Senior Industrial Trades and Maintenance Expert

micro1; United States; Remote; USD 28,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

micro1 is a data lab that partners with AI labs to train models and evaluate systems. We seek a Senior Industrial Trades and Maintenance Expert as a remote contractor to review technical documents and provide expert commentary on a range of trade disciplines.

You will work ~10 hours per week with flexible scheduling, applying your domain knowledge to help shape real-world data for AI training without requiring prior AI experience.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in industrial trades; journeyman or licensure preferred.
• Ability to interpret technical documents, plans, and schematics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with instructional clarity.
• Strong problem-solving and ability to guide peers.
• Independent and remote work capability with minimal supervision.
• Familiarity with digital collaboration tools.
• Experience creating training or reference materials is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review mechanical installation drawings and millwright documents for clarity.
• Analyze field diagrams, inspection sketches, and site layouts.
• Evaluate pest control layouts, textile production schematics, and lighting plots.
• Provide step-by-step expert commentary with technical justifications.
• Deliver well-structured responses for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate remotely with project coordinators and meet timelines.
• Contribute insights to improve modeled processes from practical experience.

Skills

Millwright interpretation

Mechanical drawings

Field diagrams

Inspection sketches

Pest control layouts

Site layouts

Specialty trade plans

Stage lighting plots

Textile production

Job description

Pay: $20 - $60/hour

Required Skills

• Millwright and mechanical installation drawing interpretation
• Field diagram and inspection sketch interpretation
• Pest control and site layouts
• Specialty trade plan reading
• Stage lighting plots
• Textile production

About micro1

micro1 is a data lab that helps AI labs & Enterprises train foundational models and agents. We provide frontier evaluations and reinforcement learning environments to improve LLM capabilities, as well as contextual evaluations to monitor and improve AI agents in enterprise settings.

Our AI recruiting agent sources and vets domain experts for our data platform that enables rapid production of high-quality training data. Our research spans high-value, specialized domains (legal, medical, finance, coding, etc.), where expert-level data is the hardest to produce and most valuable for advanced model performance. Our pipeline performance system ensures both quality and velocity.

Role Title: Senior Industrial Trades and Maintenance Expert

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Global-Remote

Job Type: Contractor (~10 hours per week)

Schedule: Flexible-you choose the hours and days you work, including weekends if desired

micro1 is engaging Senior Industrial Trades and Maintenance Experts to contribute insights and technical expertise to a customer’s specialized project. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.

Scope of Work

• Review and interpret mechanical installation drawings, millwright documentation, and specialty trade plans for accuracy and clarity.
• Analyze and provide expert commentary on field diagrams, inspection sketches, and site layout documentation.
• Examine pest control layouts, textile production schematics, and stage lighting plots to ensure alignment with industry standards and best practices.
• Answer trade-specific questions derived from real project documents, offering step-by-step reasoning and technical justifications.
• Deliver structured, well-written responses with clear explanations, suitable for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate remotely with project coordinators, submitting expert assessments within established timelines for each document review assignment.
• Contribute ongoing insights to improve the accuracy and applicability of modeled processes based on your practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in industrial trades (e.g., millwright, mechanical installation, textiles, specialty trades, pest control, lighting design), with journeyman or licensure status strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and critique a variety of technical documents, plans, and schematics relevant to your trade specialty.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with an emphasis on clarity, detail, and instructive reasoning.
• Advanced problem-solving abilities and a track record of providing expert guidance to peers or juniors in trade contexts.
• Comfort working independently and remotely, managing deliverables with minimal oversight.
• Familiarity with digital collaboration tools and document-sharing platforms.
• Experience reviewing or developing training or reference materials for trades practitioners (nice-to-have).
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