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Connecticut · week of October 19, 2026

Connecticut plant jobs: 81 open roles at 41 manufacturers

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

See all 81 Connecticut roles →What Connecticut plants ask for →

81
open plant roles
19
posted in the last 7 days

23% of all openings

41
manufacturers hiring

IDEX, AMETEK, Prysmian

$100k–$130k
typical engineering base

+4% vs the US

The takeaways

  1. 1

    Production has the most openings in Connecticut: 23 roles, ahead of manufacturing (21).

  2. 2

    $100k–$135k is the typical base for process engineers, the best-paid team here (7 postings list pay).

  3. 3

    4% above the US typical engineering base: Connecticut pays $100k–$130k.

  4. 4

    IDEX is hiring the most, with 9 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)

  • ProcessBest paid$100k–$135k
  • Manufacturing$88k–$132k
  • Controls$86k–$128k
  • Quality$82k–$119k
$80k$110k$140k

Skills plants name most

  • Lean#1 ask42%
  • Team leadership42%
  • Root cause41%
  • Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)30%
  • Six Sigma28%

Top 5 shown. See all of them →

Hiring the most

  1. 1IDEX9
  2. 2AMETEK7
  3. 3Prysmian6
  4. 4Medtronic4
  5. + the rest of the top hirers with a free account

By state

Where the plant jobs are

Connecticut: 81 open roles · #36 of 51

Top 5:1. California 1,4332. Texas 9703. Ohio 5574. Michigan 4645. North Carolina 409

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Who plants are hiring

Engineers, techs and supervisors

47 engineering and Lean / CI roles; 34 technician and supervisor roles on the same teams.

25%Technician
  • Engineer18 · 22%
  • Senior13 · 16%
  • Manager / lead16 · 20%
  • Supervisor14 · 17%
  • Technician20 · 25%

How fresh

When these roles went up

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

  • This week19
  • 8–14 days10
  • 15–30 daysMost35
  • 30+ days6
  • Date not listed11

Where

Top cities

  • Farmington, CTMost roles11
  • Trumbull, CT6
  • Willimantic, CT6
  • North Haven, CT5
  • Stafford, CT5

Industries

Which industries are hiring

Openings by industry

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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 81 live plant job postings from 41 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, "Connecticut plant jobs report, week of October 19, 2026," Week of October 19, 2026. https://shopfloorjobs.com/reports/connecticut

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