Network Engineer
📍 Locations: Cleveland, OH | Middletown, OH | Butler, PA
📄 Duration: 6+ Months Contract-to-Hire
🏢 Work Type: 100% Onsite
🎯 Interview Process: In-Person Interview
🔢 Openings: 3
Candidates must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States without current or future sponsorship requirements.
We are seeking experienced Network Engineers to support network infrastructure projects within a manufacturing and plant environment. This role involves hands-on installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of enterprise networking equipment across office and plant floor locations.
Candidates must be comfortable working in industrial environments and wearing required PPE, including steel-toed boots and other plant safety gear.
Responsibilities
- Design, configure, and install network infrastructure equipment including:
- Routers
- Switches
- Wireless Access Points
- Voice Gateways
- UPS systems
- Support break-fix, moves, adds, and changes activities
- Perform cabling, terminations, rack mounting, and patch panel installations
- Participate in network infrastructure deployment projects
- Conduct site surveys and assist in developing Statements of Work (SOW)
- Create and maintain network diagrams using Microsoft Visio
- Troubleshoot Ethernet, TCP/IP, fiber-optic, and structured cabling issues
- Work collaboratively with project and infrastructure teams
Required Skills & Experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience with Ethernet LAN topologies
- Minimum 2 years of experience with TCP/IP protocols
- Hands-on experience with:
- Cisco routers, switches, and wireless access points
- Category 5e and Category 6 cabling
- Fiber-optic cabling and troubleshooting
- Cisco ISE
- SolarWinds network management tools
- Proficiency with Microsoft Visio for network documentation
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong teamwork and project coordination abilities
- Experience creating SOWs for networking projects
Work Environment
- Industrial/plant environment
- Candidates must be comfortable working in manufacturing/plant floor conditions
- PPE required in certain areas:
- Safety glasses
- Hard hats
- Steel-toed/metatarsal boots
- Long sleeve shirts
- Specialized FR/Arc-proof clothing where required
- Ability to lift and install networking equipment
- Valid Driver’s License required
We work to deliver profitability in your business – with effective communication, consulting, and interactive solutions. Following an Agile Work Approach, we make sure you get the ideal solutions at minimum expenses.
Work Approach
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy starts-and-ends at the Client-first approach. Be it understanding your business requirements to choosing the right technologies, we work as a collective team that takes all the possible steps to grow continuously towards our common goal.
Work Policy
We promote a collaborative work environment. We involve everyone working in the organization in community decisions and encourage them to think from a broader perspective. Our work process promotes flexibility and we maintain a high level of discipline at different levels of execution.
The Future
SelectMinds have years of experience in the domain helps us understand the need-of-the-hour better. This understanding drives us to a better future with every minute ticking. We believe we will be taking off major businesses from their flagship positions, with the products we are eyeing today.
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