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Panel Builder (Entry-Level & Experienced Tiers)

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Location: Madison, WI area (Onsite, Production Floor)
\nCompensation: $21 – $30/hour, DOE
\nJob Type: Full-Time
\nSchedule: Single shift, flexible start time (8:00–4:30 or 5:00–2:00) Overtime available.

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About the Opportunity

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Our client is an established industrial services company specializing in UL508A electrical control panel manufacturing. The team is known for a diverse mix of personalities and a supportive, understanding management style — this role is open due to increased production demand, with some backfill. There's real room to grow here across duties, scope, and pay as the current crew moves into leadership roles.

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This posting covers two experience tiers — apply regardless of your current skill level.

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Entry-Level Responsibilities

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Lay out and mount relays, switches, circuit breakers, and power supplies onto backplates and enclosures
Cut, strip, crimp, and route wire to schematic, following color-coding and labeling standards
Operate hand and power tools — strippers, crimpers, screwdrivers, drills
Work from schematics, wiring diagrams, and BOMs
Build sub-components that feed into final assembly by experienced builders
Trained on the job, starting with simple work and building up

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Experienced Responsibilities

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Full mechanical and electrical assembly of control panels, sub-panels, and enclosures from the ground up with minimal supervision
Interpret engineering drawings, panel layouts, BOMs, and complex wiring diagrams
Mount PLCs, VFDs, relays, terminal blocks, circuit breakers, and transformers
Point-to-point wiring with neat routing and bundling
QA your own work — continuity, wire sizing, labeling; troubleshoot and correct errors before final inspection
Red-line drawings to document as-built changes made during fabrication
Some live testing

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What You'll Need (Both Tiers)

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Genuinely hands-on with tools — drilling, driving screws, cutting, and accurate with a tape measure
Comfortable working around electricity
Able to stand for long periods, perform repetitive tasks, and lift up to 50 lbs (40 lbs for entry-level)

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Entry-Level:

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High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
Strong mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn
No prior professional assembly experience required — training provided
Military training, vocational school, or a maintenance background are all a good fit

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Experienced:

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2–5 years hands-on building and wiring custom industrial control panels, or an equivalent mechanical/electrical background
Comfortable running knockout punches, crimpers, strippers, and multimeters
Able to read an electrical schematic and build from it
Meticulous with wire routing, color-coding, and label placement
Troubleshooting experience is a plus

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