Plant Millwright and Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Plant Millwright and Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Client location: Festus, MO

• Hands-on maintenance across a heavy industrial manufacturing plant
• Direct report: Maintenance Supervisor
• Core focus: equipment uptime, reliability, and safe execution

• Read and apply blueprints, schematics, and technical procedures
• Install, assemble, align, test, troubleshoot, and repair plant mechanical equipment
• Service conveyors, hoists, lifts, power shafting, pulleys, and related systems
• Dismantle, relocate, install, and commission machines and mechanical systems
• Execute field fabrication (cutting, drilling, bending, burning, framing modifications)
• Inspect equipment and perform precision alignment
• Safely operate overhead and mobile cranes, hoists, rollers, dollies, and hand tools
• Apply welding capabilities to support maintenance and repair work
• Maintain clean, organized, safety-compliant work areas
• Support production by working assigned schedules

• Industrial or manufacturing mechanical maintenance background
• Welding and fabrication know-how
• Proficiency interpreting mechanical drawings and technical documents
• Experience with hand tools, power tools, and rigging equipment
• Commitment to safety practices and PPE use

• Industrial manufacturing plant
• Confined spaces and elevated work locations
• Moderate to extreme temperatures; fast operational tempo

• Frequent standing, walking, climbing, crawling, kneeling, bending, twisting, and balancing
• Work at heights and in confined spaces; respirator may be required
• Lift and carry up to 100 lbs
• Repetitive hand and wrist movements
• Use of both arms above and below shoulder level
• Ability to hold a position for extended periods
• Exposure to dust, fumes, gases, chemicals, and extreme weather conditions

Safety glasses, steel-toe boots, hard hat, hearing protection, and respirator when necessary.