Industrial Millwright - Precision Maintenance Technician

West Fraser

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 36,000 - 41,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Benefits starting Day 1

Medical

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k with company match

Employee stock Purchase Plan

Paid vacations and holidays

On-the-job training

Promoting from within

Job summary

West Fraser in Kentucky is seeking an experienced Maintenance & Skilled Trades technician to diagnose, repair, and maintain a variety of heavy industrial equipment. You will use electronic diagnostics, precision instruments, and a CMMS to plan preventive maintenance and respond to equipment malfunctions on site.

The role requires reading drawings, aligning machinery, and performing welding or fabrication as needed.

Qualifications

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 with fabrication, cutting with a torch, and welding with an arc welder.
Experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Work involves a complete range and wide variety of duties involving diversified and difficult work using technical electronic diagnostics, computer equipment, and a variety of precision instruments; requiring much care to effectively and efficiently diagnose, dismantle, repair, lubricate, reassemble, or otherwise work on general maintenance.
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.
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.