Millwrights

Millwrights install, maintain, repair and troubleshoot stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment in sites such as factories, production plants and recreational facilities.

Requirements

• Read diagrams and schematic drawings and service manuals to determine work procedures
• Operate rigging equipment and dollies to place heavy machinery and parts
• Fit bearings, align gears and shafts, attach motors, and connect couplings and belts to precise tolerances
• Align and test equipment, and make any necessary adjustments
• Perform predictive and operational maintenance using procedures such as vibration analysis, and repair or replace defective parts when necessary
• Service and repair hydraulic, pneumatic and programmable logic controls
• May do some tack welding and fabrication as well as maintain an inventory of replacement parts