Industrial Millwright & Fabrication Mechanic

Role Overview

Join our team as a versatile millwright-welder who diagnoses, repairs, installs, and maintains complex industrial machinery and systems across the facility.

A Day in the Life

You’ll move from one challenge to the next—keeping production assets safe, reliable, and efficient.

• Dismantle, assemble, install, or fabricate equipment such as mills, pulverizers, conveyors, crushers, and rotating systems with belts, chains, fan housings, blowers, and motors.
• Pinpoint faults and perform repairs on general plant equipment including mills, pulverizers, crushers, and conveyors.
• Rig, move, position, and set heavy and bulky components using proper load-handling techniques.
• Evaluate whether removed components should be salvaged or scrapped and act accordingly.
• Perform welding and cutting to repair, build, or enhance metal components and assemblies.
• Interpret blueprints, follow verbal directions, and apply original ideas to complete work to specification.
• Apply your craft skills anywhere in the plant as needed and collaborate with other trades.

Tools & Equipment You’ll Rely On

• Typical craftsperson’s hand tools
• Grinders
• Electric or gas welding and other cutting apparatus
• Transportation vehicles
• Overhead cranes
• Oil cans and grease guns

Work Environment

• Assignments may involve heights and/or confined spaces.
• Work independently with minimal supervision or alongside other maintenance crafts.
• Expect a variety of conditions depending on area: hot, cold, dirty, greasy, wet, and noisy.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Valid driver’s license
• Successful completion of a skills assessment
• Willingness to work shift and rotating schedules, including daily and weekend overtime and call-outs for repairs/breakdowns; support preventive maintenance and root cause analysis
• 4+ years of manufacturing and/or heavy industrial experience in a skilled trade

Core Proficiencies

• Equipment troubleshooting
• Machine building and assembly
• Mechanical troubleshooting
• Pneumatics
• Motor replacement, repair, and maintenance
• Conveyor chain replacement
• Hydraulics
• Accurate tape measure reading
• General maintenance and repair
• Rigging and load handling
• Mechanical assembly
• Equipment repair and maintenance
• Equipment installation
• Excellent communication skills
• Blueprint reading

Machines & Technologies You’ll Work With

• CNC Mill (3-4 axis VMC)
• MIG Welder
• Turning Lathe
• Industrial/Parts Washing Systems
• TIG Welder
• Environmental Technology Systems
• Stick Welder
• Refrigeration/Cooling Systems
• Power Distribution Units (PDUs)
• Motor Control Centers (MCCs)
• Diesel Vehicles
• Sit-Down Forklift
• Industrial Controls
• Pallet Jack
• Power Tools
• Manual Lathe
• Crane
• SMAW Welder
• Aerial Devices
• Boom Crane
• CNC Lathe (2-4 axis)
• Industrial Blender / Mixer
• Flatbed Truck / Pickup Truck
• Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)
• Extrusion Machine
• Manual Vertical Mill
• Overhead Crane
• Palletizer
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
• Horizontal Machining Center (3-4 axis)
• Vertical Lathe
• Conveyor Systems
• Forklifts
• Pelletizer Machine
• Sliding Table Saw
• Band Saw