Careers: Frequently Asked Questions

At the college level, S&C’s recruiting focuses on engineers and technical professionals from top universities. We typically visit a small number of schools in the fall and spring for on-campus interviews. However, all interested candidates are invited to visit the S&C Careers page on our website for present opportunities. Female and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.

We’re looking for team players with excellent technical and communication skills. Although a strong background in S&C’s industry and products is desirable, it is at least as important for candidates to have a genuine interest in an S&C career and a drive to expand their knowledge and skills.

Interested candidates should have obtained some basic background information about S&C from our website or other sources.

Technical capability, teamwork, good communication skills, commitment to getting the job done, and a strong desire to expand one’s knowledge and learn new skills.

S&C has a very wide variety of job opportunities from maintenance and office jobs to machinists, assemblers, CNC programmers, engineers, designers, sales support, and leadership.

Yes! For up-to-date information, see our open job listings.

S&C typically employs 50 co-ops and interns during the calendar year across multiple locations. S&C co-ops and interns come from Purdue University/West Lafayette, Northwestern University, University of Illinois/Chicago, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign, and other top universities.

Most people hired immediately after college work in our major product divisions, focusing on fuses, switches, and metal-enclosed-gear products, and in our Product Innovation and Power Systems Services areas.

New team members work on development, design, testing, marketing, and manufacturing of S&C’s product lines. Responsibilities might include new product development, electrical and mechanical testing, investigation of new concepts and materials in circuit-interruption technology, participation in industry standards development, manufacturing process improvement, marketing and sales support, and customer assistance.

That depends on how much training or experience the candidate brings. There are opportunities for machinists, welders, punch press operators, assemblers, and others. S&C has on-premises training and certification programs to help employees increase their skills and advance to higher positions.

S&C's partnership with the Department of Defense SkillBridge program helps transitioning service members gain valuable civilian work experience through training, internships, apprenticeships, and career opportunities during their final 180 days of military service.

Learn more about available veteran and SkillBridge opportunities

Team members have numerous opportunities to acquire detailed knowledge of our products, processes, and industry through varied work assignments, thereby making themselves more valuable to the company. S&C has no single path for advancement. It has opportunities for employees who develop themselves as individual contributors as well as those who move into supervision.

S&C provides very competitive compensation. The S&C team member benefits package includes health care and dental coverage, life insurance, 401(k) and pension plans, long-term disability coverage, and a generous tuition reimbursement plan. Team members receive paid time off every year between Christmas and New Year’s in addition to regular paid vacation.

Performance reviews are held annually, focusing on the past year’s accomplishments along with goals and development plans for the future.

Most team members in technical and professional positions work about 45 hours per week. Manufacturing jobs often include overtime when business volume is high. Travel depends on the particular job and work at hand. Positions that might require travel include sales, marketing, engineering, and field service. In recent years manufacturing employees have traveled to S&C subsidiaries to provide training in S&C methods.

S&C traces its roots back more than 100 years to the invention of the first practical high-voltage fuse, which was crucial to the development of the electric power industry. Today, S&C maintains its focus on solutions for electric power switching and protection. Through this concentration, S&C has developed a reputation for technical leadership in the industry. S&C’s customers for products and services include electric utilities and large commercial and industrial power users such as hospitals, airports, universities, data centers, and military bases. 

The company is headquartered at the John R. Conrad Industrial Complex, one of Chicago’s largest and most modern manufacturing centers. Located about eight miles north of Chicago’s Loop, the S&C complex includes production, engineering, laboratory, and office facilities on 46 landscaped acres. Other locations include California (Alameda), Washington (Duvall), Arizona (Phoenix), Wisconsin (Franklin), Texas (Dallas), Florida (Orlando; West Palm Beach), Maryland (Rockville), Canada (Toronto), Mexico (Aguascalientes), China (Suzhou), United Kingdom (Swansea), Australia (Melbourne), and Brazil (Curitiba).

New product development and recent acquisitions have kept S&C at the forefront of the electric power industry, especially in such fields as distribution automation and power reliability. With more new products in the pipeline, a burgeoning services business and a growing presence in international markets, S&C expects continued strong growth for the foreseeable future.