Millwright Job Valparaiso area,Indiana USA,Trades / Skilled Labor

Union Electric Steel Corporation is seeking a Millwright for our Valparaiso, IN manufacturing plant. This is an hourly position in a unionized setting and applicants must be willing to work rotating shifts and weekends, as required. Applicants must provide documentation of millwright status.

Responsible for inspecting, repairing, replacing, installing, adjusting, and maintaining all mechanical equipment in the plant.

Qualifications

Maintaining industrial equipment, applying knowledge of mechanics, shop mathematics, layout, fabrication and welding;
Diagnosing machine failure, reading blueprints and diagrams, hydraulics, pneumatic and machining procedures;
Provide a valid Journeyman Millwright card/certificate or equivalent skilled trade status.

Tools and Equipment

Drill press, power saw, chain fall, burning and welding equipment;
Portable power tools, miscellaneous hand tools, measuring devices;
Pipe threading, cutting and bending tools, etc.

Materials

Plant mechanical equipment, repair parts, lubricants, hardware, packing, miscellaneous store materials.

Working Procedures

Receives instructions covering scheduled and emergency repair, installation, and inspection work.

Inspects plant equipment for defects such as misalignment, wear, insufficient lubrication.

Determines the best way of making repairs to minimize interruption of production.

Advises when immediate shutdown of equipment is necessary or when temporary operation will have no harmful effect.

Dismantles, cleans, repairs, replaces, installs, maintains, assembles, and lubricates mechanical equipment.

Adjusts equipment for proper operating characteristics.

Makes temporary or permanent repairs.

Assembles and aligns gears, bearings, and shafts using press, sliding and running fits.

Performs pipe maintenance work: cuts, threads, bends and installs pipe on repair or installation work.

Sets up and operates power tools such as drill press, pipe-threading machine, power saw.

Responsible for Babbitt’s and scrapes bearings as required.

Erects scaffolds and performs simple rigging as necessary.

Refers to and interprets drawings in maintenance and erection of equipment; makes rough sketches as directed.

Changes, sets up and adjusts equipment as required by current operating conditions.

Directs and assists in cleaning up area after repair or installation is completed.

Operates mobile equipment as needed.

Responsible to supervision for maintaining standard stock of maintenance supplies and equipment.

Performs burning or welding necessary for maintenance work.

May burn plugs as required.

Benefits

Competitive wage, medical, dental, pension, 401(k).

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