Full-Time
Assembly Technician
EMC
DwyerOmega
501-1,000 employees
Industrial sensing and process-control solutions
Compensation Overview
$22 - $25/hr
Kingsbury, IN, USA
In Person
Occasional travel to the corporate site in Michigan City, Indiana.
Associate's
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- A two-year technical degree in electrical or mechanical technology, or a minimum of five years of related education and practical experience.
- Thorough knowledge of electronic schematics, measuring instruments, gages, and meters.
- Ability to understand or determine engineering design concepts and intentions in addition to literal written specifications.
- Ability to work independently with little direct supervision, with organizational and planning ability.
- Practical experience with computers, including word processing and spreadsheets.
- General understanding and usage of Google Mail, Google Sheets, and Google Docs.
- Ability to lift equipment and frequently stand and bend.
- Ability to work in a plant environment, including areas that are narrow and difficult to maneuver.
- Investigate product, test, and process issues that arise during manufacturing.
- Troubleshoot products, evaluate returned material, drive corrective actions, and support the manufacturing plant in meeting key metrics.
- Maintain equipment, instruments, and apparatus required for quality control inspection.
- Perform maintenance troubleshooting and recalibration of plant test equipment, fixtures, and master gages according to schedule.
- Assist the supervisor and production lines in investigating quality-related problems involving disassembly or assembly, analysis, testing, and documentation.
- Investigate and document proposals for quality improvements or enhancements that improve factory performance.
- Assist the supervisor and quality team in determining the usability or non-usability of nonconforming material at incoming inspection.
- Provide general technical support and training for production personnel.
- Provide timely, quality services and support to internal and external customers.
- Independently identify problems and constraints affecting plant objectives.
- Develop creative and effective solutions for identified opportunities.
- Assist in maintaining plant documentation systems, including routings, bills of materials, tool logs, and calibration logs.
- Work on projects assigned by the supervisor, conducting the necessary investigation and study to complete them successfully.
- Maintain effective dialogue with employees to foster employee morale.
- Support equipment and prevent downtime to meet the on-time delivery goal of 98.9%.
- Identify cost-reducing components and equipment to enable the plant to operate at or below budget.
- Repair and improve existing equipment to prevent defective products from shipping and achieve an assembly warranty return rate of 0.20% or lower.
- Demonstrate safe behaviors to meet or exceed the plant's Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordable incident rate.
- Provide production support to achieve an assembly first-pass yield of 95.0% or higher.
- Computer-aided design skills are beneficial.
DwyerOmega supplies engineered instruments for process measurement and control worldwide. It offers sensing, monitoring, and control products such as thermal imagers, thermocouples, RTD accessories, thermowells, thermometers, and differential pressure devices. It works by developing and distributing devices that measure temperature, pressure, and flow, turning physical properties into signals for control systems to improve performance. It differentiates itself with a broad, coordinated product portfolio and customized solutions for essential industrial applications, aiming to provide reliable instrumentation that helps customers monitor and control processes accurately and efficiently.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Michigan City, Indiana
Founded
1931
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Burns Engineering closed January 8, 2026, expanding metrology-grade temperature sales into biopharma.
- Lake Shore closed June 10, 2026, opening higher-growth quantum and cryogenic budgets.
- Macurco joined October 15, 2025, strengthening gas detection for battery storage and refrigerant monitoring.
What critics are saying
- Pomona closed August 7, 2026, cutting 53 jobs and signaling footprint rationalization.
- Wakarusa closed in 2024, eliminating 55 jobs and exposing manufacturing consolidation pressure.
- Arcline's roll-up strategy depends on integration; one failed acquisition can stall cross-sell and margins.
What makes DwyerOmega unique
- Arcline built DwyerOmega through Dwyer Instruments, Omega, PST, Burns, Lake Shore.
- Lake Shore added cryogenics, magnetics, and material characterization for quantum, semiconductor, fusion.
- Macurco and Consistec broaden gas detection and rugged temperature sensing globally.
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401(k) Retirement Plan
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Company News
DwyerOmega, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has acquired Lake Shore Cryotronics, strengthening its precision temperature measurement capabilities in cryogenics whilst expanding into magnetics and material characterisation. Founded in 1968 and based in Westerville, Ohio, Lake Shore provides measurement solutions for cryogenic temperature, magnetics, material characterisation and cryostats. The company serves industries including quantum computing, aerospace, medical, semiconductor and fusion energy. The acquisition expands DwyerOmega's technology offering and market presence across multiple end markets. DwyerOmega is a global manufacturer of precision measurement and control solutions backed by Arcline Investment Management, which manages over $30 billion in assets. Houlihan Lokey served as financial adviser to DwyerOmega on the transaction. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Arcline-backed DwyerOmega picks up Burns Engineering. DwyerOmega is a manufacturer of precision measurement and control solutions. * Chuck Dubois serves as CEO of DwyerOmega * Burns Engineering was founded in 1965 DwyerOmega, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has acquired Burns Engineering, an Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based provider of temperature measurement. No financial terms were disclosed. DwyerOmega is a Michigan City, Indiana-based manufacturer of precision measurement and control solutions. Gain instant access to our expert editorial analysis and in-depth insight. Already have an account? Sign in.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- DwyerOmega, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, today announced the acquisition of Burns Engineering. The acquisition expands DwyerOmega's precision temperature measurement product offering.Founded in 1965 and based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Burns Engineering is a leading provider of temperature measurement. The company's solutions enable precision temperature measurement with certified, metrology-grade devices, expanding DwyerOmega's current product offering in industries such as biopharma, food processing, and calibration laboratories."We are thrilled to welcome Burns Engineering's technical product portfolio to the DwyerOmega family," said Chuck Dubois, CEO of DwyerOmega. "We will provide customers a premier offering of precision measurement technologies with an enhanced network of support and service resources. This acquisition advances our vision of being the provider of choice for measurement technologies to customers around the world."Jim and JD Burns, co-owners of Burns Engineering, commented, "At Burns Engineering, we realize the instruments and guidance we provide play a vital role in our customers' products and processes
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DwyerOmega, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management and a leading manufacturer of innovative sensors, instrumentation, and monitoring solutions, today announced its acquisition of Consistec, a Brazilian manufacturer of high-quality, temperature monitoring solutions. This acquisition further expands DwyerOmega's temperature measurement capabilities and strengthens its presence in power generation and transmission, utilities, pharmaceutical, and agricultural markets.Based in São Paulo, Brazil, and with a more than 40-year history of new product development and innovation, Consistec is an industry-leading provider of advanced hazardous location and ruggedized temperature sensing solutions. Consistec product lines are widely recognized for their precision and durability across a wide range of safety-critical applications.Poised to Strengthen Market InfluenceChuck Dubois, CEO of DwyerOmega, said, "With our acquisition of Consistec, DwyerOmega continues to grow its temperature sensing expertise and adds new market opportunities in South America, primarily in Brazil. Consistec is well positioned for continued growth by expanding product offerings to customers for a wide variety of applications through the combination of its current portfolio and DwyerOmega's."Global Scale and Accelerated InnovationMarcelo Baroni, CEO of Consistec, said, "This is an exciting time for Consistec. Joining DwyerOmega greatly expands opportunities for us to grow our markets and broaden our service capabilities to offer customers more of what they need and what we do best
Macurco joins DwyerOmega. News From Macurco Macurco's partnership with DwyerOmega, the joining of these two great organizations, strengthens its ability to serve you and presents you with enormous benefits. By combining its complementary products, significant market expertise, and global operations, Buygasmonitors can offer you an expanded range of products and better service and support. DwyerOmega is a trusted global leader in manufacturing innovative instrumentation solutions that are highly complementary to Macurco's product portfolio. Buygasmonitors offer over 700,000 state-of-the-art products for process measurement and control in temperature, pressure, humidity, strain, force, flow, level, gas, pH, conductivity, and indoor air quality. Its industry-leading brands represent over 800 years of combined engineering excellence. With sales offices around the globe, its team of technical experts is dedicated to helping customers select and configure the right product solutions for their unique applications. Its commitment to first-class customer service, product excellence, and continuous improvement remains unchanged. Buygasmonitors will keep you updated with timely communications on changes that affect how you work with Buygasmonitors, as Buygasmonitors progress towards its goal of operating as one DwyerOmega. | TG Technical Services will continue to provide purchasing and support of all Macurco products as they partner with DwyerOmega. Contact Buygasmonitors for questions or to place an order. |