Technology, Trades & Food Sciences

Millwrights

Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.

Salary Breakdown

Millwrights

Average

$48,280

ANNUAL

$23.21

HOURLY

Entry Level

$36,750

ANNUAL

$17.67

HOURLY

Mid Level

$46,990

ANNUAL

$22.59

HOURLY

Expert Level

$72,350

ANNUAL

$34.79

HOURLY


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Job Opportunities

Millwrights

  • Millwright Mechanic
    Aerotek    Buckeye, AZ 85396
     Posted 3 days    

    **Job Title: Millwright Mechanic**

    **Job Description**

    As a vital member of the maintenance crew, the Millwright Mechanic is responsible for maintaining and repairing plant equipment in an industrial setting. This role requires expertise in electrical work, welding, and instrumentation, aiming to ensure safe and efficient production by promptly responding to changing conditions. The focus is on preventive maintenance and welding.

    **Responsibilities**

    + Perform maintenance in all areas of the plant on both scheduled and emergency bases.

    + Conduct mechanical repairs on pumps, valves, and heat exchangers.

    + Carry out building repairs and cleaning tasks.

    + Operate control panels to manage process variables such as flows, temperatures, pressures, vacuum, time, and chemical composition through automatic regulation and remote control.

    + Identify malfunctioning units by observing control instruments and responding to automatic warning signals.

    + Inspect equipment to locate and diagnose issues such as leaks, breakages, and faulty valves.

    + Coordinate maintenance and repair work with the production team.

    + Patrol units to ensure safe and efficient operating conditions.

    + Perform preventive maintenance activities as required.

    + Assist with new installations and other projects as requested by the supervisor.

    + Collaborate with contractors to plan and implement the installation of new equipment or systems.

    + Participate in safety, health, and environmental programs.

    + Engage in programs and procedures to ensure plant cleanliness.

    + Execute other duties as assigned by the Maintenance Manager.

    **Essential Skills**

    + Mechanical skills, including conveyor systems.

    + Experience with hydraulics and pneumatics.

    + Proficiency in welding and electrical maintenance repair.

    + Expertise in preventive maintenance.

    **Additional Skills & Qualifications**

    + High school diploma required.

    + Three to five years of experience in electrical or instrumentation maintenance and repair.

    + Understanding of plant operational processes and procedures, including routine and emergency start-up and shutdown practices.

    + Familiarity with industrial equipment operations and care.

    + Basic electrical experience.

    + Experience operating forklifts and manlifts.

    + Knowledge of PPE and Fall Protection.

    + Knowledge in Lockout Blockout (Machine Specific).

    + Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with all organizational levels.

    + Ability to write detailed repair reports and communicate effectively verbally.

    **Why Work Here?**

    Enjoy generous vacation time and paid sick leave, along with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. Benefit from a 401(k) plan with employer match, ensuring a secure future. The company fosters a supportive and inclusive work environment, prioritizing work-life balance and employee well-being.

    **Work Environment**

    The work environment is an indoor-outdoor facility that can be dusty, dirty, and hot in the summer and colder in the winter. The plant primarily produces cow and dairy cow feed. The new manager is dedicated to enhancing efficiency with a safety-first mindset.

    **Job Type & Location**

    This is a Permanent position based out of Buckeye, Arizona.

    **Pay and Benefits**

    The pay range for this position is $52000.00 - $62400.00/yr.

    Benefits

    • Paid vacation time

    • Paid sick leave

    • Medical, dental and vision plans

    • 401(k) with employer match

    **Workplace Type**

    This is a fully onsite position in Buckeye,AZ.

    **Application Deadline**

    This position is anticipated to close on Jul 4, 2025.

    **About Aerotek:**

    We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

    Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

    The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.


    Employment Type

    Full Time

  • Millwright / Combo Welder (Phoenix, AZ) - Austin Industrial
    Austin Industries    Phoenix, AZ 85067
     Posted 6 days    

    **Description**

    Millwright diagnoses mechanical failures and makes needed repairs to industrial mechanical equipment. Duties include providing mechanical support, preventative maintenance, installation, service, repair, troubleshooting and resolution of multiple operating machines within a manufacturing industrial environment. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

    **Responsibilities for this Position:**

    + Troubleshoots, repairs, and installs industrial mechanical equipment.

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

    + Tests, repairs, or installs mechanical units, such as water pumps, fuel pumps, governors, distributors, carburetors systems, brakes, clutches, and other such devices.

    + Replaces bearings, chains, sprockets, and a variety of other machine parts.

    + Rebuilds pumps, cylinders, and various mechanical equipment as necessary following standard operating procedures.

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

    + Fabricates repair parts if necessary.

    + Installation and maintenance of complex machinery, industrial test equipment, compressed air systems, machine tools, wastewater treatment, plating and chemical clean lines.

    + Must be able to perform work wearing personnel protective equipment. Including but not limited to the following: rain gear, chemical protective clothing, supplied air and air purifying respirators, safety harness, sand blast hoods, fire resistant coveralls, hard hat, ear plugs and safety glasses.

    + While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have full range of mobility in upper and lower body, able to reach overhead, able to work in various positions, including, but not limited to, stooping, standing, bending over, sitting, kneeling, squatting; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; working at heights; balance for extended periods of time.

    + Other duties as assigned.

    + Must have TIG and MIG Welding experience

    + Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industries is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

    **Benefits and Compensation**

    We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. **We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)!** To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned .

    **Qualifications Required for this Position:**

    **Education** – no minimum education requirements.

    **Experience** – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

    Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

    Must pass drug screen and background check, as a condition of employment.

    No Per diem will be paid.

    **Austin Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer.**

    _See_ the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) and Spanish (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp\_10\_20.pdf) .

    **About Austin Industries**

    Austin Industries and its operating companies engage in almost every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction. Austin is owned entirely by its employees through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Austin Industries has a rich history. We are one of the largest and most diversified construction firms in the nation. Austin stands on the core values of Uncompromising Integrity, Employee-ownership, Exemplary Service and Excellence in Safety.

    To learn more about our history, culture and operations, visit us at www.austin-ind.com .

    **No Third-Party Inquiries Please**

    This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so ( _i.e._ , payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

    Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

    **Accessibility Note**

    If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the **People Services Team** at **(877) 831-1217.**

    Equal Opportunity Employer

    This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.

    For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.


    Employment Type

    Full Time

  • Millwright
    Tradesmen International, Inc.    TEMPE, AZ 85282
     Posted 22 days    

    **Description**

    **Tradesmen International** is looking to expand our team of qualified Trade Professionals for current & future projects in and around **Phoenix, AZ** . Most positions are first shift with a pay range of **$18-28/hour** based on experience & skill level. If you are a **Millwright** and want to work alongside other proven Craftsmen who emphasize safety, productivity, and superior workmanship, this is your chance to advance your career!

    **Job Scope to include any or all of the following:**

    + Installation, Maintenance, Repair of Industrial Machinery and Equipment

    + Conveyor Work

    + Installing Racking

    + Helping with Set Up, Remodel & Assembling New Conveyors

    + Some Welding

    + General Labor, Job Site Clean Up

    + Moving/Relocating Machinery

    + Shut Down Work

    + Working at Heights at Times

    **Requirements:**

    + Mechanically Inclined

    + Basic Tools for the Trade

    + Proper PPE must be worn

    **Company Details**

    Tradesmen International not only offers consistent work, top pay, and employment opportunities, we also provide a benefits package that is among the best in the industry.

    Our comprehensive benefits include:

    + Vacation Pay

    + Health insurance

    + 401(k) profit-sharing savings plan

    + Incentive programs

    + Tool purchase programs & MORE!

    Tradesmen International is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability

    Click here to visit Tradesmen’s full website. (http://www.tradesmeninternational.com)

    **Recruiter Name**

    Lakedia Thomas

    **Location**

    US-AZ-TEMPE

    **Posted Date** _1 year ago_ _(4/8/2024 10:30 AM)_

    **_Req ID_** _2021-302174_

    **_Category_** _Millwright - Journeyman_

    **_Travel_** _No_

    **_Job Board_** _EV_

    **_Location_** _US-AZ-TEMPE_


    Employment Type

    Full Time

  • Millwright
    Tradesmen International, Inc.    TUCSON, AZ 85702
     Posted 22 days    

    **Description**

    **Tradesmen International** is looking to expand our team of qualified Trade Professionals for current & future projects in and around **Tucson, AZ** . Most positions are first shift with a pay range based on experience & skill level. If you are a **Millwright** and want to work alongside other proven Craftsmen who emphasize safety, productivity, and superior workmanship, this is your chance to advance your career!

    **Job Scope to include any or all of the following:**

    + Installation, Maintenance, Repair of Industrial Machinery and Equipment

    + Conveyor Work

    + Installing Racking

    + Helping with Set Up, Remodel & Assembling New Conveyors

    + Some Welding

    + General Labor, Job Site Clean Up

    + Moving/Relocating Machinery

    + Shut Down Work

    + Working at Heights at Times

    **Requirements:**

    + Mechanically Inclined

    + Basic Tools for the Trade

    + Proper PPE must be worn

    **Company Details**

    Tradesmen International not only offers consistent work, top pay, and employment opportunities, we also provide a benefits package that is among the best in the industry.

    Our comprehensive benefits include:

    + Vacation Pay

    + Health insurance

    + 401(k) profit-sharing savings plan

    + Incentive programs

    + Tool purchase programs & MORE!

    Tradesmen International is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability

    Click here to visit Tradesmen’s full website. (http://www.tradesmeninternational.com)

    **Recruiter Name**

    Lakedia Thomas

    **Location**

    US-AZ-TUCSON

    **Posted Date** _1 year ago_ _(4/8/2024 10:30 AM)_

    **_Req ID_** _2021-304617_

    **_Category_** _Millwright - Journeyman_

    **_Travel_** _No_

    **_Job Board_** _EV_

    **_Location_** _US-AZ-TUCSON_


    Employment Type

    Full Time


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