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Job Description

Overview

The Millwright position at West Fraser involves a variety of technical tasks related to the maintenance and repair of industrial equipment, requiring strong diagnostic skills and the ability to work safely under pressure. West Fraser is a leading diversified wood products company with a commitment to employee growth and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose causes of malfunctions using technical electronic diagnostics and precision instruments.
  • Start and operate equipment to detect or verify corrections of malfunctions.
  • Inspect, adjust, clean, or lubricate equipment as part of preventive maintenance.
  • Repair and maintain industrial equipment including conveying systems and major machine centers.
  • Read and understand technical drawings and printed instructions.
  • Move machinery and equipment using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
  • Adjust mechanisms such as feed, speed, and power input/output.
  • Align machines and equipment using various tools.
  • Assemble and install equipment using hand and power tools.
  • Replace defective parts and adjust clearances and alignments.
  • Dismantle machines using hand tools.
  • Remain current with technical changes by attending classes as needed.
  • Work rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, and overtime as required.
  • Adhere strictly to safety rules and regulations.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Two or more years of experience installing, troubleshooting, and repairing heavy equipment.
  • Experience with precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, and pumps.
  • Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors.
  • Experience reading blueprints.
  • Experience with fabrication, cutting with a torch, and welding with an arc welder.
  • Basic understanding of pumps, sheaves, sprockets, and machine centers.
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Must be a self-starter who can work safely under high pressure situations.
  • Willingness to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Capron, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia, whose middle half runs $26–$34/hr across 123 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 65% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Capron, VA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Capron, VA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 181 other active welding openings from 109 employers. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

West Fraser currently has 13 other openings live in Virginia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are West Fraser (13), Colonna's Shipyard (8), and HII (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Staunton at $34/hr, Norfolk at $32/hr, and Newport News at $31/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. Millwright figures were last recalculated when this page was built.