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From $17/hr.

Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 5:00 AM – 3:30 PM (3-day weekends)

We’re looking for a hands-on Blacksmith to join our team. This role is heavily focused on MIG welding and fabrication, with additional training provided in traditional blacksmith work.

Blacksmith experience is not required. We will train the right person on forging and blacksmith techniques, but prior MIG welding experience is required.
What You’ll Be Doing:

• MIG welding on steel components (majority of daily work)
• Fabricating custom pieces from raw material to finished product
• Reading and working from prints, drawings, or verbal direction
• Grinding, finishing, and prepping metal for final production
• Learning and assisting with blacksmith work (forging, shaping, assembly)
• Maintaining a clean and organized work area

What We’re Looking For:

• Solid MIG welding experience (this is a must)
• Ability to fabricate without constant supervision
• Experience with shop tools (grinders, saws, drill press, etc.)
• Attention to detail and pride in your work
• Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment
• Reliable and shows up ready to work

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Any blacksmithing or forging experience
• Experience with jigs, fixtures, or production setups
• Ability to read shop drawings or CAD prints

What We Offer:

• 4-day work week (every Friday off)
• Competitive pay based on experience
• Stable, full-time work
• On-the-job training in blacksmithing and forging
• 2 weeks paid vacation after a 90-day probation period
• Opportunity to work on a mix of production and custom projects

The Kind of Place You’re Joining:

• A tight-knit team that actually works together, not just side by side
• People who take pride in what they build and hold each other to a high standard
• A shop environment where you’re expected to pull your weight, but you’re not left on your own
• A culture where reliability, effort, and craftsmanship matter more than titles
• A group that respects the work and the people doing it

If you’ve got strong MIG skills and want to learn the blacksmith side, this is a great fit.

Work Location: In person

Position Overview: The Distribution Team Member will play a crucial role in ensuring the efficient handling, assembly, packaging, and dispatch of our handcrafted products. This position involves various tasks, including receiving shipments, managing inventory, preparing orders, and maintaining a safe and organized warehouse environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Receive and inspect incoming shipments for accuracy and quality.
• Assemble and prepare products for packaging.
• Pack and prepare orders for shipment.
• Maintain accurate inventory records and conduct regular stock counts.
• Operate warehouse equipment, such as forklifts and pallet jacks, safely and efficiently.
• Collaborate with team members to meet daily distribution goals.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and company policies.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience in a warehouse or distribution environment is preferred.
• Ability to lift and move items up to 50 pounds.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Basic computer skills for inventory management.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.

Location: Mountain View AR
Position Type: Full time On site

About the Role
Urban Forge is looking for a reliable hands on Painter who takes pride in producing high quality finishes on handcrafted iron furniture and decor. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys detailed work and wants to be part of a fast paced creative production team. You will help bring each piece to life by preparing and painting forged metal parts with precision and consistency.

What You Will Do

• Prep forged and fabricated metal parts by sanding cleaning and organizing materials
• Apply paint and protective coatings using sprayers and finishing tools

Inspect completed pieces to ensure they meet Urban Forge quality and color standards

• Follow production lists and maintain smooth workflow through the finishing department
• Keep your workspace clean organized and safe
• Assist with general shop tasks as needed

What We Are Looking For

• Experience in industrial automotive or furniture painting is preferred but not required
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to quality craftsmanship
• Ability to lift fifty pounds and stand for extended periods
• Reliable punctual and able to follow instructions
• Willing to learn and contribute to a team oriented environment

Why Join Urban Forge

• Work with a small skilled team making handcrafted iron furniture and decor
• Opportunities to learn and develop finishing and fabrication skills
• A creative workplace that values craftsmanship pride and continuous improvement

Benefits

Employee discount
Flexible schedule
Paid time off

Job Type: Full time

Work Location: In person

About the Role
This role is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing a range of industrial equipment, including older/vintage machinery that requires hands-on problem-solving rather than manufacturer manuals. You'll work closely with shop staff to minimize downtime and keep production moving.

Key Responsibilities
- Diagnose and repair hydraulic,pneumatic & electrical systems on shop equipment

- Perform preventive maintenance on forges, presses, hammers, and other production machinery

- Problem-solve issues on older/vintage equipment where parts and documentation may be limited, often requiring creative repair solutions

- Fabricate or source replacement parts as needed

- Respond quickly to equipment breakdowns to minimize production downtime

- Maintain maintenance logs and track recurring issues

- Communicate clearly with shop staff and management on equipment status, repair timelines, and safety concerns

- Follow all safety protocols when working on electrical and mechanical systems

Qualifications
- Proven experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, and 3-phase electrical systems

- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and repair older/vintage industrial machinery

- Strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on problem-solving skills

- Excellent communication skills — able to explain issues clearly to both shop floor staff and management

- Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical diagrams

- 3 years of industrial maintenance experience preferred

- Welding/fabrication skills a plus

Pay: $70,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

This position is fully in-person at our Mountain View, AR facility. Local candidates and those willing to relocate are encouraged to apply. Remote work is not available for this role.

ABOUT URBAN FORGE

Urban Forge is not the average company. We are artisans and builders in the Ozark Mountains who craft heirloom-quality iron furniture and decor by hand, and we bring that same pride in craft to how we run our operations. We are growing fast, investing in new technology, and looking for people who want to be part of building something that lasts.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for a hands-on Production Engineer who thrives where design meets the shop floor. This is not a desk job. You will be designing jigs, fixtures, and tooling in CAD one hour and testing them at the bench the next. Your work will directly shape how efficiently and consistently our team builds products every single day.

This role is ideal for someone who gets genuine satisfaction from solving practical problems, loves making good processes great, and wants their fingerprints on how a growing shop operates.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

• Design, build, and iterate on jigs, fixtures, and tooling that make fabrication and assembly faster, safer, and more repeatable.
• Use CAD (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or similar) to model parts and assemblies for in-house production use.
• Embed yourself with production and fabrication teams to spot bottlenecks and engineer practical solutions, fast.
• Lead prototype development and drive continuous improvement projects from concept through implementation.
• Own the quality and performance of your designs. If it is not working on the floor, you will know it and fix it.
• Own the integration of new machining and fabrication technologies as Urban Forge grows. We are actively expanding our capabilities: CNC tube lasers, CNC brake press operations, mandrel tube benders, and more. This role will be central to bringing those capabilities in-house and making them run well.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Hands-on experience in metal fabrication, welding, or tool building. You are comfortable and capable in a shop environment.
• Familiarity with CNC and machining equipment. Experience with CNC plasma cutters, CNC tube benders, CNC routers, 3D printers, or similar technology is a strong plus. Comfort learning new machines quickly is a must.
• CAD proficiency (1+ year preferred; exceptional mechanical intuition can offset formal experience).
• A mechanical mind that naturally asks why does this take so long and how could this be better.
• The ability to work independently and take ownership, while staying collaborative with the team.
• A bias toward action: you prototype, test, learn, and improve. Quickly.

WHY URBAN FORGE

• 3-Day Weekends, every single week. Urban Forge runs a 4-day work week, which means every Friday is yours. Most companies talk about work-life balance. We actually build it into the schedule.
• Real impact from day one. Your designs will hit the production floor, not a drawer.
• A front-row seat to vertical integration. As we bring more advanced machining capabilities in-house, you will own that process from equipment selection through production readiness.
• A culture built on craftsmanship, care, and continuous improvement. Artisan made. Guaranteed forever. That standard applies to how we treat our team too.
• Competitive pay ($70,000 to $85,000), profit sharing, paid time off, and employee discounts.

YOUR GROWTH PATH

This is not a seat to fill. This is a role to grow into something bigger.

Urban Forge is a growing company, and we are intentional about building from within. The right person in this role will take on increasing ownership of our production engineering, our machine capabilities, and eventually our people. As your responsibilities expand, so will your title and your compensation. We believe that when the company wins because of your work, you should win too. That is what profit sharing is about, and it is how we think about advancement.

Five years from now, the person who takes this role could be leading our engineering, research, and development operations. If that kind of trajectory excites you, we want to hear from you.

Ready to build something great?

Apply today. We would love to see what you have built.

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Paid time off

Application Question(s):

• This position is fully in person in Mountain View, Arkansas and remote work is not available. Are you able to reliably commute to Mountain View or relocate if hired?
• Where are you currently located?
• If you do not currently live within commuting distance of Mountain View, are you willing to relocate before starting employment?
• When would you realistically be able to begin working in Mountain View if offered the position?

Work Location: In person

Urban Forge is looking for a detail-driven Production Scheduler & Purchaser to be the connective tissue between our orders, the production floor and our distribution side. You will own the production schedule and all purchasing of materials and consumables. Working directly with and reporting to the Operations Director, you’ll decide how incoming orders flow through the shop so that production keeps distribution supplied and customers get their products on time. This is a hands-on planning role for someone who is comfortable in a spreadsheet and on the shop floor.

What You’ll Do

Production scheduling

• Review the production queue and sequence orders into the workflow for production to maximize throughput and hit ship dates.
• Balance production capacity against demand so the production side reliably supplies enough finished work to feed distribution.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, adjust the schedule as priorities shift, and keep the Operations Director informed of risks to on-time delivery.
• Coordinate daily with operations and the distribution team to confirm priorities, resolve conflicts, and keep work moving.

Purchasing & procurement

• Handle all purchasing of raw materials and consumables required for production.
• Maintain reorder points on materials and place purchase orders to keep the shop supplied without over-stocking.
• Manage vendor relationships, compare pricing and lead times, and resolve delivery or quality issues.
• Track purchasing costs and delivery timelines, and keep accurate records of orders and receipts.

What You Bring

Required

• A high degree of computer proficiency, with advanced spreadsheet skills in Excel and/or Google Sheets (formulas, pivot tables, inventory and scheduling tracking).
• Experience in production planning or scheduling in a manufacturing, fabrication, or shop environment.
• Experience with purchasing / procurement — sourcing materials, managing vendors, and issuing purchase orders.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to juggle competing priorities without losing track of details.
• Clear communicator who can coordinate across production, distribution, and management.
• Comfortable working on-site in a production facility environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience with ERP, MRP, or inventory-management software.
• Background in metalworking, blacksmithing, or a related craft/manufacturing trade.
• Familiarity with lean or just-in-time production and inventory practices.

How Success Is Measured

• Production consistently supplies enough throughput to keep distribution stocked and orders shipping on time.
• Quick-ship items stay at or above their minimum stock levels.
• Materials and consumables are on hand when needed, with no production stoppages from stock-outs and no excess over-buying.

Company Overview:
Join our dynamic team at Urban Forge. We pride ourselves on innovation, quality, and excellence in everything we do. As we continue to grow, we are seeking a highly skilled Welder and Metal Fabricator with expertise in MIG welding and proficiency in working with stainless steel, mild steel, and aluminum.

Position Overview:
The ideal candidate will work on highly artistic and specialty projects, focusing on precision, craftsmanship, and attention to detail. You will collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and other fabricators to bring complex, creative concepts to life, meeting demanding timelines and maintaining the highest standards of quality.

This position operates on a four day work week, Monday through Thursday from 6:00 AM to 4:30 PM, giving you three day weekends every week.

Responsibilities:

• Perform MIG welding on stainless steel, mild steel, and aluminum, ensuring strong, clean, and aesthetically pleasing welds.
• Fabricate metal components to specification, focusing on accuracy and craftsmanship in highly detailed, artistic projects.
• Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings to ensure fabrication aligns with design specifications.
• Work on specialty and custom projects, meeting tight deadlines without compromising on quality.
• Utilize a variety of tools and fabrication equipment such as saws, grinders, forming machines, and more to shape, cut, and finish metal pieces.
• Maintain an organized and clean workspace, ensuring all safety standards are strictly followed.
• Actively participate in team meetings to discuss project timelines, challenges, and potential improvements in workflow or processes.

Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of metal fabrication techniques, including cutting, forming, and finishing.
• Proficiency in reading and interpreting technical drawings, blueprints, and design plans.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to manage time effectively, prioritize tasks, and meet demanding deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail and pride in producing aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound work.

Join Our Team:
Join our team and be part of a company that is dedicated to excellence and innovation in everything we do.

Job Type: Full-time

Shift:

• Day shift

Work Location: In person