Millwright

About This Role

The Millwright plays a vital role in the assembly, installation, and maintenance of machinery and equipment. This position reports to the Foreman and is not responsible for the oversight of other teammates.

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret blueprints, schematics and detailed repair drawings related to construction equipment and machinery
• Rigging, moving, and setting machinery and equipment on pads
• Setting and alignment of baseplates associated with machinery
• The alignment and coupling of machinery and motor shafts
• Adjustment and installation of vibration isolation
• Layout and setting of templates associated with setting equipment baseplates
• Rigging and setting of machinery, pumps, equipment, and process storage tanks
• Align machines and equipment using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, plumb bobs etc.
• Move machinery and equipment using hoist, dollies, rollers, and trucks
• Repair and lubricate machines and equipment
• Assemble machines, and bolt, weld, rivet or otherwise fasten them to foundation or other structures using hand tools and power tools

Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of construction equipment and machinery
• High School or Vocational and or relevant work experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within the construction industry
• Proven ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
• Strong team player with a positive attitude
• Adapts to changes in the work environment
• Follows instructions, responds to management direction
• Hard working and motivated
• Understands the importance of upholding OSHA safety practices at all times
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time, and safely maneuver around the nearby presence of various construction equipment and vehicles, on an active construction site
• Prepared to regularly encounter moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, and a variety of outside weather conditions
• Able to climb temporary or permanent stairs, and ladders
• Able to bend, squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, balance, and stoop, reach on a regular basis
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Nice to have:

• Experience in wastewater and water treatment plants

Benefits

• Group health & welfare benefits including options for medical, dental and vision