Millwright (UNION) - 3rd Shift

UNAVAILABLE; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Chugach Government Solutions is seeking a Millwright in New Orleans, Louisiana. The role involves removing, relocating, and installing machinery and equipment. Essential skills include blueprint interpretation, teamwork, and knowledge of boilers and compressors. Applicants must have 4 years of relevant experience and the ability to work in diverse conditions, ensuring safety and efficiency. Work may require physical effort, including heavy lifting. Regular attendance and ability to adjust schedules are critical.

Qualifications

• Must have basic knowledge of millwright practice.
• Must be able to read and interpret blueprints and specifications.
• Requires knowledge of boilers, air compressors, and conveyors.
• Requires 4 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan layouts and rigging for moving machinery.
• Align and balance heavy machinery during installation.
• Perform repair and maintenance operations on equipment.
• Thoroughly check operating mechanisms for defects.

Skills

Knowledge of millwright practice

Blueprint interpretation

Knowledge of boilers and air compressors

Teamwork skills

Effective communication in English

Job description

Job Overview

The Millwright performs activities for the removal, relocation and installation of plant process machinery and equipment. Studies blueprints, manufacturer’s diagrams, sketches, and work order instructions in order to plan layout, rigging, movement, aligning and balancing operation for the more complex types of equipment and machinery. Directs the work of lower grade employees.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Duties:

• Makes floor layouts which include location of attachment holes and machinery and/or equipment location layouts on various assignments and for such moves which involve relocation of an entire departmental section or a portion of a section.
• Rigs, moves, aligns, and balances heavy cumbersome machinery and equipment as indicated.
• Builds structures and rigging as required in the moving of equipment and/or machinery.
• Studies blueprints, manufacturer’s diagrams, sketches, and work order instructions in order to plan this sequence of operations when erecting and assembling components of acid, plating, and sodium nitrate trucks, cranes, hoists, metal stairways, steel balconies, heavy gauge steel racks, partitions, steel work platforms, steel beams for floor supports, etc.
• Installs wall fittings, brackets, etc. which are used for the attachment of heavy equipment or machinery.
• Determines and performs the repair and maintenance operations, overhaul and disassembly of air compressors, high pressure boilers, processing systems, pumps and related equipment.
• Checks to insure equipment is running efficiently.
• Performs periodic overhaul of equipment.
• Thoroughly checks operating mechanisms of cranes, overhead conveyors, hangar type doors, overhead doors, overheaddoors, and door closers, sodium nitrate furnaces, elevators, monorails, and chainfalls, in order to ascertain worn, defective and/or broken parts.
• Replaces defective parts and makes adjustments on cables and/or operating mechanisms.

Job Requirements

Mandatory:

• Must have basic knowledge of a millwright practice.
• Must be able to read/interpret millwright/construction blueprints, sketches, specifications, etc.
• Requires knowledge of boilers, air compressors, and conveyors.
• Requires 4 years experience.
• Must be able to work in a team atmosphere.
• Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation.
• Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain appropriate certifications where such certifications are a requirement of the job.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen in order to obtain required NASA badge.
• Must be able to provide a certified Birth Certificate (with state seal), Passport, or INS Citizenship documents on date of hire (candidate will be sent home if this paperwork is not provided upon arrival on date of hire).
• Must have the ability to communicate the English language, both verbally and written, in an effective manner.
• Must have, and maintain, a valid Real ID driver’s license. Must be able to pass a Pre-Employment background check and drug screen test.
• Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical.
• Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required.

Working Conditions

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed indoors and outdoors. Outdoor work is subject to temperature extremes and inclement weather conditions.
• Subject to hazards that may cause personal bodily harm, diseases, cuts, bruises, burns, dust odors, and elevated noise levels.
• Tasks may be performed in uneven, inclined, hard and soft-carpeted surfaces/floors, cement structures and surfaces.

Physical Requirements

Physical Requirements:

Requires considerable physical effort involving continuous activity to perform assignments requiring lifting, moving machinery and equipment to dismantle and reassemble, climbing, etc. Heavy weight lifting requirements. Involves working with grease and oil while disassembling and reassembling equipment.

Disclosures

Chugach Government Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Chugach will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email [e-mail].

Chugach Government Solutions supports pay transparency and is committed to equitable and competitive compensation practices. Compensation for this role will be determined based on factors including job responsibilities, experience, skills, internal equity, geographic location, and applicable contract requirements. Where required by law, compensation ranges will be provided to candidates during the hiring process.