Job description template

Millwright Job Description Template

A copy-ready millwright job description with responsibilities, qualifications, skills and pay guidance: customize it for your company in minutes.

Updated By the Career Education Institute Curriculum Team
How to use this template

Copy the template below, replace the bracketed fields and tailor duties to your workplace. For pay, national BLS data shows millwrights earn a median of $65,700 ($31.59/hour); the middle 50% earn $56,390–$81,500.

Job title

Millwright

Job summary

[Company name] is seeking a dependable millwright to join our team in [city, state]. In this role, you will read blueprints and installation drawings, rig, move and set heavy machinery and support our team’s commitment to safety, quality and service.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints and installation drawings
  • Rig, move and set heavy machinery
  • Level and anchor equipment to foundations
  • Align shafts and couplings with precision tools
  • Install and repair conveyors, pumps and gearboxes
  • Replace bearings, seals and drive components
  • Perform preventive and predictive maintenance
  • Follow company policies, safety procedures and applicable regulations

Required qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent or equivalent training
  • Working knowledge of precision measurement and shaft and coupling alignment
  • Patience and precision and teamwork
  • [Add role-specific requirements, such as driver’s license or ability to pass a background check, if job-related]

Preferred qualifications

  • Apprenticeship completion
  • NCCER Millwright certification
  • Rigger and signal person certification
  • Experience with laser alignment systems

Skills

  • Rigging and hoisting
  • Blueprint reading
  • Bearing and gearbox repair
  • Welding and cutting
  • Problem solving
  • Safety awareness

Work environment and schedule

Millwrights work in factories, power plants, mines and construction sites. The work involves heavy lifting, rigging, climbing and tight spaces, with noise and moving machinery. Most work full-time, with overtime during plant shutdowns and installations. Some travel to projects.

Pay and benefits

$[min]–$[max] per [hour/year], depending on experience. [List benefits: health insurance, paid time off, retirement plan, training and certification support.]

Equal opportunity

[Company name] is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law, and we provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Tips for a millwright job posting that attracts applicants

  • Use the title candidates search for. “Millwright” is the clearest; alternates include Industrial Millwright, Machinery Erector, Maintenance Millwright.
  • Show the pay range. Postings with pay get more qualified applicants, and a growing number of states and cities require pay ranges in job postings.
  • Separate must-haves from nice-to-haves. Long requirement lists discourage qualified candidates, especially career changers.
  • Describe a real day. Borrow from our day in the life of a millwright so applicants self-select accurately.
  • Mention training. Highlighting structured onboarding: such as Millwright training: widens your applicant pool.

Next steps

Screen and interview with our Millwright hiring guide, then onboard with the 30-60-90 day plan.

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