Careers / Spokane Valley, Washington
Industrial careers should lead somewhere.
We cast steel and iron. The work is hot, heavy, and loud, and it takes years to learn properly.
That is the honest description, and we lead with it because the people who last here read it and want the job anyway. If you would rather be paid to make something physical than to answer email about it, this is a floor worth standing on.
Open positions
Every opening is on the job board.
Every current opening is posted there. This site does not keep a copy, so nothing here can be out of date.
Opens ZipRecruiter in a new tab — applications are handled there, not on this site
Work environment
What the day is actually like.
This is a foundry. Metal gets melted and poured, sand gets molded, castings get ground and machined. It is hot near the furnaces, it is loud on the finishing side, and personal protective equipment is not optional anywhere.
- Physical work, on your feet, around heat and moving equipment
- Protective equipment required, and the rules about it are enforced
- Skilled trade work — the machine does not run itself and neither does the pour
- Results that exist. The part that leaves here goes into a machine that digs or crushes rock
Where the work happens
Every job here supports a stage of the same process.
A casting moves from charge to inspection in a fixed sequence, and every role sits somewhere on it. These are the areas we hire into — the specific titles that are open right now are on the job board.
01
Melt and pour
Charging the furnace, controlling the heat, sampling chemistry, and moving metal into the mold at the right temperature and rate.
02
Molding and cores
Building sand molds and cores from patterns, holding them to the drawing so the casting fills and solidifies the way it was engineered to.
03
Finishing and heat treat
Shakeout, grinding, and weld repair where the specification allows it, then heat treat cycles run to a written recipe. Machining to final dimensions comes after the furnace.
04
Quality and inspection
Dimensional layout, hardness and mechanical testing, and non-destructive testing on our own equipment rather than at an outside lab.
05
Engineering and office
Metallurgy, pattern and gating design, estimating, scheduling, sales, and the administrative work that keeps a foundry running.
Training in progress against the written procedure — the SOP or work instruction visible in frame, an experienced hand and a newer one both working to it. The document and the machine in the same shot.
Training
Documented procedure first. Then the floor, with an expert beside you.
Work here runs to written procedures, not to whoever's habit. New employees are trained on the procedure for the job formally, in a classroom, before they are expected to run it. Then that training gets applied where the work happens, alongside subject matter experts who have run the job for years.
- Formal classroom training against the written procedure for the job
- Applied on the floor with subject matter experts who know it cold
- You are not handed a task and left to work out the rest yourself
- The reason the same casting comes out the same way on a different shift
Before you apply
Two things to know up front.
Neither of these is a surprise we would rather spring on you after an interview.
01
Apply on the job board
Applications go through ZipRecruiter. This site does not collect them, so there is one place for your application to land.
02
Drug and alcohol testing
A drug test is required before you start. Random testing continues during employment, and testing also follows an industrial accident or a reasonable suspicion of impairment. This is a floor with molten metal and moving equipment on it.
03
Equal opportunity
Hiring decisions are made on whether you can do the work. Prejudice, harassment, and discrimination are not tolerated here, in either direction.
The floor is hiring more often than the office is.
If nothing on the board fits today, check back — foundry hiring moves with the order book. The plant is in Spokane Valley, Washington, a short drive from most of the valley.
Equal opportunity
Spokane Industries is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race or color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, marital status, or veteran status, and we will not retain anyone who does.