Millwright

Overview

For over 50 years, Clarkson has been an industry pioneer in the production and supply of identity-preserved grains, oilseeds, and ingredients for food and feed industries worldwide. We work directly with end users to identify, select, and supply hybrids, varieties, and performance characteristics that improve end-product quality, enhance market access, increase process yield, and strengthen client differentiation.

Clarkson’s transparent and fully traceable system connects Midwest farmers to premium domestic and international markets. Through our aggregation and cleaning facilities, corn and soybeans are prepared for final use; cleaned, conditioned, and shipped in bulk or bagged for delivery worldwide.

The ‘Clarkson Way’ is our long-proven approach to serving customers, supporting farmers, and managing quality with care, consistency, and integrity. It reflects the discipline, practicality, and customer-driven problem-solving that have defined Clarkson for more than five decades.

• INSTALLS, ALIGNS & TEST-RUNS EQUIPMENT
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  Ensures grain handling and processing equipment is properly installed, aligned, and ready for safe operation to support reliable material flow throughout the facility by efficiently and accurately assembling, anchoring, aligning, test-running, and making final adjustments to equipment such as bucket elevators (legs), conveyors (drag, belt, screw), spouting, bins, reclaim systems, dryers, and dust collection systems, resulting in minimal start-up issues and reduced equipment downtime after startup.
• PERFORMS ADVANCED MECHANICAL TROUBLESHOOTING & REPAIR
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  Ensures equipment reliability and sustained operational performance by efficiently and effectively diagnosing mechanical issues that impact operation or safety through inspection, testing, and root-cause analysis (including misalignment, vibration, wear, or improper installation) and completing rebuilds, precision repairs, and corrective modifications, resulting in reduced repeat failures and improved overall equipment reliability.
• PERFORMS & IMPROVES PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
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  Ensures equipment remains in proper working condition and unplanned downtime is minimized by consistently and thoroughly completing preventative maintenance activities as scheduled, inspecting equipment for early indicators of wear or failure, collaborating with operations (i.e. Production Operations Supervisor, Plant Supervisor, Operators) to identify equipment concerns, and informing preventative maintenance planning, scheduling considerations, and improvements, resulting in fewer emergency repairs and more reliable day-to-day operations.
  
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  Some maintenance is completed by the Millwright, while other maintenance-related tasks are completed by operations leads.)
• PERFORMS FABRICATION, WELDING & EQUIPMENT MODIFICATIONS
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  Ensures equipment and facility components are safe, durable, and properly configured for efficient grain flow by accurately performing structural and mechanical welding, fabricating custom components (i.e. spouting, hoppers, guards, brackets, and supports), and modifying equipment to improve safety, reliability, and performance, resulting in durable repairs and improved operational efficiency.
• ENSURES SAFETY & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
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  Ensures health and safety protocols and procedures (i.e. lockout/tagout, confined space entry, working at heights, and combustible dust procedures), required safety training, and related paperwork are completed and followed during all stages of production, thereby maintaining a safe workplace with safe work practices and reduced safety incidents.
• SUPPORTS EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY THROUGH COLLABORATION & SUPPORT
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  Ensures maintenance and installation activities are properly coordinated and supported to maintain efficient operations by communicating with operations personnel and maintenance leadership to understand equipment performance concerns, interpreting mechanical drawings and manuals, assisting with parts identification, ordering support, and documentation necessary to support repairs and installations, and safely operating forklifts, aerial lifts, skid steers, and other…