Journey-Level Millwrights
Location
Wilmington, DE
Wage
$40/hr
Employment Type
Temporary
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Posted on October 2, 2026
Job Description
Overview
KODIAK is hiring Journey Level Millwrights and Riggers with recent industrial machinery setting experience for a project at a science and innovation campus in Wilmington, DE. This role involves rigging and setting cooling units, air handlers, and other equipment, providing steady first shift work for experienced construction professionals.
Responsibilities
- Rig and set cooling units, air handlers, and various equipment of all sizes
- Move and position industrial machinery safely with the crew
- Install, align, and set equipment to spec
- Follow all site safety rules and procedures
Requirements
- Journey-level millwright experience
- Recent industrial machinery setting experience
- True rigging and machinery moving experience
- OSHA 10 certification
- Rigging certifications preferred but not required
- Ability to work 5 days and about 50 hours a week
Additional Information
- Location: Wilmington, DE
- Pay: Up to $40/hour (DOE)
- Per Diem: $165/day, paid 7 days a week
- Schedule: First shift, 5 days a week, about 50 hours
- Duration: Temporary project work starting October 5, 2026 through mid-December 2026
How this job compares in Wilmington, DE
Pay in context
At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs across Delaware — toward the top of a $27–$42/hr middle band drawn from 15 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% 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 Wilmington, DE
We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Wilmington, DE right now, from 6 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across Delaware as a whole we're tracking 25 other active welding openings from 18 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Wilmington, or widen the search to Delaware.
The most active employers in Delaware at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sargent & Lundy (4), Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc. (3), and Baltimore Aircoil Company - USA (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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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. Journey-Level Millwrights figures were last recalculated when this page was built.