Control Panel Wiring Technician
Skills can be taught. Pride in your work, a strong attitude, and dependability can't. Bring those qualities, and you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and build a lasting career with us.
Skills can be taught. Pride in your work, a positive attitude, and being a dependable teammate are harder to find. Bring those qualities, and you'll have opportunities to learn, grow, and build a lasting career with us.
We're proud to have employees who have built long careers with MCI. We reward hard work, reliability, and initiative with performance-based bonuses, opportunities to learn new skills, take on greater responsibility, and advance within the company. If you're looking for a stable, growing company where your effort is recognized, we'd want to hear from you.
The Control Panel Wirer installs, routes, terminates, labels, and verifies wiring in low-voltage control panels using electrical schematics, panel layouts, bills of material, and related engineering documents. This role is best suited for a hands-on manufacturing professional who can read electrical schematics with confidence, work with limited supervision, and produce clean, compliant, high-quality wiring that is ready for test and shipment.
Responsibilities
Read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, and bills of material before and during assembly.
Assemble, wire, label, and test low-voltage control panels in accordance with engineering documentation and internal quality standards.
Route and bundle wires and cables neatly to maintain workmanship standards, serviceability, and panel appearance.
Install components including terminal blocks, relays, PLC-related devices, Ethernet devices, power supplies, and instrumentation components as specified.
Perform point-to-point wiring, crimping, ferruling, wire harness work, and device terminations accurately and safely.
Identify documentation discrepancies or design issues and communicate them promptly to the Project Manager, Engineering, and/or Shop Supervisor.
Maintain red-line markups when field or production changes are made during fabrication.
Support functional checks, continuity checks, and basic panel testing as assigned.
Follow all applicable safety requirements, quality procedures, and UL 508A fabrication practices where required.
Prepare completed control panels for final inspection, packaging, and shipment.
Maintain an organized, clean work area and communicate effectively with team members across production and engineering.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned to support production needs.
Minimum Qualifications
Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics; this is the most important qualification for the role.
Ability to work independently with limited supervision after work is assigned.
Working knowledge of hand tools, crimp tools, wire preparation tools, and basic electrical test equipment.
Ability to read shop drawings, engineering drawings, and standard manufacturing documentation.
Ability to stand, bend, reach, and lift materials consistent with panel shop work.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with UL 508A industrial control panels.
Experience control panel wiring, panel assembly, or closely related electrical manufacturing experience.
Familiarity with PLC I/O, Ethernet networking, industrial instrumentation, and controls components.
Experience in custom control panel fabrication for industrial or mission-critical applications, including data center or infrastructure projects.
Ability to assist with troubleshooting wiring issues during test and inspection.
Work Hours:
1st Shift: 6:00am-2:30pm
2nd Shift: 3pm- 11:30am
Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage (including a free HSA plan option)
Quarterly performance bonus
PTO, Paid Holidays, Paid Bereavement, and Paid Jury Duty
401(k) with company match
Employer-paid life insurance
Referral bonus program
About Us
MCI is a 46-year-old industry leader in the design, manufacture, and assembly of electrical controls, electrical enclosures, irrigation pumps and controls, municipal and commercial pump stations, water purification systems and design-to-order metal fabrications. We serve a variety of industries with standard and custom products including water pumping, oil production-drill and refining controls, wastewater treatment, conveying, baggage conveying, handling, and more!
Exempt: Yes
Type: Full Time
Location: Dallas, 75220
Work Location: In Person
- Department
- Panel Wiring
- Role
- Control Panel Wirer
- Location
- Dallas
- Salary
- $20 - $25/hour
- Employment type
- Full-time
About Motor Controls, Inc.
Motor Controls Inc. (MCI) designs and manufactures custom control panels, power distribution systems, packaged pumping solutions, water treatment technologies, and industrial enclosures. Drawing on the expertise of our brands, we deliver scalable systems that reduce downtime, simplify installation, and ensure reliable operation for OEMs and end users in industrial, municipal, and agricultural markets.