Electrical Production Technician

ZOLTEK Corporation; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoltek Corporation in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking an Electrical Production Technician to assemble and fabricate electrical systems that meet customer specifications and safety standards. You will wire panels from prints, assemble devices, and test completed equipment on the factory floor.

Responsibilities include interpreting electrical drawings, wiring lists, and using hand and power tools to produce precise electro-mechanical assemblies, with some travel unlikely.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• 2–4 years production experience in electro-mechanical assembly preferred but not required.
• Experience with soldering, wire-wrapping and cable harnessing.
• Ability to read and work from established drawings.
• Ability to communicate in English, verbally and in writing.
• Basic math skills for measurements and tolerances.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and fabricate electrical systems to meet customer specs.
• Wire panels from prints and schematics; connect components.
• Assemble devices, test machines and electrical equipment.
• Interpret schematics, wire lists, and instructions.
• Test, calibrate and align electro-mechanical assemblies.
• Operate hand and power tools and use fixtures/templates.
• Maintain safety and quality during manufacturing.

Skills

Electrical panel wiring

Schematic interpretation

Hand and power tools

Test equipment usage

Reading drawings

English communication

Mathematics basics

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Soldering equipment

Cable harnessing tools

Crimpers

Measuring instruments

Job description

Zoltek, a subsidiary of Toray Group, is a world leader in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of industrial grade carbon fiber. Our mission is to lead the commercialization of carbon fiber through our development of a price-competitive, high-performance reinforcement for composites used in a broad range of commercial products. Carbon fiber-reinforced composites are remarkable in their performance characteristics and properties that include high strength, low weight, high stiffness, corrosion resistance, heat resistance, and electrical conductivity.

As a growing global corporation, we believe that every employee makes an important contribution to the overall success of the company; therefore our objective is to offer an excellent working environment in which all of us can take pride while providing the highest quality products and services to our customers. We currently employ over 2,000 employees at manufacturing facilities located in the United States, Mexico, and Hungary, and our sales and distribution network is worldwide. For current openings in the United States please see the list below and for our international opportunities please use the links above.

Equal Opportunity Information

Zoltek is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and prohibits discrimination based on any protected status, workplace harassment/bullying and retaliation for filing a complaint or providing information related to a complaint. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and medical related conditions), age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.

It is Zoltek’s policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans (including but not limited to, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans).

If you are an applicant with a disability and require assistance in the job application process, we invite you to request a reasonable accommodation. Please provide us with your name and contact information by email ([e-mail] )or contact Human Resources at 314-291-5110. We will respond to your request as soon as possible. Please note: we will only respond to requests relative to accommodations for the job application process.

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Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Id:1024

# of Openings:1

Title:

Classification:

Non-Exempt/Full Time

Reports To:

Electrical Production Supervisor

Location:

Engineering Technology Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT

Date:

8/31/26

Job Summary: As an Electrical Production Technician, you will assemble and fabricate electrical systems on equipment that satisfies customer specifications regarding process performance, safety, quality and applicable standards such as CE, etc. Along with assemble, wire, build, and test machines and electrical equipment from schematics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated experience in industrial electrical panel wiring and debugging. Ability to wire a panel from prints and schematics
• Interpret electrical schematics, productions sheets, wire lists, and verbal instruction to build up and assemble electronic devices and components
• Assemble electronic devices, components, and fabricated parts at floor stations, using hand and power tools
• Perform tasks such as but not limited to installing circuit boards, power supplies, face plates, product labels, cables and wire harness using screws and adhesives
• Perform or initiate cleaning, line clearance or maintenance of equipment on the manufacturing line
• Work with direction from the line leader and follow written and verbal instructions
• Run conduits and mount hardware, do anything required to electrically build a machine
• Turn on and test completed machines
• Test, turn on, and calibrate equipment as needed
• Aligns, fits, and assembles component parts into completed units, using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, and templates
• Assembles, tests, and repairs precision electro-mechanical parts, assemblies, and equipment
• Tests functional performance of completed electro-mechanical assemblies, using test equipment
• Positions parts and sub-assemblies by using templates or reading measurements
• Considerable experience with assembly of precision automated machinery including use of all major hand tools
• Must be comfortable with drilling, tapping, cutting and grinding. Experience with mill, lathe and welding equipment is a bonus
• While some occasional travel may be required, for the most part this position is non-traveling

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma required
• 2 - 4 years production experience in electro-mechanical assembly preferred but not required
• Must have experience with soldering, wire-wrapping and cable harnessing
• Must have ability to utilize hand tools such as screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, crimpers, and soldering machines
• Must be able to communicate in English both verbally and in writing
• Must be able to apply basic mathematics to include adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing
• Must have the ability to read and work from established drawings

The work environment characteristics described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Manufacturing environment which contains noise, moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• Employee is regularly required to use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel
• Employee on occasion may be required to lift 20lbs of material

Safety:

Tasks related to environmental management, occupational health and safety management, and energy management:

• Compliance with occupational health and safety management standards; and if necessary, make colleagues and subcontractors comply with OHSA standards
• Compliance with Company PPE Policy (Bump cap, safety glasses and safety shoes)
• Contribute to the improvement of the efficiency of environmental management and occupational health and safety management
• Report on non-compliance connected with environmental protection, occupational health and safety to your direct supervisor
• Handling chemicals according to the safety data sheets available at the workplace
• Selective collection of hazardous and non-hazardous waste at work