ACARA Jobs
Switchboard Assembler
Apply- ID: 559839
- Posted: 5/15/2026
- Location: Pomona, CA
- Category: LI - Manufacturing
- Job Type: Temp to Direct
- Duration: Contract to Di
Description
Job Title: Switchboard Assembler
Location: Pomona, CA
Employment Type: Temp to perm with a 90-day conversion to perm. Unionized site.
Industry: Manufacturing
Compensation: $18.50 / hr. (pay increase upon conversion)
Schedule: 40 hrs/Week. - (2nd shift) 4pm-12:30am. May train on either 1st or 2nd shift.
About the Opportunity:
- Operates tools and equipment common to the mechanical trade (hand & power tools).
- Processes work orders (with the use of computers, scanning devices) in adherence to the production schedule or expedited orders.
- Scans in and out of work orders (with the use of computers, scanning devices) in adherence to the production schedule or expedited orders.
- Reads and interprets documents associated with the completion of mechanical assembly assignments (blueprints, bill of materials, one-line diagrams).
- Gathers parts and accessories required in the assembly process.
- Assembles fabricated parts to create unit assemblies (Switchboards & Lighting Panels) or sub-assemblies.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
- Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
- People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
- Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.
Why This Opportunity is Exciting:
This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally.
About Acara Solutions
Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive the business outcomes they seek. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.
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What You'll Do:
- Fastens component parts on cubicles or frames, sub-assemblies, or unit assemblies.
- Connects cables and basic wires.
- Verifies that units meet specifications, tolerances, and customer order requirements.
- Disassembles units to adjust or replace parts.
- Marks unit assemblies with identifying information or attaches identifying tags.
- Reports non-conforming items (parts, schematics, blueprints).
- Prepares finished units for shipping (packing, sealing, labeling)
- Cleans and maintains equipment and work area to ensure proper functioning and safe working conditions.
- Accesses and utilizes various documents, with the use of computers, associated with the manufacture of products in assembly (Quality and Safety Documents, Operating Instructions)
- Performs other work as directed by Supervision.
Job Requirements
What You'll Bring:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- 6+ months of experience in assembly.
What Sets You Apart:
- Ability to promote and ensure a safe work environment; identifies, communicates, and eliminates hazards encountered during regular course of work.
- Focused on meeting or exceeding the level of excellence of products, services, and work activities-measured against pre-set standards; able to identify flaws and take corrective action.
- Willingly assist others by offering guidance, sharing knowledge, teaching skills, or directly performing a task in order to help out.
- Puts team objectives ahead of personal interests.
- Willingly accepts organizational changes and responds to changes with appropriate urgency and actions.
- Reacts to anger, frustration, and disappointment constructively (finding humor in situations; finding solutions to problems, using relaxation techniques).
- The ability to tackle a problem or task using a logical and systematic approach.
- Ability to think in three dimensions; being able to mentally generate, rotate, and transform visual images.
- Basic hand tools, power tools, reading and interpreting blueprints
- Basic computer skills, and use of basic mechanical/measuring tools.
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
- In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
- Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person', as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.
- Job involves typically working indoors, being assigned to any of the different shifts, occasionally lifting heavy materials, wearing common safety equipment (cut-resistant gloves and sleeves, safety shoes, safety glasses, ear plugs) being exposed to loud noises and the possibility of bumps, cuts, scrapes, and strains.
- Able to speak, read, write, and comprehend the English language.
- Able to reach, grasp, lift 50 lbs., and push/pull/slide heavy material.
- Able to make coordinated movements of the hands and arms to grasp and move objects.
- Able to stoop, bend, squat, crawl, and climb.
- Have a reliable form of transportation.
After you apply, you may receive a call or message from our AI Talent Scout about this role or other opportunities that match your skills and preferences. AI agent role is to help speed up your hiring process by answering questions, confirming basic information, and identifying whether there's a mutual fit.
The call or chat may be recorded so that our recruiting team can review it - they make all final hiring decisions, while AI agent simply helps move you forward faster. The best part? They are available 24/7, so you can connect whenever it's convenient for you.
Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.