Engineering Fabricator

Job Description

Our mission is to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO???. We convert excess inedible biomass into carbon-rich bio-oil and inject it into underground storage for permanent carbon removal. At scale, we can use bio-oil to make fossil-free iron.

Our carbon removal efforts began in 2020 with initial purchases from customers like Stripe, Shopify, and Microsoft. Since then, we've scaled to thousands of tons of carbon removal, grown to over a hundred employees, and established three locations in San Francisco, Colorado, and Louisiana.

We're expanding our team of ambitious, creative, and hands-on problem solvers. We value psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous learning. We take calculated risks and treat mistakes as opportunities to improve. If you're excited about tackling big challenges, we encourage you to explore our company values.

Come help us reverse climate change. Gigatons or bust!

About the Role

As a Fabricator & Assembly Technician at our Fort Lupton campus, you'll join a driven and highly technical team that is responsible for fabricating pyrolyzer components and supporting the assembly + commissioning of new pyrolysis systems. This specific Fabrication role will provide critical and unique welding and fabrication skills to make engineering designs come to life with deep collaboration with design engineers and operations staff. Working with fellow Charmers, vendors, and occasional third parties, you'll be directly contributing to new designs and iterative design improvement on existing equipment.

You're a great candidate for this role if you have experience with engineering drawing interpretation, metal fabrication, mechanical assembly, and are an excellent communicator/creative problem solver. The ideal candidate is safety-minded, proactive, confident using machine tools and welding, and is able to effectively prioritize multiple tasks on a day-to-day basis.

This role will report to our Engineering Technician Lead in Fort Lupton within the Engineering Department.

Your Responsibilities

• Fabricate key pieces of pyrolysis equipment from a range of design details. Some of our parts have full design drawings, and some are whims that we'll sketch together on a white board. We want you to be able to handle all of the above!
• Use and maintain our shop tools, including being an advocate for safety and best practices for keeping them highly functioning.
• Learn and navigate our CAD program (Onshape) to interface with design engineers and leverage the tool to create and document novel designs.
• Participate in inventory management and sub-assembly workflows in the Fabrication shop to ensure all fabrication kits are properly located and traceable.
• Participate in quality inspection and quality reviews alongside design engineers to make sure completed assemblies meet design intent.
• Learn and apply the various fabrication tools in our shop, CNC plasma table, plasma cutting, rotary welding table, pipe threader, press break, 3D printer.
• Record your work in Confluence/JIRA/Google Product Suite, including providing documentation as needed.
• Give written and verbal feedback on the design of the equipment. Offer ways to design or fabricate something more easily based on your experience. We want someone who is excited to work alongside our design engineers to create the best possible outcomes.

You Bring

• Bring a safety-first mindset to every task in the Fabrication Shop.
• 3 - 5 years of hands-on fabrication, welding, using hand tools, and mechanical assembly experience based on engineering designs.
• Understanding, redlining, and implementing designs from technical drawings.
• Practical experience assembling/disassembling novel/complex mechanical systems.
• High quality MIG/TIG welding skills (rough breakdown is 67% Stainless TIG, 33% MIG Carbon Steel/Stainless) - we typically work with 304 stainless. Proven experience with pipe and tube fitting/fixtureing, producing high quality weldments.
• The ability to work autonomously and troubleshoot on the job.
• Experience operating forklifts, telehandlers, scissor lifts, and/or a willingness to learn.
• A proactive, professional and "can do" attitude.
• Passion about contributing to our mission and growing the company.
• Must be physically able to climb ladders, bend, or crawl in awkward spaces.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at a time.
• There may be prolonged periods of standing and walking.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, including working knowledge of the Google Product Suite.

Bonus if you Bring

• An ability to work with different suppliers to acquire the parts you need.
• Experience welding any exotic metals.
• Knowledge of welding codes or welding inspection methods.
• Experience with previous CAD softwares.
• Experience with CNC operations.

$30 - $45 an hour

What We Offer

• Stock options
• Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 50% match on contributions up to 6%
• Paid time off, including parental leave
• A yearly professional development stipend
• Healthy snacks for onsite employees
• A chance to pivot into a role in climate!

Visa Sponsorship Policy

Since we are a small startup, certain accommodations for visa sponsorship may not be within our capability. At this time, Charm Industrial is only sponsoring E3 and TN visas.

Our Commitment

Charm Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skills, experience, and passion for our mission. Climate challenges require a wide range of perspectives and expertise, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We're excited to grow our team with people who bring unique strengths and help us improve as a company.