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Arkansas · week of October 19, 2026

Arkansas plant jobs: 116 open roles at 61 manufacturers

Who's hiring plant engineers, technicians and supervisors in Arkansas, what it pays, and what they ask for.

See all 116 Arkansas roles →What Arkansas plants ask for →

116
open plant roles
14
posted in the last 7 days

12% of all openings

61
manufacturers hiring

The Kinetic Group, Tyson Foods, GF (Georg Fischer)

$76k–$105k
typical engineering base

-18% vs the US

The takeaways

  1. 1

    Reliability has the most openings in Arkansas: 36 roles, ahead of production (21).

  2. 2

    $82k–$120k is the typical base for controls engineers, the best-paid team here (5 postings list pay).

  3. 3

    18% below the US typical engineering base: Arkansas pays $76k–$105k.

  4. 4

    The Kinetic Group is hiring the most, with 12 open plant roles.

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Openings and pay, team by team

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Open roles

openposted this week

Typical base pay (engineers and senior engineers)

  • ControlsBest paid$82k–$120k
$80k$100k$120k

Skills plants name most

  • Team leadership#1 ask56%
  • Root cause24%
  • PLC21%
  • Lean19%
  • EHS / safety17%

Top 5 shown. See all of them →

Hiring the most

  1. 1The Kinetic Group12
  2. 2Tyson Foods8
  3. 3GF (Georg Fischer)7
  4. 4Conagra Brands6
  5. + the rest of the top hirers with a free account

By state

Where the plant jobs are

Arkansas: 116 open roles · #31 of 51

Top 5:1. California 1,4362. Texas 9693. Ohio 5574. Michigan 4655. North Carolina 407

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Who plants are hiring

Engineers, techs and supervisors

49 engineering and Lean / CI roles; 67 technician and supervisor roles on the same teams.

40%Technician
  • Engineer32 · 28%
  • Senior4 · 3%
  • Manager / lead13 · 11%
  • Supervisor21 · 18%
  • Technician46 · 40%

How fresh

When these roles went up

Roles posted in the last two weeks get the fastest replies from teams.

  • This week14
  • 8–14 days13
  • 15–30 daysMost45
  • 30+ days2
  • Date not listed42

Where

Top cities

  • Lonoke, ARMost roles12
  • Little Rock, AR8
  • Mountain Home, AR6
  • Fort Smith, AR6
  • Arkadelphia, AR5

Industries

Which industries are hiring

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Go deeper: what moves pay

Belt and license premiums, pay by years asked, skills that come as a package, and the unusual perks plants offer.

See the findings →The pay model →

Source and method

Source
ShopFloorJobs analysis of 116 live plant job postings from 61 manufacturers' own careers sites (Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle, iCIMS, Greenhouse and others), not job boards.
Collected
Week of October 19, 2026. Postings are re-checked daily; closed roles drop out.
Method
Each posting is counted once per role and city. Teams and levels are read from the job title; pay is the middle of each posting's listed range, for engineer and senior engineer levels, shown where at least 3 postings list one; skills are counted when the posting names them.

Cite this report

ShopFloorJobs, "Arkansas plant jobs report, week of October 19, 2026," Week of October 19, 2026. https://shopfloorjobs.com/reports/arkansas

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