Product Manager

Job Description

Product Manager - Advanced Cooling Technologies

Location: Elmhurst
Compensation: Up to $130K base + 10% bonus

If you're looking for a role where you can make a visible impact, work closely with customers, and help shape highly engineered products used in cutting-edge industries, this opportunity is worth exploring.

This growing, family-owned manufacturer designs custom process cooling systems that support some of the world's most advanced technologies - including medical devices, MRI systems, electron optics, x-ray applications, and other high-tech equipment. The company offers a collaborative, hands-on environment where employees are valued as long-term contributors rather than just another number.

Their culture is refreshingly down-to-earth, team-oriented, and non-corporate. Leadership is accessible, ideas are welcomed, and people genuinely enjoy working together. If you're tired of bureaucracy and want the ability to influence products, customers, and processes directly, this could be a strong fit.

What You'll Be Doing

• Work directly with customers to define new product applications, specifications, timelines, and cost targets
• Modify and configure products to meet customer requirements
• Generate pricing quotations and technical submittals
• Manage and monitor KPIs for assigned product lines
• Develop customer-specific service programs
• Troubleshoot and support chillers in the field
• Collaborate closely with Engineering and Manufacturing to ensure customer expectations are met
• Communicate technical, service, and pricing updates to OEM customers

What They're Looking For

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Excellent communication and customer interaction abilities
• Ability to solve technical problems in a hands-on environment
• Positive attitude and willingness to support the team
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, and customers

Preferred Experience

• Refrigeration or HVAC systems knowledge
• Product Management or Application Engineering experience
• Experience supporting technical products in a manufacturing environment

Why People Like Working Here

• Family-owned company with a stable, long-term mindset
• Friendly, open culture without heavy corporate politics
• High visibility and ability to make an impact
• Opportunity to grow into future leadership roles
• Collaborative engineering-driven environment
• Strong work-life balance and leadership accessibility

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining technical knowledge, customer interaction, and product ownership in an innovative manufacturing environment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

Meet Your Recruiter

Tami Van Wazer
Technical Recruiter

Tami is a Technical Recruiter at Sterling Engineering with more than 20 years of recruiting experience, including four years with Sterling. She supports the Automation Division, helping connect skilled candidates with opportunities in a fast-moving and highly technical industry.

Tami is passionate about connecting with people and supporting them throughout their career journey. Whether she is helping with resume creation, providing job coaching, or guiding candidates toward their dream job, she enjoys being a trusted resource during important career decisions.

For Tami, recruiting is about more than matching candidates to open roles. It is about building relationships, offering meaningful support, and helping people take confident steps toward long-term career growth and success.

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

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