PRIMARY FUNCTION: To assist Millwright A’s with and to learn the inspection, replacement, repair, installation, adjustment, and maintenance of all mechanical equipment in a major producing unit or assigned area.

Job Duties:

Assists Millwright A’s with the following:

1. Receives instructions covering the scheduled and emergency repair, installation, and inspection work to be done.
2. Inspects plant equipment for defects, such as, misalignment, wear, insufficient lubrication, etc.
3. Determines the best way of making repairs to minimize interruption of production.
4. Advises when immediate shut-down of equipment is necessary to minimize damage or when temporarily continued operation will have no harmful effect.
5. Dismantles, cleans, repairs, replaces, installs, maintains, assembles, and lubricates mechanical equipment.
6. Adjusts equipment for proper operating characteristics.
7. Makes either temporary or permanent repairs.
8. Assembles and aligns gears, bearings, and shafts, involving the application of press, sliding, and running fits.
9. Operates simple machine tools, such as drill press, pipe threading machine, power saw, etc.
10. Babbitts and scrapes bearings as required.
11. Erects scaffolds and performs simple rigging as necessary.
12. Changes, sets up and adjusts equipment as required by current operating conditions.
13. Works with repair crews as directed on emergency breakdowns.
14. Performs all work in a safe and efficient manner and keeps work area in a clean and orderly condition.
15. Performs any other duties supervisor assigns.

JOB QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

High School diploma or G.E.D.  Must work as a Millwright C for an unspecified period of time in order to gain the necessary skills and experience to move into the next step in the progression (Millwright B) and may be required to obtain technical training from an accredited institution.