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Montana · week of October 19, 2026

Montana plant jobs: 14 open roles at 7 manufacturers

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

See all 14 Montana roles →What Montana plants ask for →

14
open plant roles
3
posted in the last 7 days

21% of all openings

7
manufacturers hiring

Applied Materials, Boeing, Covalent Lithium

$79k–$108k
typical engineering base

-16% vs the US

The takeaways

  1. 1

    Manufacturing has the most openings in Montana: 4 roles, ahead of quality (2).

  2. 2

    $66k–$90k is the typical base for manufacturing engineers, the best-paid team here (3 postings list pay).

  3. 3

    16% below the US typical engineering base: Montana pays $79k–$108k.

  4. 4

    Applied Materials is hiring the most, with 8 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)

  • ManufacturingBest paid$66k–$90k
$60k$75k$90k

Skills plants name most

  • Root cause#1 ask50%
  • Tooling43%
  • Lean36%
  • Team leadership29%
  • Automation29%

Top 5 shown. See all of them →

Hiring the most

  1. 1Applied Materials8
  2. 2Boeing1
  3. 3Covalent Lithium1
  4. 4Make Choteau Home1
  5. + the rest of the top hirers with a free account

By state

Where the plant jobs are

Montana: 14 open roles · #47 of 51

Top 5:1. California 1,3052. Texas 9223. Ohio 5014. Michigan 4435. Illinois 360

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Who plants are hiring

Engineers, techs and supervisors

12 engineering and Lean / CI roles; 2 technician and supervisor roles on the same teams.

71%Engineer
  • Engineer10 · 71%
  • Senior1 · 7%
  • Manager / lead1 · 7%
  • Supervisor1 · 7%
  • Technician1 · 7%

How fresh

When these roles went up

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

  • This week3
  • 8–14 days1
  • 15–30 daysMost7
  • Date not listed3

Where

Top cities

  • Kalispell, MTMost roles9
  • Helena, MT1
  • Holland, MT1
  • Belgrade, MT1
  • Laurel, MT1

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 14 live plant job postings from 7 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, "Montana plant jobs report, week of October 19, 2026," Week of October 19, 2026. https://shopfloorjobs.com/reports/montana

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