Mechanical Journeyperson: Machine Repair & Automation

generalmotors; Wyoming (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking qualified Mechanical Journeypersons to support maintenance and repair of industrial machinery, including CNC spindles, pumps, and conveyors, across manufacturing facilities. The role emphasizes safety, problem solving, and independent judgement in a dynamic shift environment.

Candidates should be capable of reading blueprints, fabricating and installing piping systems, and operating mobile equipment such as forklifts and cranes.

Responsibilities

• Follow established safety procedures according to OSHA standards and company procedures
• Maintain, dismantle, repair, and replace mechanical and hydraulic components on industrial machinery such as shafting, motors, generators, air compressors, engines, pumps, cylinders, gears, couplings, linkages, ball screws, high speed CNC spindles, coolant systems and filters, and combustion equipment and valves
• Layout, assemble, fabricate, maintain, and repair piping systems
• Use various hand or power tools for measuring, cutting, threading, grooving, bending, soldering, assembling, joining, and installing pipes, valves, and fittings
• Read and interpret blueprints for the mechanical operation and assembly of conveyor systems, material handling systems, robots, and other automation
• Operate mobile equipment (e.g. forklifts, vertical lifts, cranes)
• Determine loading requirements to rig equipment and material for lifting
• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes
• Fabricate punches, tools, steel rule tools and t-sets to exact specifications
• Plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools or assemblies using blueprints, sketches, or models
• Determine quality of finished products, ensuring defect-free parts, by verifying dimensions, alignment, and clearances for conformance to specifications using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators

Job description

General Motors is seeking qualified Mechanical Journeypersons to support maintenance and repair of industrial machinery, including CNC spindles, pumps, and conveyors, across manufacturing facilities. The role emphasizes safety, problem solving, and independent judgement in a dynamic shift environment.

Candidates should be capable of reading blueprints, fabricating and installing piping systems, and operating mobile equipment such as forklifts and cranes.