Millwright Lead

Leverage Mechanical Services; Louisiana (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Leverage Mechanical Services seeks a Millwright Lead to direct large crews on new construction and maintenance projects, ensuring safety, team development, and accountability. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, installation, alignment, dismantling, repair and ongoing maintenance of industrial machinery for reliability and uptime.

The role requires extensive millwright experience, supervisory capability, and TWIC eligibility, with strong mechanical and record-keeping skills.

Qualifications

• US work authorization required.

Responsibilities

• Manage large-scale crews on new construction and maintenance.

Skills

US work authorisation

Millwright experience/supervision

Led project & turnaround work

TWIC

Troubleshooting & repair

Precision measuring instruments

Computerized record-keeping

Education

High school diploma or GED

TWIC (as eligibility)

Tools

None

Job description

Description

Job Summary:

The Millwright Lead will manage large-scale crews that execute critical work related to new construction and maintenance. They will facilitate team development and the growth of employee commitment and ownership while holding employees accountable. Additionally, the Millwright Lead will be responsible for providing safety training, coaching, team development, and performance management to the team. They will also be responsible for troubleshooting, installing, aligning, dismantling, repairing, and maintaining industrial machinery and mechanical equipment for improved reliability and uptime.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Manage large-scale crews that execute critical work related to new construction and maintenance.
• Facilitate team development and growth of employee commitment and ownership while holding employees accountable
• Provide safety training to new crew members, coaching, team development, and performance management.
• Adhere to all facility safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Actively participate in safety programs
• Help meet or exceed production, waste, and quality.
• Communicate with operations associates to identify and prioritize maintenance needs.
• Flexible work schedule, on-call, weekends, overtime, and holidays
• Working in high and/or confined spaces
• Performing tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours per day in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment
• Data entry and completing/generating reports.
• Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle, repair, and maintain industrial machinery and mechanical equipment for improved reliability and uptime.

Requirements

Essential qualifications:

• US work authorization
• 5-10 years of Millwright Experience or Supervision experience
• Led project & turnaround work
• High school diploma or GED
• Able to obtain a TWIC
• Experience installing, troubleshooting, & repairing industrial equipment
• Familiar with precision measuring instruments
• Basic knowledge of using computers for record-keeping

Working conditions:

The Millwright Lead may work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment. They may be required to work in high and/or confined spaces. They may need to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours per day. The work schedule may include flexible work hours, on-call, weekends, overtime, and holidays.

Physical requirements:

The Millwright Lead may be required to perform physical tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours per day in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment. They may also need to work in high and/or confined spaces.

Preferred qualifications:

• 10+ years of industrial mechanical maintenance experience
• 10+ years of supervision
• Experience with the precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, pumps & lubrication
• Experience with using precision measuring tools

What Will Put You Ahead:

• Millwright NCCER Certification
• Basic Equipment Vibration Analysis
• A current TWIC
• Up-to-date Basic Plus
• Experience in reading mechanical & structural drawings.

Leverage Mechanical Services is an equal opportunity employer prohibiting discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by law. This policy applies to all employment practices, including hiring, promotion, termination, compensation, and training. Hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.