Journeyman Millwright

Hampton Lumber • Darrington, WA

6d • $31 - $44 • Onsite

About The Position

The Journeyman Millwright is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and installing machinery and facilities at the plant site. The role works with maintenance, production, and management personnel to support safe and reliable mill operations, reduce downtime, and improve equipment performance. It also involves using work order systems, equipment histories, scheduling, warehousing, and related maintenance processes.

The work includes inspecting and maintaining sawmill and planer mill equipment, performing preventive and corrective maintenance, responding to breakdowns, and documenting completed work. The millwright must follow safety procedures, including lockout/tagout and stored-energy control, and perform tasks only within their training, qualifications, and authorization. Weekend and swing shifts are available; overtime or alternate shifts may be required based on operational needs.

The position pays $31.09–$43.56 per hour, plus shift differential if applicable. Employees may also be eligible for monthly production bonuses based on plant-site target goals. Hampton Lumber offers company-paid assistance toward medical and dental premiums, mental health coverage, retirement contributions and matching, paid time off, paid holidays, a wellness program, and paid training opportunities.

Requirements

• Industrial mechanical maintenance experience, millwright apprenticeship training, or an equivalent combination of education and hands-on experience.
• Ability to complete required safety and equipment-specific training.
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills and commitment to safe work practices.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings, equipment manuals, and hydraulic and pneumatic schematics.
• Ability to use hand tools, power tools, precision measuring instruments, and maintenance equipment safely.
• Ability to prioritize repairs and coordinate work during breakdowns and scheduled outages.
• Ability to communicate clearly, work independently, and collaborate with production and maintenance teams.
• Ability to document work accurately and recognize when specialized or authorized assistance is required.
• Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to work indoors and outdoors in an industrial environment with noise, dust, and varying weather conditions.
• Ability to walk on uneven surfaces and access machinery using designated stairs, platforms, and ladders.
• Ability to bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and work in varied positions while inspecting and repairing machinery.
• Ability to handle tools and components and use lifting equipment or assistance for loads that cannot be safely handled manually.

Nice To Haves

• Sawmill, planer mill, or other heavy industrial maintenance experience.
• Hands-on planer maintenance experience, including knife changes and setup, cutterhead inspection, feed-system adjustments, and troubleshooting lumber finish and sizing issues.
• Completed millwright apprenticeship or related technical training.
• Experience troubleshooting hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Experience maintaining conveyors, power transmission equipment, and material-handling machinery.
• Welding, cutting, fabrication, and machinery installation experience.
• Experience with shaft alignment, bearing replacement, and precision measurement.
• Rigging and hoisting experience; forklift or aerial-lift training as applicable.
• Experience using computerized maintenance management systems and documenting work orders.

Responsibilities

• Safely inspect, troubleshoot, maintain, repair, and install sawmill and planer mill machinery and mechanical systems.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance and respond to equipment breakdowns.
• Follow safety procedures, including isolating and verifying hazardous energy before servicing equipment.
• Troubleshoot and repair conveyors, chains, sprockets, belts, bearings, shafts, gearboxes, drives, and other mill equipment.
• Maintain sawmill equipment, including de-barkers, log decks, saw lines, edgers, trimmers, sorters, and lumber-handling systems.
• Inspect and maintain planer equipment, including cutterheads, knife assemblies, feed rolls, pressure bars, chip breakers, bearings, drives, and lubrication systems.
• Replace and set planer knives and inspect cutterheads, clearances, alignment, and fasteners within training and authorization.
• Troubleshoot planer feed problems, vibration, lumber finish and sizing defects, conveyors, and chip-removal systems with operators.
• Service hydraulic and pneumatic systems, including pumps, valves, cylinders, hoses, and fittings.
• Replace worn components and align shafts, couplings, bearings, and drives using appropriate measuring tools.
• Perform lubrication, adjustments, inspections, and scheduled preventive maintenance according to equipment requirements.
• Identify breakdown causes and recommend corrective actions in coordination with operators and maintenance personnel.
• Fabricate and repair machine components, guards, brackets, and supports using welding and cutting equipment within training and authorization.
• Install, relocate, and rebuild machinery using approved rigging and lifting methods within training and authorization.
• Verify that guards and safety devices are restored and coordinate safe testing and return to service.
• Record inspections, repairs, parts used, and follow-up work in the maintenance tracking system.
• Coordinate with qualified electrical personnel on electrical faults and perform only work within assigned qualifications and authorization.
• Maintain tools, spare parts, and work areas; report equipment defects and safety concerns.
• Participate in shutdown maintenance, training, and equipment improvement projects.
• Work overtime or alternate shifts as operational needs require.
• Coordinate maintenance work with supervisors, operators, and other maintenance personnel.
• Perform other maintenance-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Company-paid assistance for medical and dental insurance premiums.
• Mental health coverage.
• 401(k) with a 5% annual company contribution and company matching contributions vested over three years.
• Paid time off, including eight paid holidays.
• Opportunity to earn production bonuses.
• Employee wellness program that includes free counseling sessions and financial and legal guidance.
• Opportunities for paid training to support career advancement and personal development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed