Maintenance Technician - Millwright

Westlake • Plaquemine, LA

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About The Position

Provide mechanical maintenance knowledge and skills to support preventive maintenance, overhauls, repairs, and maintenance of rotating equipment in the assigned operations unit. The role includes troubleshooting and repairing rotating equipment, maintaining equipment documentation and repair histories, supporting maintenance planning, reviewing spare parts and equipment specifications, developing job plans, and assisting with technician training.

The technician is expected to demonstrate a strong commitment to safety and environmental requirements, use assigned personal protective equipment, report injuries and hazards, and promote continuous improvement. Work may take place inside or in operating units, with potential exposure to noise and outside elements; required PPE may include safety glasses and hearing protection. Occasional travel may be required.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of a formal millwright training program, such as an apprenticeship, ABC program, military training, or an associate degree in Maintenance Technology.
• Millwright certification.
• At least five years of industrial or chemical plant maintenance experience in millwright work and/or related industrial rotating-equipment maintenance.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and a basic understanding of a Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Knowledge and proficient use of precision measurement instruments, such as micrometers, dial indicators, and laser alignment equipment.
• Knowledge of machine alignment, vibration analysis, non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques, rotating-equipment tolerances, and clearances.

Responsibilities

• Follow company environmental, health, and safety rules, policies, standards, and procedures; use assigned PPE and promote personal and coworker safety.
• Report injuries, incidents, and hazards to unit supervision as soon as reasonably possible.
• Participate in and promote the Continuous Improvement Process.
• Troubleshoot plant machinery and participate in equipment failure analysis as requested.
• Perform quality repairs on centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, compressors, and other rotating equipment.
• Maintain and revise rotating-equipment documentation, including repair histories and critical measurements taken before and after repairs.
• Develop spare-equipment status tracking data as needed and report it to unit operations as requested.
• Provide technical information and assist the planner and validator with planning and scheduling preventive maintenance and repairs.
• Review and recommend changes to spare parts stocked in the storeroom and to CMMS bills of material for rotating equipment.
• Review and recommend equipment-specification changes and document approved changes in the CMMS.
• Develop, review, and revise standard job plans for equipment and component repairs or rebuilds and preventive-maintenance job plans.
• Write assembly and testing procedure excerpts from equipment manuals.
• Participate in and assist with training company and contractor technicians.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED