What are the responsibilities and job description for the Millwright position at Canfor?
The Opportunity:
Working as a Millwright, you know the ins and outs of keeping industrial production machinery up and running. You have a natural ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve complex mechanical issues, and you’re looking to expand your knowledge with a fantastic company where safety and sustainability are the most critical priorities. If this sounds like you, this opportunity at our Sawmill in Conway, SC might be what you’re looking for. Join us and put your skills to use to help keep our modern sawmill running at peak performance.
This is a permanent, full-time position on our 1st shift, featuring a rotational schedule that will include weekend work.
What you will do as a Millwright:
At Canfor, diversity means understanding, recognizing, and valuing the differences that make each person unique. We see inclusion and diversity as essential to our productivity, creativity, innovation, and competitive advantage. Therefore, we strive for a fair and equitable recruitment process where hiring decisions are based on each applicant's qualifications and experience.
Working as a Millwright, you know the ins and outs of keeping industrial production machinery up and running. You have a natural ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve complex mechanical issues, and you’re looking to expand your knowledge with a fantastic company where safety and sustainability are the most critical priorities. If this sounds like you, this opportunity at our Sawmill in Conway, SC might be what you’re looking for. Join us and put your skills to use to help keep our modern sawmill running at peak performance.
This is a permanent, full-time position on our 1st shift, featuring a rotational schedule that will include weekend work.
What you will do as a Millwright:
- Working with a high-performance team dedicated to maintaining all mill machinery including pumps, conveyors, compressors, mechanical systems, rollers & chains, bearings, and hydraulic/pneumatic systems involved in the manufacturing process.
- Keeping our systems running smoothly by performing preventative, predictive, and reactive maintenance. This includes inspecting machinery and equipment to detect and investigate irregularities and malfunctions.
- Applying your knowledge, skills, and experience to troubleshoot issues, boost equipment reliability and implement safe, reliable fixes maximizing production uptime.
- Having great attention to detail to identify and request relevant parts to complete repairs in a timely manner.
- Accountability for assisting in a safe work environment.
- Superior troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience working in a manufacturing and/or industrial environment would be considered a plus. Knowledge of the lumber manufacturing process would be an asset.
- Basic electrical knowledge to troubleshoot and repair machinery components.
- Understanding of hydraulic and pneumatic systems on heavy manufacturing machinery.
- Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) effectively to schedule and document maintenance activities.
- Ability to work effectively in a team, collaborating with other maintenance professionals, operations, production staff, and supervisors.
- A high degree of urgency.
At Canfor, diversity means understanding, recognizing, and valuing the differences that make each person unique. We see inclusion and diversity as essential to our productivity, creativity, innovation, and competitive advantage. Therefore, we strive for a fair and equitable recruitment process where hiring decisions are based on each applicant's qualifications and experience.