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Associate Metallurgy Program

Our Associate Metallurgy program provides recent graduates across our Reading, PA, Latrobe, PA, and Athens, AL sites an opportunity to engage in direct, hands-on experience within the Specialty Alloys Operations of Carpenter Technology. Participants are cross-trained through 12-week rotations in two areas of expertise — product and process, and research and development — then choose their preferred career path at Carpenter Technology. This model allows participants to have direct visibility to several areas of company processes and helps develop skills outside their comfort zone.

Internship Program

Interns are exposed to real-life work experiences that make meaningful contributions to organizational needs and goals. Internship roles include positions in Commercial, R&D, HR, EHSS, Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations teams. Beyond the challenge and reward of working with Carpenter Technology, interns can expect a competitive pay structure, paid holidays, networking, and opportunities for professional development.

Carpenter Technology provides services to employees focusing on their personal health and well-being. Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides employees support with mental health care, personal growth and training, work-life services, mindfulness practices, life coaching, emotional well-being, behavioral health, and more. 

In addition, Carpenter Technology employees have access to a virtual health program offering Primary Care visits, Behavioral Health Therapy, and Psychiatry to support mental health needs. We also host a wellness day at all locations, providing flu vaccinations, biometric screening, and educational materials for healthy lifestyles.

The Big Cheese

Carpenter Technology employees, friends, and family joined forces with local companies for The Big Cheese, the largest United Way-driven meal packing event in the country. This was the ninth year Carpenter Technology has joined the United Way in packaging meals to help fight hunger in Berks County. This year, volunteers packaged 500,000 meals over the course of two days.

Food was portioned and packaged up at the Penn State Berks Campus to be distributed to local school children through the Weekend Program, as well as food pantries located throughout Berks County. The Reading School District also received a portion of the meals to be distributed to children throughout the school year.

Cybersecurity Education

Carpenter Technology’s cybersecurity team continues to partner with Reading Area Community College (RACC) to support nontraditional students pursuing a career in cybersecurity by offering scholarships and training to students seeking careers in cybersecurity. Through our efforts, we can fund the cost of official certification testing, allowing talented individuals to achieve a career in cybersecurity opportunities that are available at Carpenter Technology and across the industry.

The cybersecurity team has also partnered with Calhoun Community College to establish a co-op program offering real-world experiences to students in the North Alabama community. In addition, the team participates in speaking engagements at Calhoun Community College’s Summer Cyber Camp to encourage middle through high school students to seek career opportunities in cybersecurity.

To develop interest in cybersecurity careers early in childhood education, members of the Carpenter Technology cybersecurity team participate in Girl Scouts events that result in Cybersafety and Cybersleuth badges. Team members routinely speak at local K-12 schools to students and parents to raise awareness about various risks associated with internet use and online social networking platforms as well as safe practices.

The cybersecurity team also provides expertise to non-profit organizations with a mission to combat human trafficking.

Reading Science Center Exhibit

Carpenter Technology was invited to help shape the exhibition space at the Reading Science Center. The goal of the center is to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) throughout the city and the surrounding communities. Employees from across the company came together to brainstorm, design, and build a series of hands-on exhibits that bring the production of our specialty alloys to life. Starting with a blank canvas, the team developed interactive displays covering melt, hot work, characterization, and immersion sonic inspection. To make the story even more tangible, we added real customer parts to showcase the wide range of end-use applications for Carpenter Technology materials. The result is a true passion project, driven by our employees’ creativity, the company’s commitment to the community, and a strong partnership with the Reading Science Center.

Sponsoring ASM Materials Education Camps

Carpenter Technology metallurgist and engineers volunteer their time to organize and mentor students and teachers at multiple Materials Camps through the ASM Education Foundation. The camps, hosted at ASM International headquarters and Lehigh University, entice K-12 students and teachers to learn more about materials sciences and engineering. Students and teachers participate in hands-on, highly interactive, lab-based activities to introduce material sciences and metallurgy, a critical field for Carpenter Technology’s products and processes. Through financial support and volunteerism, Carpenter Technology has supported the Eisenman Materials Camp and ASM Education Foundation for more than 10 years.