Millwright Journeyman

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A Journeyman Millwright has extensive Industrial experience (including helper training) and is proficient in installing, maintaining, repairing, dismantling, and moving many types of machinery and equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, and other drawings in industrial settings.

Reads and interprets blueprints, layout plans, vendor installation, operation manuals, and other schematic drawings to determine work procedures.

• Ball Mills
• Lube Oil Skids
• Turbines
• Generators
• Hydraulic Systems
• Pumps
• Gears
• Bearings

Dismantles machines using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.

Moves machinery and equipment using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.

• Tram Rails
• Ball Mills
• Lube Oil Skids
• Turbines
• Generators
• Hydraulic Systems
• Pumps
• Gears
• Bearings

Fabricate steel bases for pumps and other equipment.

Align machines and equipment using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs.

Must know optical and laser alignments.

Assembles machines by utilizing bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastens them to a foundation or other structures using hand tools and power tools.

Grind, file, and sand parts to fit correctly, which may include operating an engine lathe and turning machine parts to dimensional specifications.

May use transit and level for equipment setting.

Must be able to set and anchor base plates level and square and properly torque anchor bolts.

Must be able to use drills, mag drills, Hougen drills, and other means to drill and tap holes accurately.

Must know how to use precision tools such as dial indicators and micrometers to measure and adjust equipment.

Loads, transports, and unloads materials, tools, equipment, and supplies.

Performs lubricating maintenance by following cleaning activities and repairing tools, machines, and equipment.

Follow Yates Code of Conduct

Responsible for refusing unsafe work and for carrying out all work by the established Yates Safety Procedures and Work Practices

Report all incidents, near hits, and hazards to management.

Required to wear and maintain personal PPE.

Advise fellow employees of hazardous situations.

Participate in workplace inspections.

Comply with statutory requirements, including duty of care.

Participate in required and assigned training.

Provide suggestions to improve Safety.

Present a mature approach to working safely.

Attend prestart and Safety meetings and contribute.

Other related duties as needed and assigned by Field Supervision.

This is not an all-inclusive list of tasks an employee may be asked to do. Employees are expected to complete any tasks they are assigned.

Level III:

Four (4) + years of heavy industrial-related millwright experience

Level II:

Four (4) + years of heavy industrial-related millwright experience

NCCER “Performance” Millwright journeyman verification

Other verified experiences or certifications with Millwright experience

Level I:

Four (4) + years of heavy industrial-related millwright experience

Read ISO's, Blueprints, P&IDs, and Shop Drawings

Must have the ability to read and interpret instructions and documentation

Personal hand tools required for craft as established on the Yates Industrial Minimum Tool List

Successful completion of required Safety training to include, but not limited to, Confined Space, LOTO, and Working at Heights

This job description reflects an assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This is not an all-inclusive list of functions that an employee may be asked to do. Employees are expected to complete any tasks they are assigned.

Physical requirements for this role may include but are not limited to:

• All weather conditions at varying temperatures
• Work at varying elevations
• Will work in windy and dusty environments
• Moderate to high noise levels
• The project site will contain light to heavy equipment vehicles, small to large equipment, materials, communication equipment, and tools
• Ability to hear bells, whistles, and alarms
• Required to wear safety-approved body harnesses when working at 4’ or above
• Required to adhere to large amounts of standing, walking, bending, squatting, climbing, and lifting
• Ability to talk and hear to communicate
• Will use arms and hands to signal, grab, hold, turn, push, and pull objects,…