Assistant Plant Manager
Industrial Resource
Naperville, IL · $100k–$145k a year · Posted October 26, 2026
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Where Naperville, IL ranks
Where Naperville, IL placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #4Best cities for junior jobs in Illinois37% · of 17
- #13Cities where the biggest share of jobs do not need a four-year degree in the Great Lakes17% · of 39
- #14Best college towns for junior jobs in the Great Lakes38% · of 39
- #14Best cities for junior jobs in the Great Lakes37% · of 53
- #17Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Great Lakes17% · of 53
- #18Best college towns for junior jobs in the Midwest38% · of 51
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial production managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial production managers: 1% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
An established manufacturing organization is seeking a highly organized and results-driven Assistant Plant Manager to oversee daily operations at its manufacturing facility in Bolingbrook, Illinois. T