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Cable Machine Operator

Fairbanks Scales
St Johnsbury, VT Full Time
POSTED ON 1/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/10/2030

Summary

Under general supervision and with minimal instructions, sets up equipment and performs electronic and mechanical assembly and wiring operations.


Essential Job Duties

  • Sets up, programs and run wire crimping, cutting and stripping equipment
  • Build prototypes and may assist engineers in trouble shooting initial assemblies
  • Will accumulate material and necessary documentation for a particular job to be built or fabricated under general direction.
  • Provide technical assistance and direction to personnel in an electronic-sub assembler classification as required.
  • Requires the ability to plan and perform a sequence of operations, and the making of general decisions as to quality, tolerances, operation and set-up sequence

Required Qualifications

  • High School Diploma
  • Previous experience working in a manufacturing environment preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Ability to work with small hand tools
  • Critical thinker with strong attention to detail
  • Good interaction, communication skills with customers at all levels
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Good verbal communication skills with all levels of internal and external contacts
  • Ability to effectively organize and prioritize work as well as concentrate on multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • Ability to develop and maintain business relationships

Work Environment

  • General factory conditions including noise and dust
  • Must be able to don PPE including hearing protection, safety boots, or glasses where required in the on-site manufacturing areas.

Physical Abilities

  • Required to use close vision and be able to focus.
  • Occasionally lift, or carry, or lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
  • Regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to sit, stand, and bend at the knee and waist, and walk.
  • Must have finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination to work with wire crimping machinery
  • Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.

Fairbanks Scales Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets




DISCLOSURE REGARDING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION


Fairbanks Scales Inc. may obtain information about you from a third-party consumer reporting agency for employment purposes. Thus, you may be the subject of a "consumer report" and/or "investigative consumer report" which may include information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and/or mode of living, and which can involve personal interviews with sources such as neighbors, friends, or associates, The reports may contain information regarding your credit history, criminal history, social security verification, motor vehicle records ("driving records"), verification of your education or employment history, or other background checks. Credit history will only be requested where such information is substantially related to the duties and responsibilities of the position for which you are applying.


NOTIFICATION OF PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREENING


Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post-offer, pre-employment drug testing for all roles prior to being hired into any role as part of our Drug Free Workplace Policy. In addition, Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post-offer, pre-employment drug testing under the authority of the U.S. Department of Transportation prior to being hired for any role or transferred into a safety-sensitive role.

Salary : $20 - $22

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