When it comes to concept development work, Sterling is at its best. They are a state-of-the-art shop and their people know what they are doing. I recommend their engineering services all the time. If you want a project done well and done right, go to Sterling.

- Kevin Fee, Manager, Hardware Development Engineering, Bowe, Bell and Howell

Sterling Engineering’s project services division provides machine design, product design and process design services. Our engineering teams — consisting of multi-disciplined engineers, designers and detailers — are expert at supporting projects from initial concept through implementation phase. Sterling’s team can work at our facility or at our client’s site; if the work is being performed at the client’s facility, Sterling has the ability to equip your team with the hardware and software necessary to complete the job.

Whether you select a fixed bid or T&M time and material approach, our engineering team will leverage its combined education, intellectual capital, industry experience and creativity to ensure a successful delivery of your next project.

Our significant project experience has enabled Sterling to develop a simple yet practical Project Delivery Methodology that helps keep projects on time and within budget.

To learn more about Sterling’s ability to partner with our clients and drive project success, read Case Studies featuring recently completed projects.

Why Sterling for Engineering Project Services?
Since 1969, leading Chicago and Milwaukee area companies have entrusted their mission-critical projects to Sterling. We’re proud of our impeccable reputation and the fact that clients repeatedly turn to us for project assistance. Among the reasons we are a preferred project services provider:

• Engineering expertise: Founded by engineers nearly 40 years ago, Sterling has remained true to its mission to provide high value, cost-effective engineering services. By employing the most qualified people who maintain leading-edge skills and use the latest technology, we’ve remained a “go to” engineering firm in the greater Chicago and Milwaukee areas.

• Managed by a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE): Our engineering services division is led by a PE with 19 years of industry experience, including nearly a decade with Sterling. His extensive industry knowledge and insight ensures projects are properly scoped, effectively managed and successfully delivered. 

• Results-driven: We are experienced professionals with a proven record of completing engagements on schedule and on budget, regardless of a project’s complexity.

• Flexible, scalable service delivery: For large or unique projects, Sterling has the ability to quickly expand and/or diversify our core team with top talent through our engineering recruitment division. We can provide services at Sterling’s in-house facility or at our customer’s site and, if working at a customer’s site, we have the ability to equip our team with the technology necessary to complete the job.

Onsite and Offsite Services
Sterling’s flexible project delivery services allow our team to work from Sterling’s facility or at our customer’s site.

• For onsite needs, Sterling can provide CAD hardware, software and required licencing.
• For clients with space constraints or the desire to have the project completed at an outside facility, Sterling’s facility has:

• 2,000 square foot work area that can easily be scaled to meet clients’ needs
• 14 CAD stations, with ability to add more depending upon client’s requirement

If the project is being executed at our client’s site, Sterling has the ability to equip our team with the hardware and software necessary to complete the job.

Industries We Serve
Sterling Engineering meets the engineering and project services needs of clients across many industries, with a specialized focus on these sectors:

• Consumer Products
• Industrial Products
• Automation
• OEM & Special Equipment
• Manufacturing

Project Delivery Methodology
Sterling has developed a simple, yet practical Project Delivery methodology that helps keep projects on time and within budget:

• Project Delivery - PDF 35KB
• Project Life Cycle - PDF 33KB
• Methods - PDF 48KB