Electro‑Mechanical Harness Assembly Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Join Progress Rail (via Impact Workforce Solutions) — Muncie, IN

Help assemble mission-critical electrical compartments with precision and pride. This full-time role is part of a partnership between Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, and Impact Workforce Solutions.

Why this role

• 2nd shift (Mon–Fri, 2:30pm–11:00pm) with mandatory weekly overtime
• Starting pay: $20+ (based on shift and experience)
• 2nd Shift Rate: $19.00/hr + $1.00 shift differential ($20.00/hr)
• Weekly pay, full-time status

Benefits through Impact Workforce Solutions

• 5 Days of PTO
• 6 Paid Holidays
• Up to 50% of health insurance premiums paid by Impact
• Retirement access, financial fitness, and employee savings programs

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What you’ll do

• Install large components and sub-assemblies into electrical compartments
• Route loose wires and cables to designated components and complete terminations
• Terminate and dress cables to specification across the compartment
• Support corrective actions for Quality-identified non-conformances
• Follow process documentation and quality gate sheets
• Verify gauge calibration; torque to engineering standards
• Maintain clean, organized work areas

Advanced scope

• Install harnesses/loose wires to panel assemblies; make accurate component terminations
• Build plug assemblies; terminate per plug charts
• Create wire harnesses using process drawings
• Train team members

What you’ll bring

• 1+ year manufacturing experience (heavy industrial preferred)
• Read a tape measure with confidence
• Experience with hand tools
• Blueprint and wiring/wire schematic experience (preferred)
• Curiosity and a strong learning mindset
• Forklift and/or crane operation experience (preferred)
• Basic PC/data entry skills
• Familiarity with industrial environments, heavy structural assembly, and the safe use of hand/power tools and measuring devices

Physical & environmental conditions

• Lift/carry up to 50 lbs; push/pull up to 75 lbs
• Constant walking; frequent, sustained bending, crouching, stopping, kneeing, squatting; overhead reach; ladder climbing
• Follow written/verbal instructions; hear audible alarms
• Work on concrete, gravel, rail car and locomotive floors; at varied heights (floor to tops of locomotives); in confined spaces
• Non-temperature-controlled environment; all weather; high noise and dust
• Comfort working independently
• Safety-sensitive role around active tracks, rail cars, locomotives, and moving equipment; comply with all safety protocols, health/medical screenings, and required PPE

Skills & tools

You should be proficient in:

• Mechanical Troubleshooting Skills
• Electrical / Electronic Systems
• Mechanical Assembly Skills
• Blueprint Reading
• Electrical Assembly
• Mechanical Assembly

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• Power Tools
• Hand tools
• Measuring Tape

Compliance

EOE

Thank you for your interest in Impact Workforce Solutions, we are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and participate in the E-Verify eligibility confirmation program.