Site Readiness Lead

Quest Global; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Quest Global seeks a Site Readiness Lead to assess, prepare, and monitor manufacturing site readiness across customer locations. You will lead cross-functional teams to proactively identify risks and drive corrective actions before they affect delivery, quality, or capacity performance.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical field and 7–10+ years in manufacturing operations or capacity planning.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, industrial engineering, SIOP or capacity planning.
• Strong project management and influencing skills to guide cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in Lean Six Sigma, factory physics, capacity simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site readiness assessments at customer manufacturing locations.
• Evaluate production capacity, labor availability, equipment readiness, and process capability.
• Lead capacity planning reviews and readiness analyses across supported sites.
• Integrate digital twin outputs, MES data, labor modeling, and process insights into readiness decisions.
• Prepare readiness assessment reports and executive summaries.
• Communicate site status, risks, and recovery plans to leadership.

Skills

Project management

Influencing

Lean Six Sigma

Factory physics

Capacity simulation tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Industrial/ Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Capacity simulation tools

Job description

The Site Readiness Lead is responsible for assessing, preparing, and monitoring manufacturing site readiness to ensure successful execution of customer commitments, production schedules, and operational objectives. This role serves as a leader and a liaison between cross-functional teams collaborating to proactively identify risks and drive corrective actions before they impact delivery, quality, or capacity performance. The Site Readiness Manager evaluates operational capability, workforce readiness, production planning, material availability, process controls, and risk mitigation strategies to ensure manufacturing sites are prepared to meet business requirements.

What will you do:

Operational Readiness

Conduct site readiness assessments at customer manufacturing locations.

Evaluate production capacity, labor availability, equipment readiness, and process capability.

Serve as the Manufacturing Engineering and Capacity focal supporting one SBU, ensuring alignment between SBU operational goals, site readiness, and enterprise industrial resilience strategy.

Coordinate readiness activities across multiple sites or factories within the assigned SBU, ensuring consistent standards, shared lessons learned, and common approaches to capacity planning and risk mitigation.

Represent the SBU in enterprise Industrial Resilience Steering Team discussions when operational constraints or readiness issues require higher-level escalation.

Partner with Industrial Engineering to synchronize capacity models, standard work, labor standards, takt time assessments, line balancing analyses, and process capability insights with SIOP outputs

Lead capacity planning reviews, readiness analyses, factory stability evaluations, and throughput improvement initiatives across supported SBU sites.

Integrate digital twin outputs, MES data, labor modeling, equipment capability assessments, and production flow analyses into readiness decision-making.

Identify and drive resolution for systemic constraints impacting multiple sites within the SBU.

Facilitate cross-functional working sessions among SIOP, IE, Operations, and Program Management to resolve bottlenecks and align long-range production readiness plans.

Risk Identification & Mitigation

Identify, quantify, prioritize, track, mitigate and elevate as needed critical issues and risks related to delivery, quality, materials, staffing, and capacity.

Ensure risk driven issues identified early from SIOP data, Industrial Engineering capacity models, or ops metrics are identified as targeted preventive actions

Drive recovery planning activities for underperforming sites.

Promote Lean manufacturing and operational excellence principles.

Drive corrective actions and systemic improvements.

Reporting & Communication

Prepare readiness assessment reports and executive summaries.

Communicate site status, operational risks, and recovery plans to leadership and capacity readiness

Monitor progress against readiness milestones and implementation plans.

Develop scorecards and dashboards to track readiness performance.

Maintain accurate records of site visits and action items.

What you will bring:

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or related technical field.

7-10+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, industrial engineering, SIOP or capacity planning.

Strong project management and influencing skills to guide cross-functional teams

Proficiency in Lean Six Sigma, factory physics, capacity simulation tools

Due to the nature of the work, you must be a US Citizen

Pay Range:

$95000/year-$100000/year

Compensation decisions are made based on factors including experience, skills, education, and other job-related factors, in accordance with our internal pay structure. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, paid time off, and retirement plan.

Work Requirements:

This role is 100% on-site at the customer location in Rockford, IL

You must be able to commute to and from the location with your own transportation arrangements to meet the required working hours.

Shop floor environment, which may include but not limited to extensive walking, and ability to lift up to 40 lbs.

Travel Requirements:

Due to the nature of the work travel may be required.