Millwright
Company Background
Alta Forest Products in partnership with Itochu Building Products is the world's largest producer of wood fence boards, specializing in Western Red Cedar and other premium species found in the Pacific and Inland Northwest forests. In addition to producing fence boards, pallet stock lumber, and dimensional lumber, Alta's zero-wood-waste sawmills produce by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, mulch, and biofuel.
Headquartered in centrally located Chehalis, Washington, Alta operates in multiple Northwest rural communities in the Northwest
The Role
The main responsibilities of a millwright are to keep the mill running, fix any breakdowns, and maintain machinery to prevent breakdowns. In addition, millwrights may work on larger projects such as repairing and maintaining cylinders, belts, conveyors, chains, motors, and valves and fabricating new equipment.
Responsibilities
- Practices safe behavior at all times
- Fixes and maintains machinery
- Completes welding where necessary
- Provides carpentry work where needed
- Performs preventative maintenance on machines
- Maintains good housekeeping
- Reads blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures
- Dismantles machines
- Moves machinery and equipment
- Assembles and installs equipment such as shafting and conveyors
- Constructs foundation for machines
- Aligns machines and equipment
- Assembles machines, bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastens them to the foundation or other structures.
- Repairs and lubricates machines and equipment
- Other duties as assigned.