Plant Manager
Snap-on · Carol Stream, IL
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Base pay
- $140k–$160k
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Snap-on (industrial) in Carol Stream, IL.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma
- Base pay
- $140k–$160k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Illinois: typical posted base $100k–$146k. This one lists $140k–$160k.
Median of the low and high ends of 35 live postings that list pay, out of 66 production engineer openings in Illinois, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Illinois plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 65 other live production postings in Illinois.
- Base pay
- About 25% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $98k–$143k, from 31 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 44%
- Team leadership 35%
- EHS / safety 27%
- ✓ Six Sigma 23%
- Root cause 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Snap-on
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
Full description from Snap-onAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Prioritize improvement activities for Sturtevant Richmont operations.• Establish and achieve strategic and financial goals.• Oversee and adjust plant sourcing, manufacturing, assembly, and support functions to achieve revenue, profit, and production goals.• Develop and sustain processes which consistently produce high-quality products.• Work closely with employees to transform culture.• Develop staff for higher levels of responsibility.• Create a high-contribution work environment.• Improve physical asset management.• Align continuous improvement efforts with policy deployment/strategy deployment.• Continuously improve safety culture and performance.• Ensure regulatory compliance.• Improve flow to achieve 99% COT.• Develop processes to promote environment of fairness, respect, and consistency.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering (MBA preferred)• 10+ years’ related experience in a manufacturing setting. • 5+ years’ operations management experience required.• Demonstrated capability with continuous improvement. Excellent Lean/6 Sigma skills required.• Outstanding matrix management skills to accomplish objectives through collaboration across functions.• Product engineering experience in a high mix environment• Demonstrated ability to set and maintain budgets and strategies.
The following individual characteristics and competencies are particularly important:
- ✓Strong leadership skills• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with all levels of the organization• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.• Adaptability and flexibility• Strong project management skills• Safety-first mindset
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Overview
The Plant Manager will be responsible for the overall management and leadership of Sturtevant Richmont operations to achieve a competitive advantage in safety, quality, delivery, cost and profitability. This position oversees a 1-shift operation manufacturing and assembling torque products and is responsible for approximately 40 employees.