Manufacturing technologist

S & C Electric Company
Palatine, IL

As an S&C Electric team member, you’ll work on projects that have real-world impact. You’ll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We’re big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively.

Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow’s energy challenges and become an employee-owner!

Hours

  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Monday- Friday) Onsite

Compensation

At S&C, we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members, with a commitment to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated base pay rate for this position is $47,800- $59,800 per year. This role is also eligible for S&C’s annual short-term incentive bonus, subject to eligibility criteria.

Join Our Team as a Manufacturing Technologist!

The Manufacturing Technologist's primary responsibility will be to create and maintain routings and BOM’s for fabricated sheet metal parts. Expertise in processing of sheet metal components will be necessary, as well as good computer skills. This position will work closely with engineering teams to review prints for manufacturability and with CNC teams who create cutting and forming programs for the parts.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work with engineering and production teams to documents standard processes and work instructions.
  • Process new and updated part ECO’s.
  • Maintain BOM’s for parts, including raw material and tooling requirements.
  • Communicate with product designers regarding concerns or issues with parts to be processed
  • Be detail oriented, so as to provide correct routings and standard work, as they define the process used to manufacture parts.
  • Assist VSE’s with improvement projects, including but not limited to rate updates, new resources, and corresponding routing updates.
  • Maintain regular and punctual attendance
  • Attend in-person or virtual meetings as requested or required
  • Communicate effectively and respectfully with other
  • Understand and comply with all applicable Company policies and rules
  • Other responsibilities as assigned by Manager Work any shift and work overtime, including daily, weekends, and holidays as required

Education:

Required

Minimum of 5-7 years of current manufacturing or related experience, with 3 years of sheet metal experience.

Preferred

  • High school diploma or equivalent

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Required

  • Experience with Oracle or other ERP software
  • Good computer skills, Excel & web based applications
  • Experience reading and interpreting blueprint and CAD Drawings
  • Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, to communicate with various stakeholders.
  • Basic understanding of Lean Principals Basic understanding of Value Stream maps

Preferred

  • Experience with 3DX or other PLM software
  • Ability to search and open drawings in CAD software.
  • Simple project management tracking.

Physical Requirements

  • Standing: Continuously required to stand and perform tasks
  • Sitting: Occasionally required to remain in a stationary position and perform desk-based/assembly tasks
  • Walking: I’m going to have a hard time pulling my VSE’s loose from setting up assembly operations.
  • Lifting and Carrying: Infrequently required to solo lift and/or carry items and team lift and/or carry items, exercising sound judgment to employ manual handling or machine lifts where required and risk assessments, if appropriate
  • Low Posture: Infrequently required to perform tasks using a low posture, including but not limited to stooping, bending, crawling, crouching, kneeling, or squatting
  • Position self/ Move: Infrequently required to position self to perform tasks involving but not limited to reaching, twisting, rotating, and pushing/pulling
  • Manual Dexterity: Infrequently required to use hand-eye coordination to control both hands and arms for a full range of motion to operate equipment/machinery/power tools/office productivity equipment
  • Ascending/ Descending: Infrequently ascending or descending ladders/stairs/scaffolding/ramps/poles
  • Observation/ Eyesight: Infrequently required to observe details at close range, including depth perception, peripheral vision, and the ability to differentiate between colors
  • Communication: Frequently required to talk and hear, in person and by phone/conference calls Travel: required to travel (up to X%) and work extended hours when necessary.

S&C Electric is committed to equal-opportunity employment. All employees and applicants will be considered without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to complete the application, please email us at [email protected] .

No Fixed Deadline

In 1909, S&C Electric Company transformed the delivery of safe, reliable electricity with the invention of the Liquid Power Fuse. Today, as the world faces extreme weather events and the demand for electricity grows, S&C continues to innovate and advance the electrical grid, ensuring reliable and resilient power for homes, communities, and critical infrastructure around the world.

With a diverse, global workforce and core values around integrity, safety, and quality, S&C is a trusted industry leader and top workplace that offers meaningful careers to more than 3,500 team members. As a people-first organization, S&C is committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative workplace where team members advance their careers through robust talent-development programs and involved leadership.

S&C’s deeply rooted belief diversity fosters greater creativity, innovation, and success guides the company to advance and sustain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture.

S&C provides a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

  • Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, , Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support)
  • Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave

Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic).

Posted 2025-11-12

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