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Job Description

Overview

The Millwright position at West Fraser involves a range of technical duties focused on the maintenance and repair of industrial equipment, requiring expertise in diagnostics and mechanical systems. The company is a leading manufacturer in the wood products industry, committed to employee growth and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose and repair malfunctions in machinery and equipment.
  • Perform preventive maintenance by inspecting, adjusting, cleaning, and lubricating equipment.
  • Dismantle, replace, repair, install, and assemble equipment and components.
  • Adjust mechanisms such as feed, speed, and power input/output.
  • Operate mechanical and electronic test equipment.
  • Read and understand technical drawings and printed instructions.
  • Move machinery using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
  • Align machines using various tools and instruments.
  • Assemble and install equipment using hand and power tools.
  • Replace defective parts and adjust clearances and alignments.
  • Maintain current knowledge of technical changes and equipment designs.
  • Work rotating shifts, including holidays and overtime as required.
  • Adhere to safety rules and regulations.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Two or more years of experience in 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 in a manufacturing environment.
  • Basic understanding of pumps, sheaves, sprockets, and machine centers.
  • Experience with fabrication, cutting with a torch, and welding with an arc welder.

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 Murfreesboro, NC

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs across North Carolina, whose middle half runs $24–$32/hr across 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 43% 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 Murfreesboro, NC

Murfreesboro, NC is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 157 other active welding openings from 82 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across North Carolina.

West Fraser currently has 48 other openings live in North Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are West Fraser (48), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (4), and Carrier Global (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within North Carolina, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Charlotte at $36/hr and Seaboard at $29/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.