Job Description

Overview

Heartland Fabrication, LLC located in Brownsville, Pennsylvania offers a unique opportunity for a Mechanic - Millwright to maintain a variety of equipment within the facility, including inspecting, diagnosing, fixing, and rebuilding as necessary while implementing preventative maintenance practices.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment failure and carry out repairs.
  • Work around and in close proximity of operating equipment to diagnose suspected probable failures.
  • Conduct regular preventive maintenance to reduce downtime.
  • Install and dismantle machinery and equipment according to plans, involving working at heights and using mobile equipment.
  • Determine parts required for repairs and replacement.
  • Operate mobile equipment used in the repair, installation, or fabrication of equipment including lathes, welders, milling machines, drills, grinders, hammers, wrenches, blow torches, and other power tools.
  • Inspect, remove, and replace drive components such as bearings, couplings, sheaves, reducers, and gearboxes.
  • Inspect, remove, and replace pumps, compressors, valves, etc.
  • Inspect, remove, repair, and replace conveyor systems, screws, air slides, belts, elevators, pneumatic systems, and chains.
  • Maintain and repair dust collector systems.
  • Rebuild equipment including compressors, gearing carriers, housings, coal mill assemblies, and reducers.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in the marine or steel fabrication industry.
  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • Ability to work well under minimal supervision.

Additional Information

  • Must be able to work in both indoor and outdoor environments and in all types of weather conditions.
  • Interaction with other crew employees, supervisors, and client personnel.
  • Working in plant and/or shop areas around production machinery with extreme noise levels.
  • Proper personal protective equipment is required at all times.

Benefits

Vision

How this job compares in West Brownsville, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 25% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $24–$34/hr middle band drawn from 168 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in West Brownsville, PA

West Brownsville, PA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 315 other active welding openings from 206 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

HEARTLAND FABRICATION currently has 1 other opening live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (15), Aerotek (11), and Hanwha Philly Shipyard (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $32/hr, York at $27/hr, and Lancaster at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanic- Millwright figures were last recalculated when this page was built.