Millwright

Millwright

Location: LaPlace, LA

Competitive Pay:This position offers an hourly wage ranging from $25.00/hr.to $35/hr., depending on experience and qualifications.

Position Summary:

Under general supervision, installs machinery and equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, and other drawings in industrial establishment or at customer locations, using hoists, lift trucks, hand tools, and power tools. Inspect work progress, equipment, or sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.

Essential Functions:

Replace defective parts of machine or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.

• Align machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs.

• Connect power unit to machines or steam piping to equipment, and test unit to evaluate its mechanical operation.

• Assemble and install equipment, using hand tools and power tools.

• Position steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment, using blueprints and schematic drawings, to determine work procedures.

• Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate and align unit to centerline.

• Insert shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.

• Move machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attach moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.

• Repair and lubricate machines and equipment.

• Maintain daily timecards/time keeping

• Complete safety surveys, check lists

• Identify hazards

• Identify required materials

• Give directions to employees regarding start time, location, PPE and compliant with site requirements.

• Identify proper skill set per assigned task.

• Drive/ Drive other employees

• Maintain progression of job, attend customer meetings

• Submit change orders

• Identify consumables/ supplies.

• Verify receipt of materials/ complete check lists.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

• Ability to determine the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.