Careers at Strang

Skilled trade work close to home, with a company that has been here since 1904.

Strang has about twenty employees across three shops in Richland Center, Viroqua and Highland. Most of them live in the towns they serve, and a lot of them have been here a long time. Our technicians hold more than a hundred years of field experience between them.

We cover heating, cooling, plumbing, electrical, well service and business phone systems, which means the work varies. You are not doing the same install every day for a year.

Open positions

What we are hiring for

Master or Journeyman Electrician

Residential wiring, farm and agricultural work, new construction, panel upgrades, generators and EV chargers. Master or journeyman licence required.

Plumber

Water heaters, fixtures, drain work, softeners, water treatment, and septic systems out of our Highland shop. Licensed plumbers and experienced apprentices both considered.

Always accepting applications

Even when nothing is posted, send us an application. Trades people are hard to come by out here and we would rather know who you are before we need you.

What we offer

Benefits

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Health insurance

Coverage for you and your family.

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Paid holidays and vacation

Time off that is actually time off.

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Profit sharing

When the company does well, so do you.

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Commission on installs

Paid on top of your wage.

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Take-home vehicle

No stopping at the shop before and after every job.

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Tool replacement

We replace your tools when they wear out.

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Work apparel

Provided, so you are not buying your own.

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Flexible scheduling

We understand that people have lives outside work.

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Paid training and apprenticeships

Plumbing and electrical apprenticeships run in house.

Training

We train our own

We run plumbing and electrical apprenticeships in house, and we pay for the training.

That matters more out here than it would in a city. Skilled tradespeople are scarce in rural Wisconsin, and a company that only hires them rather than making them eventually runs out. Our apprentices learn on local jobs, in local buildings, on the kind of equipment this area actually has.

If you are starting out, this is a real route into a licensed trade without leaving the area to get it.

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Next step

How to apply

Fill out an application and return it to us along with your resume.

You can drop both off at any of our three shops, or email them to us. If you would rather talk to someone first, call the shop nearest you and ask.

Questions about working here? Call any shop.

The office at any of our three shops can answer questions about the work, the pay or the schedule. And if nothing listed above fits what you do, apply anyway. We keep applications on file.

Richland Center
6 Veterans Drive · Mon–Fri 8–5

608-647-2855

Viroqua
802 Hwy NN · Mon–Fri 8–5

608-637-2955

Highland · Strang Hardware
540 Main St · Mon–Fri 8–5, Sat 8–12

608-929-4816