution centers. Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot and repair facility and building equipment as work orders are distributed.
• Perform preventative maintenance.
• Maintain a safe working environment at all times.
• Complete work assignments in a timely fashion with minimal direction.
• Communicate maintenance issues to Maintenance Supervisor.
• Maintain a clean work environment at all times.
• Adhere to quality and safety procedures/regulations.
• Recommend process improvements ideas.

American Academy f Pediatrics has a Graphic Designer position open. This position will coordinate graphic design activities for AAP public-facing websites and other digital platforms, in support of communications goals and objectives for grant-related and/or sponsored campaign deliverables. Collaborate with staff and external partners to support implementation of grant activities related to web/digital graphic design. Responsibilities:

• Design graphics from idea conception through final production for AAP communications efforts utilized in websites, infographics, tip sheets, social media, slide deck presentations, and images.
• Incorporate changes into new and revised graphics as directed. Route drafts and solicit feedback from AAP expert groups and/or staff teams, as needed.
• Edit photos, layouts, and other grant materials to ensure compliance with all AAP and federal technical specifications and requirements, including 508 compliance and others.
• Ensure all graphics adhere to AAP brand standards and meet AAP communications goals and objectives as well as those of grants and sponsor activities.
• Manage AAP.org and HealthyChildren.org content management system image and graphic libraries and support website metadata strategies for graphics and images.
• Manage the Public Affairs image and digital asset database and image subscription account(s).
• Maintain documentation and Standard Operating Procedure information outlining best practices and design standards of AAP web graphics.
• Provide all image management, manipulation, and rendering for use on digital platforms.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is seeking a Director of Hospital and Surgical Subspecialties to direct the operations of the Hospital and Surgical Specialties team and oversee the administrative management of its constituent committees, sections, and applicable task forces, and the programs and projects emanating from those groups. Reporting to the Sr Director, Subspecialty Initiatives, this role will represent the team and its constituent groups in a liaison capacity to senior leadership, the Board of Directors, and other applicable medical/child advocacy organizations and coalitions. In collaboration with AAP national advisory committees, specialty sections, task forces, and other clinical specialists/consultants, the director will implement the strategic objectives and child health priorities of the AAP through the establishment of policy, advocacy, professional education, and outreach. Additionally, the director will engage in a high level of day-to-day interaction with AAP members, allied health professionals, policy makers, regulators, and industry spokespersons in matters pertaining to the practice of pediatrics, AAP policy, and quality of care as they apply to the team’s disciplines. Some tasks include:

• Direct the operations and functions of assigned programs and constituent committees, sections, and councils, including budgeting, strategic planning, and program development, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Contribute to the coordination of the work of the Subspecialty Initiatives team to align activities of constituent groups with AAP priorities, including the integration of Hospital and Surgical Subspecialties initiatives into the AAP efforts to advance team-based care and specialty care integration into primary care. Provide primary staff support to assigned committees, councils, sections, and other relevant constituent groups, including leading and directing staff in agenda development, meeting planning, meeting minutes, newsletters, and completion of proposals, projects, and other action items.
• Develop and manage assigned budgets and collaborate with the Sr Director on the development and management of other team budgets and equipment requests.
• Collaborate with Sr Director and Development staff in identifying corporate, foundation, and other funding sources to support team initiatives.  Prepare and/or assist with drafting grant and contract proposals and manage implementation of project activities and compliance with reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with relevant staff on the planning and implementation of committee, council, and section continuing medical education (CME) courses.
• Collaborate and coordinate with AAP Federal Advocacy staff in matters pertaining to legislation, coalition activity, Congressional hearings, and proposed rule-making with child health implications.
• Respond to inquiries from AAP members, allied health professionals, governmental agencies, and others regarding Hospital and Surgical Subspecialties activities.
• Oversee the development of annual committee and section reports, including goals and objectives for committees, councils, and sections.
• Analyze clinical and public health issues and policies and provide technical and editorial assistance to committees, councils, and sections in the development of AAP policy, programs, projects, and publications; supervise the production of policy statements, clinical reports, and manuals. Support the team managers with production, content development, editing, and technical review requirements of AAP publications in the area of Hospital and Surgical Subspecialties.
• Work with Marketing, Publishing, and other staff in the design, production, and promotion of committee and section publications and in the development, promotion, and implementation of patient education initiatives.
• Represent the department and/or AAP at meetings with outside organizations and agencies as requested. Represent the team in selected meetings with other areas of the AAP as determined by the needs of the program or project.
• Supervise and mentor assigned staff. Encourage a work environment that promotes inclusion and belonging of all staff. Support ongoing staff development, help set objectives, evaluate performance, and promote and enhance staff capacity in skills necessary to achieve goals. Ensure staff operate in a fiscally prudent manner, maintain confidentiality, operate with the highest ethical standards, and provide excellent service to members and volunteers.
• Develop materials and reports for senior leadership and the AAP Board of Directors.
• Assume an active role in developing, maintaining, and formatting online content.

The City of Warrenville is accepting applications for an Accountant position. The staff accountant position is responsible for performing a variety of complex analytical and technical functions related to general accounting, purchasing, financial reporting, and other fiscal activities. Work involves calculating, verifying, posting, and balancing a variety of financial transactions. This position provides exceptional service within the organization and to external customers, including promoting a positive image of the city, fostering a collaborative, respectful, and service-minded working environment, and consistently exhibiting professionalism and integrity through the community. Other duties of a general office nature are also performed. The hiring range is $72,026 – $78,778, the starting salary will be dependent upon experience.

The DuPage County Health Department Facilities Managment team has added a new on-call position to the team. As a facility driver, you will be driving DCHD vehicles, such as moving the medical van and other DCHD facilities vehicles between DCHD sites and community events. This is an on-call role, which means you will be working less than 1000 hours per year. If you are looking for something part-time, then apply today and join their team! Responsibilities:

• An employee in this class performs work of routine difficulty moving the medical van and other DCHD facilities vehicles between DCHD sites and community events. Work requires the ability to safely operate Health Department vehicles to complete job assignments. Performs related work as required. General supervision is received from the assigned supervisor.
• Good knowledge of the local geography and street navigation techniques; good knowledge of safety procedures for lifting, moving, and carrying heavy objects; some knowledge of county facilities, locations, and functions.
• Working skill in safely operating a motor vehicle; working skill in organizing work assignments to complete tasks; some skill in developing and maintaining positive and professional relationships with internal and external customers; some skill in the use of good judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions; some skill in verbal and written communication.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, sit, stand, and drive. The employee is occasionally required to move, lift, and/or carry up to 30 pounds.
• The work environment regularly involves working in both a Health Department vehicle and in extreme outside weather conditions.

The DuPage County Health Department Dental Team has an opening for a full-time Dental Hygienist. Below lists the responsibilities. They are offering a $500.00 sign-on bonus, $500.00 after six months, and another $500.00 after one year.
Responsibilities:

• Provides preventive procedures such as dental prophylaxis, dental sealants, fabricating mouth guards, fluoride treatments, dental screenings, radiographs, and nutritional counseling.
• Conducts dental health educational programs for professional groups, schools, other health care providers, and community groups; refers clients as necessary for further dental treatment.
• Collaborates with other service providers to ensure that necessary treatment is received; plans and implements fluoride mouth rinse programs for school children, periodically visits schools to monitor fluoride mouth rinsing activities.
• Assists in collecting, recording, and tabulating survey data needed for grant requirements and to evaluate programs; prepares reports and maintains records.
• Attends professional meetings and seminars; schedules use of portable equipment with dentists providing homebound care.
• Services, maintains, and cleans portable equipment; monitors and evaluates the progress of dental hygiene students.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned; maintains required training, licensure, and/or certification; maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to patient privacy laws.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures; available to respond to clients and/or customers, either in person or over the phone, during assigned business hours and/or clinic times.
• Provides care in a variety of settings throughout the County including, the Health Department Dental Clinic, schools, public health centers, mobile programs and other field locations.

Futaba North America Engineering and Marketing is seeking an inside Sales Representative to function as a business-to-business professional, who serves as the primary sales contact for our mid-sized customers. The purpose of this position is to maintain positive and engaging relationships with customers by supporting them through every customer life cycle stage. This role entails selling automotive products by phone, email, and online with some in-person contact. Responsibilities are listed below. For full details and e-mails address to apply, click HERE.

• Develop and maintain working relationships with existing OEM clients.
• Execute sales strategies with assigned customers.
• Lead all aspects of the quotation process, including collaborating with others in solution development, pricing management, and cost recovery.
• Interface with other departments to allocate and understand costs associated with current and new business.
• Evaluate cost and fixes strategy to recover additional margins.
• Compile sales information, perform profit analysis, and generate actionable reports and dashboards.
• Ensure external quality and delivery targets are met.
• Manage customers’ experiences by proactively providing pre and post purchase support. Respond to customers’ questions and concerns and take appropriate action to resolve issues.
• Track open commercial items.
• Coordinate requests for trade and supply chain surveys, meetings, and other deliverables.
• Maintain communications with management and sales team on progress, issues, delays, and other pertinent information.
• Maintain professional currency in technical knowledge and relevant products, services, and marketplace developments.
• Maintain frequent communications with overseas parent company.
• Comply with company policies and procedures and safety and housekeeping requirements.
• Perform other projects and sales activities as assigned.
• Some travel to meet with clients or potential clients and visit manufacturing sites is required.

The City of Naperville’s Transportation, Engineering and Development Business Group (TED) seeks a Transportation and Parking Manager to lead the City’s transportation, traffic and parking programs and initiatives. This position is part of the department’s management team and will lead and manage the work of professional, technical, and administrative staff to provide the Naperville community with high quality transportation, traffic, and parking services. While this position plays a role in all modes of transportation, key focus areas for the Transportation and Parking Manager will be managing traffic signal operations and addressing neighborhood traffic concerns. Duties:

• Plans, organizes, and manages transportation projects and programs.  This includes, but may not be limited to, traffic signal operations, neighborhood traffic and parking, commuter parking and access, downtown transportation and parking, transit, bicycles, and pedestrians.
• Leads, directs, and evaluates project managers, project engineers, and administrative and technical support staff.  Ensures employees are properly trained.
• Prepares an annual work plan for the team and tracks progress on completing work plan items.
• Documents and regularly reviews and improves team processes.
• Works collaboratively with other TED teams to achieve common goals.
• Responds to resident, business, and property owner concerns and requests related to transportation, traffic, and parking.
• Manages the selection of and supervises the work of consultants and contractors working on transportation programs, projects, and studies.
• Guides, develops, and prepares reports and recommendations to the City Council.  May occasionally attend and present items to the City Council.
• Serves as staff representative to the Transportation Advisory Board.
• Provides staff support to other City advisory boards and task forces and homeowners’ associations and neighborhood groups as needed.
• Represents the City of Naperville on committees and at meetings with other municipalities, counties, regional agencies, and the state.
• Prepares, administers, and monitors applicable portions of the department’s operating, capital, and special funds budgets.
• Prepares detailed management and operational reports on team activities, as needed.
• Manages own projects as well as oversees projects for the assigned team.

The City of Naperville seeks a Project Manager in the Transportation, Engineering and Development Business Group (TED). The Project Manager works on a variety of programs and projects related to various modes of transportation and parking, including but not limited to bicycle, pedestrian, and vehicular travel, commuter and downtown parking, and transit. The Project Manager participates in multi-disciplinary project teams and coordinates with multiple departments and outside agencies on local and regional transportation projects. Key upcoming projects for the Project Manager include updates to the City’s Roadway Improvement Plan and Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. Duties:

• Addresses a variety of short and long-term transportation issues related to various modes of transportation and parking, including but not limited to bicycle, pedestrian, and vehicular travel, commuter and downtown parking, and transit.
• Conducts transportation, traffic, and parking studies and plans.
• Analyzes and interprets data to recommend solutions to transportation challenges.
• Manages parking programs, including downtown, commuter and overnight parking.
• Manages transit programs, including coordination with Pace Suburban Bus.
• Responds to resident, business, and property owner concerns and requests related to transportation, traffic, and parking.
• Participates in the development of transportation policies.
• Prepares documents and recommendations for the Transportation Advisory Board and City Council, as well as other boards, commissions, and task forces.
• Attends meetings and makes presentations to boards, commissions, task forces, and City Council, as needed.
• Manages the selection of and supervises the work of consultants and contractors working on transportation programs, projects, and studies.
• Coordinates with other City departments on transportation matters.
• Performs field work as it pertains to transportation matters.

Futaba North America is looking for a talented Pre-Process Welding Production Engineer to improve existing welding equipment and oversee the design, development, and the implementation of new welding processes in accordance with company standards and customer quality expectations. This position will be involved from concept to capacity study, plant layout study, workflow analysis, trial runs, production launch, and continuous production improvement. Major responsibilities are the following below. For full details about the position, contact information and how to apply, click HERE.

• Modify current welding methods and develop new ones.
• Research, develop, and test new fabrication processes and procedures.
• Develop welding SOPs to guide production and welding personnel relating to specification restrictions, material processes, pre and post heating requirements involving complex metal alloys, unusual fabrication methods, welding of critical joints, and complex post-heating requirements.
• Evaluate new developments in the welding field for potential application to current welding problems or production processes.
• Provide guidance and instruction to technical personnel involved in performing inspections to ensure team members are compliant with established welding procedures, restrictions, and standards.
• Test welds for conformance with national code requirements. Ensure welding team members are tested and certified.
• Perform experimental welding to evaluate new equipment, techniques, and materials.
• Discover new welding patterns.
• Perform design verification and design validation analysis.
• Supervise onsite and remote engineering trial runs from initial trials to final trials. This includes performing functionality tests, accuracy adjustments, modification requests, and attainment of acceptable tolerance levels.
• Keep track and stay in control of the Production Part Approval Process.
• Work jointly with customers to modify design for manufacturability and best value costs. Provide technical assistance, ensure customer requirements are met, and customers are satisfied.
• Interface with Supply Chain, Production, Quality, and across the organization to improve costs and efficiencies.
• Maintain communications with manager and engineering team on progress, issues, delays, and other pertinent information.
• Develop technical manuals and maintain related project documents and files.
• Travel one week per month (around 30%) to our manufacturing sites along with the opportunity to meet our global team.
• Maintain professional currency in technical knowledge and relevant products, services, and marketplace developments.
• Comply with company policies and procedures and safety and housekeeping requirements.

In preparation for the opening of the Crisis Recovery Center at the DuPage County Health Department, Crisis Services is expanding the team. If you enjoy making a difference in people’s lives, you may want to join the Crisis Services team. Responsibilities:

• Responds in the community and on-site to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis as a member of a two-person response team. Referral sources may include individuals or their family members, law enforcement, hospitals, schools, for all ages in our community.
• Assists in de-escalation of clients experiencing a mental health crisis through engagement with client and coordination with team members providing clinical intervention.
• Establish rapport, share experiences, and strengthen engagement with the individual experiencing the crisis throughout all Crisis Programs.
• Willingness to self-disclose personal lived experience in mental health or substance use recovery (or both) for the benefit of supporting the individuals’ receiving services.
• Role model positive recovery behaviors with clients in Crisis Programs.
• Provides skill building and case management to clients with high need.
• Maintains required training, licensure and/or certification.
• Maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to client privacy laws.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures.
• Adheres to department guidelines for attendance and punctuality.
• Completion of required documentation within established timeframes, through use of an Electronic Client Record
• Participates in team meetings to assess clients’ progress.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned.

American Academy of Pediatrics has a Member Program Marketing Specialist position open. This position will provide project coordination and support for all activities related to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Enterprise Membership Programs and Member Advantage Programs, including program launch; implementation of marketing initiatives; and the development, implementation, and analysis of new business strategies to strengthen the value of AAP membership and drive new program revenue growth.

• Assist with analyzing data and developing new business strategies with Member Advantage Programs to further define program benefits, financial support, and appropriate business models.
• Manage AAP logo use and handle data requests to ensure quality and targeted direct mail/email efforts.
• Facilitate program discussions and promote business opportunities across other areas of the AAP, including promoting AAP marketing and sponsorship opportunities.
• Work with Member Advantage Programs participants to establish KPIs and continually analyze member usage reports from all member programs and KPIs to identify ways to improve and increase member engagement with the programs to grow revenue.
• Assist with Member Advantage Programs program and Enterprise Membership budgets, including tracking expenses, reporting on variances, and completing budget analysis as needed.
• Provide support to the activities and actions of the AAP Insurance Program Trust, its Officers, and Trustees in collaboration with the Program Administrator, including scheduling meetings, creating agendas, recording/writing minutes, and identifying and completing action.
• Initiate communication with Trustees, report on program status, plan meetings of the Trust, and record minutes.
• Provide guidance and information to vendors on promotional opportunities at AAP meetings. Create Member Advantage Program marketing calendar for all programs, coordinate approvals of all marketing efforts, create and send emails through MagnetMail, work with member marketing team to create/update member advantage program print needs, and ensure Member Advantage Program pages on aap.org are up to date. Create recruitment and retention collateral for Chapters, as needed.
• Deliver communications to Enterprise members, including through the website, collaboration site, and emails.
• Collaborate with appropriate staff to develop plans and processes for optimal chapter and enterprise marketing support.