Plant Millwright – Mechanical Systems Specialist

Overview

Step into a day as our Mechanical Systems Specialist. You start your shift reviewing equipment status, planning inspections and alignments that keep production humming. Mid-morning, you’re swapping critical components, balancing rotating assets, and dialing in installation tolerances. After a quick sync with Production, you weld and fabricate a custom fix—SMAW/GMAW on carbon steel, SMAW on stainless—so the line performs at its best.

By day’s end, you’ve optimized equipment performance and set the plant up for a smooth night.

• Execute inspections, component replacements, precision alignment, balancing, installation, and refurbishment to sustain reliable operations.
• Understand operating principles and a machine’s role in the full factory process to drive optimal performance.
• Partner closely with Production to ensure maintenance interventions fit operating parameters and deliver results.
• Perform joining and fabrication: weld, cut, braze, and solder a variety of materials, including SMAW/GMAW on carbon steel and SMAW on stainless.

Openings in our factories in Moorhead, MN;
Hillsboro, ND; and East Grand Forks, MN.

• Option 1: 2-year technical degree (Industrial Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Mechanical Design, Machinist & Toolmaker, or related) OR fully completed state-approved millwright apprenticeship (non-ACS), plus a minimum of 2 years of full-time industrial millwright experience.
• Option 2:
  High School diploma or GED and a minimum of 5 consecutive years of full-time industrial millwright experience.

• Candidates will be required to take a millwright, welding, and basic skills test.
• Candidates will be required to submit to and successfully pass a Safety Screen that evaluates their ability to execute the duties and tasks defined for this position safely.

$33.78 - $38.31/hr

Dupont rotation of day and night shifts. 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (day) and 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM (night). Successful candidates must be able to work BOTH day and night shift schedules.

• Medical and free dental care available on day one; paid dental; vision insurance.
• Pension and 401(k) with Company match.
• Paid basic life insurance; paid short-term disability; voluntary long-term disability; additional life insurance options.
• HSA and flexible spending accounts.
• Paid time off, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, and paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement, service awards.
• 24/7 employee assistance program with access to eight complimentary visits with a licensed counselor.

• General and mechanical troubleshooting
• Preventive maintenance and inspections
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Mechanical testing and assembly
• Machine safety inspections
• Meets physical requirements
• High School / GED
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Basic computer skills

Complete The Full Application On

• For the Moorhead Factory – Moorhead application link
• For the Hillsboro Factory – Hillsboro application link
• For the East Grand Forks Factory – East Grand Forks application link

Note:

our process includes a complete application submitted through our company website and an in-person interview; no job offers are made without an in-person interview first. You may receive an initial series of automated screening questions via text message; this is not an interview or a guarantee of an interview, but it will help us evaluate your fit for the position.

American Crystal Sugar is an equal opportunity employer.