Millwright Mechanic
On-siteSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
Job Summary
Install and maintain machinery and equipment using hoists, lift trucks, hand tools, and power tools while aligning machines, adjusting clearances, and replacing defective parts to ensure optimal performance. Troubleshoot conveyor and conveyance systems, including belts and hydraulic systems, and perform stick and wire feed welding. Dismantle machinery for shipment or installation, construct machine foundations, and signal workers engaged in hoisting loads to ensure safety. Complete required paperwork, housekeeping duties, and job safety analyses in compliance with Metro Group's Health and Safety program. Work within a team of four to five employees in the Operations Shift at our Salt Lake City location, completing assigned work within given timeframes and specifications.
Required Qualifications
- Experience with conveyors and conveyance systems
- Ability to track belts and troubleshoot issues
- Mechanically proficient
- Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field
- Proficient in stick and wire feed welding
- Insert shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts
- Align machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, levels, lasers, and plumb bobs
- Level/ establish centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit
- Shrink-fit bushings, sleeves, rings, liners, gears, and wheels to specified items, using portable gas heating equipment
- Dismantle machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, usually performing installation and maintenance work as part of team
- Construct and/or repair machine foundations using hand tools and building materials such as wood, cement, grout and/ or steel
- Replace defective parts of machine or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts, adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance and replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts
- Ensure assigned work is understood prior to commencing
- Comply with standards and procedures of Metro Group INC's Health and Safety program, including job safety analyses, Risk assessments, etc. Assure compliance of team members
- Complete housekeeping duties in assigned area or project area daily and/or when required
- Complete assigned work within given timeframe and according to specifications
- A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required
- Complete required paperwork
- Perform other job responsibilities as assigned
- Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads, in order to ensure safety of workers and materials
- Inspect rigging to ensure safety and reliability
- Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools
- Select gear such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and certified load ratings
- Control movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chain falls, overhead frames, and other equipment
- Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, and/or around obstacles, using multi-point suspension techniques
- Align, level, and anchor machinery
- Attach pulleys and blocks to fixed overhead structures such as beams, ceilings, and gin pole booms, using bolts and clamps
- Dismantle and store rigging equipment after use
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment ' running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles
- Controlling Machines and Processes ' using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (including computers or vehicles)
- Working knowledge of Hydraulic systems and ability to troubleshoot
- HS diploma or equivalent
- Minimum three (3) years proven experience or comparable field preferably within the Industrial Maintenance industry
- Valid driver's license
Desired Qualifications
- Basic electrical and controls knowledge a plus
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