Job Ref: # 7171269
Date Posted: 10/22/2026
Location: Golden Valley, Arizona
Salary (USD): $30 - $40
Description
The Millwright/Mechanic is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and installing industrial process equipment and machinery within a mining and mineral processing environment. This position focuses on maximizing equipment reliability, optimizing processing operations, and minimizing unplanned downtime through effective preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
The Millwright/Mechanic will perform mechanical repairs and maintenance on industrial pumps, compressors, and related process equipment, including Durco, Goulds, Pioneer, Sullair, and Atlas Copco equipment. Responsibilities include rebuilding pumps, performing precision equipment alignments, replacing mechanical seals and couplings, and completing welding, cutting, grinding, and fabrication work. The position also involves diagnosing mechanical failures, conducting root cause analysis, completing maintenance work orders, and maintaining safe and organized work areas. Work is performed in an industrial mining environment with exposure to outdoor weather conditions, heavy equipment, and rotating shift schedules.
Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:
- Minimum of 2 years of welding and fabrication experience
- Experience performing stick welding and wire-feed welding
- Ability to weld in vertical, horizontal, and overhead positions
- Hands-on experience with metal fabrication, cutting, and grinding
- Strong mechanical troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair skills
- Ability to maintain, repair, and install industrial process equipment and machinery
- Ability to rebuild industrial pumps
- Experience performing precision equipment alignment using dial indicators and/or laser alignment equipment
- Ability to install and replace mechanical seals and couplings
- Ability to perform preventive and predictive maintenance on industrial equipment
- Ability to complete routine maintenance activities, including lubrication, greasing, oil changes, filter replacements, and equipment inspections
- Ability to troubleshoot mechanical equipment failures and determine root causes
- Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to identify equipment reliability issues
- Ability to complete maintenance work orders and accurately document repairs and maintenance activities
- Ability to perform equipment inspections and identify potential mechanical failures
- Ability to operate light industrial equipment, man-lifts, forklifts, and vehicles
- Ability to maintain safe, clean, and organized work areas
- Knowledge of industrial maintenance safety practices and procedures
- Ability to properly use required personal protective equipment (PPE), including hard hats, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, gloves, and additional protective equipment as required
- Ability to use respirators and specialized protective equipment when required
- Valid driver's license
- Ability to work in mining, manufacturing, plant, and outdoor industrial environments
- Ability to work in extreme temperatures, including hot and cold weather conditions
- Ability to work in wet and humid environments
- Ability to crawl, kneel, bend, and reach overhead as required
- Ability to lift and carry 30–50 pounds
- Willingness and ability to work 12-hour rotating day and night shifts
- Ability to work assigned shifts and schedules based on operational requirements
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Mining industry maintenance experience
- Mineral processing equipment maintenance experience
- Industrial millwright experience
- Heavy industrial mechanical maintenance experience
- Experience maintaining and repairing Durco pumps
- Experience maintaining and repairing Goulds pumps
- Experience maintaining and repairing Pioneer pumps
- Experience maintaining and repairing Sullair compressors
- Experience maintaining and repairing Atlas Copco compressors
- Industrial pump troubleshooting and repair experience
- Industrial compressor maintenance experience
- Rotating equipment maintenance experience
- Precision shaft alignment experience
- Laser alignment experience
- Dial indicator alignment experience
- Mechanical seal replacement experience
- Coupling installation and replacement experience
- Experience performing predictive maintenance and equipment condition inspections
- Experience conducting mechanical failure analysis and root cause investigations
- Industrial welding and fabrication experience
- Experience performing equipment repairs in continuous-process manufacturing environments
- Experience supporting equipment reliability and downtime reduction initiatives
- Experience operating forklifts, aerial lifts, and other industrial equipment
Physical Demands:
- Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine, outdoor, manufacturing, or plant environment, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and, as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves, and any other required protective equipment.
- Employee is occasionally required to crawl, kneel, bend, and reach with hands and arms above their shoulders.
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 30–50 lbs.
- Ability to work in extreme weather conditions, including exposure to wet and/or humid outdoor conditions and extreme cold and/or heat.
- Must be willing to work assigned shifts.
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