Millwright

West Fraser•Seaboard, NC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves a wide range of diversified and difficult duties using technical electronic diagnostics, computer equipment, and a variety of precision instruments. The Millwright will be responsible for diagnosing, dismantling, repairing, lubricating, and reassembling general maintenance equipment. This includes starting and observing machinery to detect or verify the correction of malfunctions, performing preventive maintenance such as inspecting, adjusting, cleaning, or lubricating equipment, and tearing down, replacing, repairing, installing, and assembling equipment, parts, components, and accessories. The position requires specific knowledge of pumps, conveyor systems, motors, and drives, as well as the ability to repair and maintain industrial equipment like conveying systems and major machine centers such as debarkers, canters, gang saws, and edgers. The role also involves reading and understanding drawings and printed instructions, moving machinery and equipment using various tools, working safely under high pressure, and possessing a basic understanding of line-ups for pumps, sheaves, sprockets, and machine centers. Adjustments to mechanisms, tension on nuts and bolts, and clearances between parts will be necessary. The Millwright will align machines and equipment, assemble and install equipment, layout mounting holes, replace defective parts, and level bedplates. The job requires working rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, and overtime as scheduled or required, and maintaining strict adherence to safety rules and regulations. The company also expects employees to remain current in technical changes or equipment designs by attending classes as needed and performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required
Two (2) years or more of experience installing, trouble shooting and repairing heavy equipment
Experience with the precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, and pumps
Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors
Experience reading blueprints
Experience with fabrication, cutting with a torch, and welding with an arc welder
Experience in a manufacturing environment

Nice To Haves

Experience in Industrial Maintenance including welding, troubleshooting & repairing hydraulics & pneumatics systems and reading hydraulic schematics
Experience performing lubrication preventative maintenance and troubleshooting lubrication related failures
Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
Courses or degree in Industrial Maintenance

Responsibilities

Diagnose causes of malfunctions by sight, sound, or actions of machinery and equipment.
Start, observe, operate, or otherwise activate equipment to detect or verify correction of malfunction.
Inspect, adjust, clean, or lubricate equipment as preventive maintenance.
Tear down, replace, repair, install, and assemble equipment, parts, components, and accessories.
Adjust mechanisms such as feed, speed, power input, or output.
Operate various mechanical and electronic test equipment.
Repair and maintain industrial equipment to include conveying systems, major machine centers such as debarkers, canters, gang saws, and edgers.
Read and understand drawings and printed instructions.
Move machinery and equipment using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
Work safely under high pressure situations.
Possess basic understanding in line ups of pumps, sheaves, sprockets, machine centers.
Adjust tension on nuts and bolts or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.
Align machines and equipment using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers and plumb tools.
Assemble and install equipment using hand tools and power tools.
Layout mounting holes using measuring instruments and drill holes with power drill.
Replace defective parts of machine or adjust clearances and alignment of moving part.
Level bedplate and establish center line using straightedge, levels and transit.
Dismantle machines using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
Attach moving parts and sub-assembly to basic assembly unit using hand and power tools.
Remain current in technical changes or equipment designs by attending classes as needed.
Work rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, and overtime as scheduled or required.
Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment and completing all required training.
Perform other duties as assigned.