Job seekers: I’ve patched up a fresh collection of new salaried and hourly postings in NE Ohio communities such as Strongsville, Lorain, Fairlawn and Solon, which you’ll find below.

ABB, a power and automation global manufacturer with facilities in Wickliffe has several engineering, IT and customer service, plus field service technician opportunities posted; info and apply at:  http://tinyurl.com/75jfba7

Airgas in Independence and Cleveland is hiring accounts payable/receivable, data integrity, FDA compliance, pricing, engineering, logistics, metallurgy and medical sales professionals; info and apply at: http://careers.airgas.com/Apply/SearchJobs.aspx

Akzo Nobel has just posted new openings for a spray technician, product manager, store supervisor, logistics analyst, coatings chemist, and process engineer in Strongsville / Valley View; info and apply at:  http://tinyurl.com/d6cx5t

Alcoa in Barberton and Cleveland have just posted several new jobs for a financial marketing analyst, manufacturing/quality engineer, logistics analyst, maintenance worker and troubleshooter, and internships, info and apply at:  http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/careers/search_jobs.asp

Aleris in Cleveland has posted IT, procurement, EHS compliance, IT sourcing and lean manager openings in March; info and apply at:  http://www.aleris.com/careers/americas

Avtron Manufacturing’s industrial automation/digital products operations in Independence is hiring for numerous engineering positions and a service technician; and its Load Banks and Power Resistors Facility in Valley View, Ohio has posted a Production And Inventory Manager opportunity.  See positions at:  http://www.avtron.com/joblist.shtml

Philips Healthcare in Mayfield Heights has numerous software development engineer postings as well as QA/regulatory engineers, purchasing, product quality and product support engineers, electrical design engineers, order desk specialist, document control specialist and controller opportunities; apply at https://philips.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en

Progressive has new opportunities for inbound sales representatives, corporate internal auditor, customer service claims rep, data analyst, building support technician, senior recruiter, senior IT business analyst,   Apply at:  http://www.progressive.com/jobs/job-search.aspx

Republic Steel has numerous postings at its Lorain, Canton and Massillon facilities in finance, manufacturing, supply chain, HR, EHS, metallurgy, maintenance and inventory control; apply at:  http://tinyurl.com/6pepeqs

Rockwell in Mayfield Heights has several opportunities in engineering, financial planning/analysis, import/export compliance, and customer care for a bilingual applicant; apply at:  http://tinyurl.com/798cf3k

Sterling Jewelers in Fairlawn has 50 positions posted in all functions, 10 of them brand new:  http://tinyurl.com/7x6s5sx

Swagelok in Solon has new opportunities posted for a Lean Leader, Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer, Senior Sourcing Specialist, Supervisor – Production, Technical Services Engineer, Tool Cutter-Grinder, Site Manager, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Assembler - Level 3, and Product Engineer; apply at:  http://tinyurl.com/7ryc3ss

Kelly Blazek shares job search and work success tips in her blog, http://kellyblazek.wordpress.com and is a frequent speaker on creating more powerful resumes and LinkedIn profiles.  A Six Sigma Green Belt, she is available for one-on-one resume review consultations and is also a manufacturing communications advisor.  Contact her at kblazek@gembacomms.com.