
Millwright
$28-$33/hour
A Millwright or Industrial Mechanic is a skilled professional who understands the operations and mechanisms of industrial plant equipment and responsible for the routine scheduled maintenance and repairs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Dismantles, installs, troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains electrical and mechanical controls and devices on up setters, shears, blasters, cranes, conveyors, extrusion presses, PLC’s and other related equipment.
- Installs and troubleshoots motors, drivers, starters and IO/circuits.
- Performs building maintenance.
- Installs and maintains electrical devices, compressed air, and natural gas within the facility.
- Performs preventive maintenance on assigned equipment within the facility.
- Applies safe operating procedures during the performance of work.
- Completes written records and maintain logs as required.
- Proper use and operation of materials, tools, and supplies.
- Reads blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.
- Assembles machines, and bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastens them to foundation or other structures.
- Installs robot and selects program.
- Measures, cuts, and bends wire and conduit.
- Drills holes for wiring and pulls or pushes wiring through opening.
- Traces out short circuits in wiring.
- Assists in lifting, positioning, and fastening objects such as wiring, conduit, and motors.
- Performs minor repairs such as replacing fuses, light sockets, bulbs, and switches.
- Maintains tools and equipment and keeps supplies and parts in order.
- Disassembles defective electrical equipment, replaces defective or worn parts, and reassembles equipment.
- Performs non-load bearing, basic welding tasks.
- Cleans work area, machines, tools, and equipment.
Education and/or Experience:
- A minimum of four (4) years relevant work experience in a manufacturing environment the field of Electrical Maintenance or as a Millwright
- Strong mechanical aptitude that will enable safe operation of a variety of equipment and tools.
- Relevant education/training preferred.
Key Competencies
Communication Skills:
- Ability to effectively report relevant data and job specific information as needed
- Ability to provide detailed descriptions through written and verbal communication work and machine conditions and status
- Ability to work independently and within a team with supervision as required.
Mathematical Skills:
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
- Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Computer Skills
- Ability to navigate basic technology including but not limited to use of digital self-service platforms, time clocks, and other systems where applicable.
Additional Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
- Satisfactory completion of Elec-Test and Multi-Craft test.
- Must possess ability to work all shifts to gain exposure to and experience with all maintenance and operational conditions.
- Must be able to troubleshoot and repair by using test instruments, schematics or ladder logic
- Experience with RS Logix/Allen Bradley PLC’s
- Preferred experience with ABB/Motoman/Fanuc controls and robots
- Experience installing and troubleshooting motors, drivers, starters and IO/circuits.
- Thorough working knowledge of lock/out tag/out and arc flash
- Must be familiar with and able to apply the National Electrical Code.
- Must be able to bend conduit with minimal assistance.
- Must be familiar with the use and safe operating requirements of electrical testing devices.
- Ability to interpret and apply written and numerical information from a drawing or blueprint including electrical schematics.
- Weld and apply sound welding principles and safe operating procedures.
- Use a cutting torch applying safe operating procedures.
- Read dials and gauges with a variety of increments.
- Use a level and square.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
• High school diploma, although or general education degree (GED) preferred
• Associates degree in Industrial Maintenance or accredited Millwright certificate or training program preferred
Physical Demands:
- Stand, walk, push, pull, squat, bend, and reach during shifts
- Use carts, dollies, cranes and jacks to transport material if needed
- Must be able to regularly lift and or move up to 25 lbs.
- Climbing ladders and stairs to reach work at potential heights of 30 ft or more
- Navigate narrow walkways, confined spaces and overhead mezzanines
- Tolerate potentially extreme temperature fluctuations impacted by weather and machinery
- Acclimate to high noise and vibration levels in workspaces
- Wear and adhere to all PPE guidelines including hard hats, protective eye wear, ear plugs, and approved footwear with metatarsal and steel toe safeguards.
- Comfortable working in confined work environments