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The Okonite Company, an employee-owned Manufacturer of medium voltage wire and cable products has an immediate opening for an Industrial Maintenance Electronics Technician / Electrician in a fast-paced, 24/7 manufacturing support role. The successful candidate will have a proven ability to install, modify, troubleshoot and repair a wide variety of equipment and infrastructure in a manufacturing environment. Candidates must have basic electrical trade skills such as the ability to maintain and install simple electrical circuits, lighting, AC & DC motors and drives, machinery control circuits, building controls and power distribution. In addition, the candidate must have a demonstrated knowledge and experience with automation controls including Allen Bradley PLCs, HMI controls, process controllers, data exchange/communications equipment, analog and digital process devices and various sensors related to machine automation control. PLC programming skills required.

Min. Requirements: 3 to 5 years of related industrial experience. Associates Degree in either Electronics or Electrical Technology preferred. Must be able to work any shift of a 3 shift manufacturing facility but will be hired for 2nd or 3rd.

The Okonite Company was founded in 1878, making it one of the original insulators of electrical wire and cable in the United States. Earliest customers included Samuel F.B. Morse for his telegraph network and Thomas A. Edison for the Pearl Street Generating Station, the nation's first, built in New York City in 1882.

In June 1976, Okonite became the largest company in the United States to be owned by its employees through an Employees' Stock Ownership Trust. As such, Okonite employees have a unique vested interest in the quality and service we provide.

Today, Okonite is headquartered in Ramsey NJ, approximately 30 miles northwest of New York City. At our six (6) manufacturing facilities, we make cables that range from 300V to 345kV insulated products that include Instrumentation, Power and Control, Medium Voltage, and High Voltage cables.

Okonite serves a multitude of markets including Electric Utility (Distribution, Transmission, and Generation including fossil and nuclear), Oil & Gas (refineries and production platforms), Chemical, Military bases, Railroad, Transit and Pulp & Paper. In addition, we provide cables to various other industrial customers in areas of Hospitals, Colleges & Universities, Water Treatment Plants and Data Centers. With today's focus on renewable energy, Okonite cables can be found at Wind Farms, Solar Farms, and Biofuel generating facilities.