Careers

Overview

Dura-Bar has been busy growing the continuous cast bar market for over 40 years, and we continue to find new and exciting uses for our product. By working together, we manufacture, process and distribute to customers around the world. 

As a division of Charter Dura-Bar, (subsidiary of Charter Manufacturing Company), Dura-Bar helps customers maximize machining performance and product profitability. Our track record of quality and service is well-known in the industry. We depend on our solutions oriented approach to keep our operations growing and to bring new ideas and product innovations to market — all in an effort to provide real value to the customer. 

Dura-Bar offers a wide-range of employment opportunities and seeks individuals who share our values and vision.

Current Openings

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Total Rewards

To attract motivate, engage and retain talented individuals who are the foundation for our success, we live by a “Total Rewards” philosophy. We believe that employees should be paid competitively for their hard work in serving our customer’s needs. While salary is an important foundation in our total compensation, we provide employees with many other valuable elements.

We offer a market-competitive Total Rewards structure based on team orientations and our values, reflecting what we do and how we do it. At both a company and an individual level, we believe that higher levels of performance should drive higher rewards.

  • Compensation (including base pay, premium pay and variable pay)
  • Health & Welfare
  • Medical, Dental Vision and Life Disability coverage
  • Wellness Program
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employee Emergency Fund
  • Retirement Contributions
  • Employee Match
  • Profit Sharing
  • Paid Time Off
  • Recognition Programs
  • Development & Career Opportunities

Additionally, we offer hands on experience with individual internships and CO-OPS, as well as a Leadership Development Program allowing individuals to immerse into various opportunities to develop leadership skills, while rotating through four divisions over a 26-month period. To learn more about these opportunities, visit our parent company at www.chartermfg.com

College Recruiting

We are looking for future and current graduates with bright minds and strong wills. Whether you’re currently a student looking for internship opportunities, or a new grad seeking a career, we would like to hear from you.

Typical opportunities for which we recruit:

Dura-Bar Business Associates

Based on degrees and experience, Dura-Bar Business Associates will find opportunities in

  • Customer Service
  • Production Control
  • Information Technology
  • Business Systems Development
  • Quality Control
  • Engineering
  • Process Control Development and
  • A host of specific processes.

Whether you have a degree in math, marketing, business or engineering, working in our operations will give you the opportunity to share innovative ideas and drive change.

Internships

Do you want to gain a competitive edge over your classmates? Consider an internship with us! Throughout our organization we offer internship programs that offer challenging “real world” assignments in an environment that fosters professional and personal growth.

New Grads

Dura-Bar personally visits several leading institutions to meet students and discuss the opportunities and rewards Dura-Bar offers to new grads.

SEE US ON CAMPUS AT:

  • Northern Illinois University
  • University of Missouri-Rolla

Range of Employment

Dura-Bar offers a wide range of employment opportunities. From our plant to the corporate office, key people and skills are needed to keep us growing.

Plant and Operations

We manufacture product around the clock and our operations require many skills. From raw material receiving to final product shipping, a lot goes on in our plant. Some are active melting raw material, others monitoring the casting process and still others supporting the final product. Expertise is needed in our machine shop, maintenance department, on secondary operations, in our metallurgical lab and other exciting areas. If you enjoy the satisfaction of getting it done as a team, in a fast paced environment, you should consider Dura-Bar.

Sales and Marketing

Being an invaluable resource to our customer is the main objective. From front line customer service to outside sales, we are looking for people who enjoy finding solutions for others, coordinating resources and obtaining results. Knowledge and experience of operational processes, industrial distribution and the manufacturing market is a plus, but a commitment to making customers more competitive with Dura-Bar is the key.

Engineering

Our engineers are engaged in seeking solutions. Whether improving our process in the plant, developing a new product or application, or working directly with the customer, they are a key to our continued growth. If you seek a unique work environment, you should consider Dura-Bar.

Charter Manufacturing Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.