What is a Millwright?  

Millwrights are construction professionals who work primarily with machinery and equipment requiring preci sion. Millwrights install, maintain, diagnose, and repair equipment such as compressors, pumps, conveyors,  gas and steam turbines, monorails, and extruders. 

“Precision” is the standard work product of professional Millwrights. These members consistently partici pate in training and skill-enhancement classes to become experts in the use of tools and instruments that  they must master. A keen eye for the perfect fit is a primary asset for millwrights, having to sometimes  work with specifications requiring tolerances to a thousandth of an inch. 

Millwrights can be found performing mission-critical work at coal, gas, nuclear, and alternative-energy pow er plants. Their skills are also vital in industries as diverse as automotive, aerospace, food processing, lum ber, pulp and paper, material handling, mining, petrochemical, steel and alloys, pharmaceuticals, and me chanical construction.