MILLWRIGHT - Austin Industrial - Chalmette, LA

Austin Industries, Inc.; Chalmette (LA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking a Millwright in Chalmette, LA to install, repair, replace and dismantle machinery and heavy equipment in industrial settings.

Must have 3-5 years Journeyman level experience, a valid driver’s license, and be able to read blueprints, align machines, and work with power tools. This is a full-time position with a wage of $37 per hour.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Responsibilities

• Replace defective parts and adjust clearances.
• Align machines using hoists, jacks, and gauges.
• Connect power to machines and test operation.
• Repair and lubricate equipment.
• Assemble and install equipment.
• Level bedplate and establish centerline.
• Dismantle machines for shipment and install at site.

Skills

Journeyman experience

Job description

MILLWRIGHT - Austin Industrial - Chalmette, LA

Job Category: Craft

Requisition Number: MILLW033195

• Posted : August 13, 2026


• Full-Time


• Rate : $37 USD per hour

Locations

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Description

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

Must be able to install, repair, replace and dismantle the machinery and heavy equipment used in industrial settings.This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities.Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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.


• Repair and lubricate machines and equipment.


• 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.


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


• Assemble machines, and bolt, weld, rivet, or otherwise fasten them to foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools.


• Lay out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drill holes with power drill.


• Bolt parts, such as side and deck plates, jaw plates, and journals, to basic assembly unit.


• Level bedplate and establish centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.


• Dismantle machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.


• Shrink-fit bushings, sleeves, rings, liners, gears, and wheels to specified items, using portable gas heating equipment.


• Dismantle machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, usually performing installation and maintenance work as part of team.


• Construct foundation for machines, using hand tools and building materials such as wood, cement, and steel.


• Operate engine lathe to grind, file, and turn machine parts to dimensional specifications.


• Other duties as assigned.


• 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.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Experience – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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 (e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

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Qualifications

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Valid Driver's License

Equal Opportunity Employer
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