Millright (Can Plant)

Brief Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

Our Waco, TX facility manufactures aluminum beverage cans commonly used for soft drinks, beers, energy drinks, teas and non-carbonated beverages. Using state of the art can-making technology, this high speed environment provides rewarding manufacturing opportunities.

The Millwright, reporting to the Back End Area Manager, is a journeyman-level mechanical specialist responsible for the installation, maintenance, and mechanical integrity of the entire can production line. This role ensures the plant's operating capability by maintaining, fabricating, and testing high-speed machinery—from the cupper to the palletizer—to ensure the sustainability of company equipment.

Essential Job Functions

FULL-LINE MECHANICAL INSTALLATION & UTILITY INTEGRATION

• Machine Connection: Must be able to connect power to machines or hydraulic piping to equipment as required for full-line installation or repair.
• Operational Testing: Responsible for testing units following repair or installation to evaluate and ensure proper mechanical operation.
• Precision Assembly: Read blueprints and technical specifications to precisely install and align machinery using specialized tools like lasers or dial indicators.
• Heavy Equipment: Handle simple and complex heavy industrial equipment including forklifts, scissor lifts, and basket trucks to move and secure large items.
  
  

ADVANCED WELDING & FABRICATION

• Multi-Process Welding: Demonstrate the ability to MIG weld, TIG weld, and stick weld stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum.
• Precision Fabrication: Perform basic structural and sheet metal fabrication to support machine repairs, safety guarding, or structural modifications.
• Tool Proficiency: Skilled in the usage of hand and power tools to perform mechanical adjustments and custom fabrication.
  
  

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT & EFFICIENCY

• Full-Line Maintenance: Diagnose and repair complex mechanical failures across all production stages to ensure the team's success in meeting client delivery schedules.
• System Knowledge: Apply a working knowledge of all automation standard practices to ensure mechanical repairs integrate with electronic controls.
• Inventory & Parts: Use SAP and other inventory management systems to locate, verify, and report the usage of spare parts and support materials.
• Defect Awareness: Stay alert and report any obvious defects in machinery or incoming material that could hinder production.
  
  

TECHNICAL & SAFETY COMPLIANCE

• Safety Protocols: Strictly follow proper safety procedures, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and regulating access to inventory resources.
• Hazard Awareness: Stay aware of possible hazards while operating forklift machinery and working in high-speed areas.
• PPE Adherence: Consistently wear all required safety equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes.
  
  

CRITICAL AVAILABILITY

• Maintain critical availability (on-call/shift coverage) to respond immediately to high-priority equipment failures in the spray or oven areas that halt production or compromise product safety.
  
  

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL ENVASES EMPLOYEES:

• Commit to ensuring the health/wellness of our employees and product
• Ensure the jobs/operations are completely safe to protect employees and to ensure the sustainability of company equipment/machinery
• Ensure the security of the workforce and sustain any client confidentiality requests
• Deliver timely and efficiently without hindering quality of services and work to ensure the team’s success in meeting our client delivery schedules
• Team centered to perform your job successfully while identifying ways to help others be successful too; willingness to learn; works at a fast pace, actively pursues tasks or direction; willing to work extended hours and adapt to changing work schedules as well as assignments; determines what work needs to be done without instruction; takes action to complete additional work that is beneficial to the team without being instructed
  
  

Required

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Technical Experience: Minimum of five years' experience as a journeyman-level millwright in a manufacturing operation.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and demonstrate proactive ownership to resolve issues.
• Strong mechanical and pneumatic troubleshooting abilities, especially in timing and actuation systems.
• Willingness and proven ability to be critically available (on-call/after-hours) to respond to urgent plant-level operational issues.
  
  

Preferred

• Direct experience maintaining aluminum can internal spray equipment and/or industrial curing ovens.
• Certification or strong working knowledge of industrial fluid dynamics, process controls, or burner management systems.
• Experience maintaining equipment used in hygienic or food-grade environments.
  
  

General Skills/Experience

• Exceptional attention to precision and detail regarding timing and mechanical setup.
• Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills under pressure.
• Ability to work effectively with process control variables like temperature, pressure, and flow rates.
• High commitment to safety and food-grade quality standards.
• Ability to work with employees from many different cultures and backgrounds
• Preference will be given to qualified local candidates
  
  

Software/Computer Skills & Experience

• General knowledge of basic accessing information on the computer or entering data in a computer system
  
  

DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Management maintains the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Environmental & Physical Factors

The physical demands and work environment described below represent the activities and surroundings of the position(s). Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Works primarily in a warehouse/manufacturing facility. Daily contact with other departmental personnel. Occasionally works in all weather conditions, extreme temperatures, around chemicals and chemical fumes/emissions, dusty & clean environments. Frequently works with electrical and mechanical hazards. When working with surplus and scrap materials, will frequently be required to work outside and/or in an unaired conditioned warehouse. Continuous use of vision, hearing and speech. Frequent sitting, standing, walking and occasional bending. Will lift, carry, pull / push, and reach for supplies and on occasion lifting (up to 50 lbs.) while performing various aspects of the job. Will need to climb stairs, climb ladders, lift and move objects, requires manual dexterity and repetitive use of keyboard/computer devices/power tools/machining equipment; Wear safety equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes.

Hours / Special Conditions

12 hour rotating shifts 4 days on and 4 days off; Present to fulfill job duties & meet operational demands/support; Schedule may vary depending on plant operational needs thus flexibility is required which may include long days, evenings, weekends, holidays and overtime; Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this position.

Envases Commerce, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.