Principal

Illinois Tool Works; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Benefits package

Job summary

Illinois Tool Works in Palmdale, CA is seeking a Principal-level professional to help shape general work with a strong mentorship culture. The role emphasizes mentoring while owning and communicating numbers that influence project outcomes.

The position offers meaningful autonomy to impact procedures, cross-team collaboration, and the delivery of high-quality results in a fast-paced environment in Palmdale.

Qualifications

• Must be comfortable presenting to principal leadership.
• Able to surface risks before they become issues.
• Has at least 9 years of experience standing behind estimates.
• Demonstrates meticulous attention to detail in fast-moving environments.
• Comfortable owning financial figures that may shift with project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Identify gaps in current procedures and recommend fixes.
• Notice the gap between specs and delivered work.
• Bridge Relationship Building and Attention to Detail so teams stay aligned.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams at Illinois Tool Works to achieve goals.
• Streamline Leadership processes that no longer serve purpose.
• Combine Relationship Building and Emotional Intelligence into workflows.
• Own follow-through after general meetings end.

Skills

Leadership presentation

Risk surfacing

Estimating experience (9+ yrs)

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

$141,000 - $205,000, a Principal title, and a Palmdale, CA team that ships, that's the offer; Mentoring is the price of entry at Illinois Tool Works. Rare is the principal opening that pairs $141,000 - $205,000 with the freedom to shape general work the way this Palmdale one does.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify gaps in current procedures and recommend workable fixes
• Notice the genuinely-flexible gap between the spec and the shipped thing
• Bridge Relationship Building and Attention to Detail so neither team works in the dark
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Illinois Tool Works to hit shared goals
• Trim Leadership processes that have quietly outlived their purpose
• Stitch together Relationship Building and Emotional Intelligence into one coherent workflow
• Own the follow-through after the general meeting ends

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated comfort presenting to principal leadership
• The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself
• At least 9 years of standing behind your own estimates
• Demonstrated Attention to Detail expertise in a fast-moving general environment
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• Cross-functional ease, from Negotiation engineers to Conflict Resolution marketers

Illinois Tool Works is less a vendor and more a nimble Palmdale, CA workshop where Creativity and Relationship Building get the attention they deserve. We give principal hires room to fail small so they can later succeed big on general work.

At $141,000 - $205,000, with mentorship and a benefits suite to match, this Principal seat at Illinois Tool Works is built for people who want to rise.

Applications are flowing in for this general role, and we are reviewing each one promptly.