Company Overview

Our Company has been forging, heat treating, machining, and testing pipe flanges in the USA for more than 75 years. The company continues to grow with more than 80 employees fulfilling specialty functions such as engineering, quality, inspection, and production. We use proprietary technology to forge some of the hardest, most difficult alloys on the market into 100% quality-controlled flanges. Every product undergoes a rigorous, sophisticated monitoring and quality assurance program, from heat treatment to testing to the final inspection. Additionally, Western is in full compliance with outlined ASME, PED, ISO, and TSSA standards, a distinction held by only a handful of forging providers in the United States. We are proud to be a global supplier of single products and multiple-run orders of forged shapes up to 2,500 pounds for a multitude of industries worldwide.

Job Overview

• Performs heat treating per specifications outlined on work order, i.e., pre-heat, post-heat stress relieve, normalize, temper or anneal. Involves the operation of hand tools & machinery (forge hammer, anvil, presser furnace etc.) to form flanges using intense heat environment.
• Must be able to work in a manufacturing environment that is very hot and be able to lift at least 50 lbs. PPE includes hard hat, eye protection, hearing protection, flame retardant working cloths, gloves and steel toed boots. This job is physically demanding.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate all furnaces and facilitate operability of machinery
• Must be able to "pull heat"-be able to use tongs and other required tools to adequately position/reposition material to be fashioned into flanges using the hammer, anvil and presser
• Once flanges are created, transport to machining shop to be threaded/grinded using a forklift with manipulators
• Keep accurate records and furnace charts
• Perform hardness testing to verify compliance to work order requirement
• Organize "heat treat lots" of material based on time & temperature requirements
• Other duties as specified by lead and/or Supervisor
• Adhere to all company processes, SOPs, and guidance

Requirements & Qualifications

• Must be 18 and available to work in this country with all applicable documents
• Strongly preface to be able to operate a forklift and lifting devices
• Must be able to communicate in English (both written and oral) as it relates to the job
• Must be able to read and understand work orders, drawings, and other written instructions
• Attention to detail in maintaining paperwork and heat treat lot numbers / serial numbers