Starting pay is $30.28/hour

Urschel, a 100% employee-owned company, has an opening for a Metal Heat Treater for our day shift operations working full-time Monday-Friday and may require working on Saturday based on workloads.

Urschel employee-owners design and manufacture industrial cutting equipment for food processing and allied industries around the world from our global headquarters located in Chesterton, Indiana, U.S.A. Consumers purchase goods manufactured on Urschel cutting equipment on a daily basis. Advanced manufacturing technologies are utilized at our climate controlled, clean, and environmentally conscious facility.

A day in the life of a Metal Heat Treater includes the set-up, operation, and maintenance of heating equipment to heat treat and braze a variety of metal parts using atmosphere furnaces, vacuum furnaces, and induction equipment. Assembles and/or straighten parts according to specification.  Has a working knowledge of instruments and gages used with heat treating equipment, uses Rockwell hardness testing machines and other testing devices and keeps documented files on all heat-treating jobs to reference procedures, heats, etc.

Qualified applicants must have a minimum of one year’s manufacturing experience with a high school education or equivalent, or post-high school training in manufacturing or engineering-related disciplines. Ability to read and interpret engineering prints and blueprints, solve math problems, multi-task and understand priorities, basic computer skills, and able to communicate effectively. Physical demands include continuous standing and walking with frequent sitting, pushing/pulling, overreaching above shoulder and wrist movement.

Applications will be accepted through Thursday, June 11, 2026.

EEO/Veterans/Disability

Date Posted: 5/28/2026