Summary of Primary Functions: The Millwright Superintendent manages Millwright crews on large-scale projects and maintains communication with clients and project coordinators. They are responsible for overseeing daily job site operations, ensuring that the company, employee, and customer needs are met. The superintendent utilizes available resources efficiently, while prioritizing safety, effectiveness, and efficiency in all aspects of the project.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
All employees are required to follow all Safety and Quality rules and processes to ensure a safe working environment, and the production of high-quality products. Duties and responsibilities for our Millwright Superintendents include, but are not limited to:
Oversee and manage all mechanical crews on the project, ensuring work is completed according to safety codes, specifications, and industry standards.- Coordinate daily operations and workflows, ensuring tasks are delegated appropriately and executed on schedule.
- Review and approve timesheets, ensuring accurate reporting of hours worked and project progress.
- Act as the primary point of contact between the project teams, clients, and project coordinators, facilitating clear communication and addressing any issues or concerns that arise.
- Monitor project progress and adjust to ensure timely and cost-effective completion of mechanical work.
- Provide regular reports on project status, including timelines, milestones, and any potential delays or complications.
- Ensure all necessary materials, tools, and equipment are available and organized for the crew to work efficiently.
- Enforce safety regulations and ensure all work complies with health and safety standards.
- Resolve conflicts or issues between crew members, ensuring a positive and productive work environment.
- Troubleshoot, install, maintain, and repair machinery and equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, and other technical drawings in industrial settings.
- Perform precise alignments on motors, gearboxes, and rollers.
- Operate mobile equipment such as forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes safely and efficiently.
- Install, maintain, and repair machinery and equipment based on layout plans, blueprints, and technical drawings in industrial environments.
- Maintain and repair conveyor systems.
- Perform mechanical alignments on motors, gearboxes, rollers, and other equipment to ensure proper function.
- Operate and manage mobile equipment including forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes to transport and position machinery and parts.
- Weld and use cutting torches to fabricate, modify, or repair metal components as needed.
- Use precision instruments to align, measure, and adjust equipment to meet installation or operational requirements.
- Utilize power tools such as saws, drills, and grinders for various tasks in installation and repair processes.
- Employ both standard and metric hand tools, including wrenches, sockets, allen keys, and taps, to perform mechanical tasks efficiently.
- Troubleshoot mechanical issues promptly and accurately, ensuring minimal downtime and maintaining project timelines.
Contacts (Internal and External): Internal and External.
Work of Others: Millwrights on site.
Job Specifications or Qualifications:
Education: High School Diploma preferred but not required.
Certifications: 30-hour Construction OSHA required. NCCER is preferred but not required.
Experience and Qualifications:
- 30-hour Construction OSHA required. NCCER is preferred but not required.
- 4 + years of experience in a Millwright Supervision role is required.
- 6+ years of hands-on experience as a Millwright is required.
- Experience with heavy equipment installation of an Autostore and/or in EV battery settings is highly desirable.
Key Competencies:
- Rigging Experience
- Advanced Mechanical Knowledge: In-depth understanding of machinery, equipment installation, and mechanical systems.
- Precision Installation Skills: Extensive experience with the precise installation, alignment, and assembly of machinery and mechanical systems.
- Troubleshooting & Diagnostics: Advanced ability to quickly identify and resolve mechanical issues with equipment and systems.
- Heavy Equipment Operation: Proficient in operating and overseeing the use of cranes, hoists, and other heavy machinery.
- Welding & Fabrication: Expertise in welding, cutting, and fabricating metal parts when needed for repairs or installations.
- Project Management: Ability to manage multiple tasks and crews while ensuring work progresses according to schedule and budget.
- Safety Compliance & Hazard Identification: Strong understanding of safety standards and regulations, with the ability to enforce them on-site.
- Materials & Resource Coordination: Experienced in managing materials, tools, and equipment for large projects, ensuring timely availability.
- Structural & Mechanical Installation: In-depth knowledge of structural and mechanical installations, including pumps, conveyors, and industrial systems.
- Leadership & Crew Supervision: Proven ability to lead and mentor millwrights, providing guidance and ensuring the team’s efficiency.
- Strong Communication Skills: Effective in conveying technical information to team members and coordinating with other departments or contractors.
- Client-Facing Communication: Comfortable interacting with clients, addressing project progress, and resolving concerns when necessary.
- Rigging Expertise: Skilled in rigging practices for moving and installing heavy or oversized machinery and equipment.
- Troubleshooting Advanced Systems: Experience diagnosing issues in complex systems, such as hydraulics, pneumatics, and automated machinery.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continually required to sit, use hands, talk, and hear; will also be required to stand, walk, climb, stoop/kneel; seldomly required to drive. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds or more with assistance.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
This position is a traveling indoor/outdoor position and will continually face adverse working conditions in the field and will be exposed to dirt, noise, fumes, heat, cold, etc.
Travel Required: 100%
This job description is not a contract for employment. Employment with Beck & Pollitzer USA is at will and may be terminated by either party at any time, with or without cause or notice, in accordance with applicable law.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. If you require assistance or accommodation to complete a job application, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected] or by calling (864) 574-6551.
