CANADIAN RED SEAL MILLWRIGHT CREW WANTED - Night Shift & Weekend Maintenance Team
Location: North Carolina, Virginia USA
Positions Available: 4–10 Millwrights (Crew Preferred)
Shift: Nights & Weekends
Housing Provided
Compensation
- $45-$55+ USD/hour depending on experience
- Night shift premium
- Weekend premium
- Overtime opportunities available
- Paid holidays and vacation
Schedule Options
Examples:
- Thursday–Sunday, 12-hour shifts
- Friday–Monday, 12-hour shifts
- 7-on / 7-off rotation
- 14-on / 14-off rotation for traveling employees
Why This Role?
Our maintenance team supports a high-production Southern Yellow Pine lumber operation during nights and weekends when major maintenance, repairs, and capital projects can be completed with minimal production disruption.
Responsibilities
- Preventive and predictive maintenance
- Emergency breakdown response
- Precision alignment
- Bearing and gearbox replacement
- Hydraulic and pneumatic repairs
- Welding and fabrication
- Conveyor and material handling systems
- Sawmill, planer mill, and dry kiln maintenance
- Capital project installations
What We Provide
✔ Furnished company housing
✔ Utilities included
✔ Stable year-round employment
✔ Modern maintenance shop
✔ Tool allowance
✔ Relocation assistance
✔ Visa sponsorship support
✔ Opportunity to bring an existing crew
Ideal Candidate
- Red Seal Industrial Mechanic (Millwright)
- 5+ years industrial experience in lumber manufacturing.
- Comfortable working independently
- Detail oriented
- Leadership skills
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Safety-focused
- Interested in long-term employment
Existing Crews Welcome
If you currently work with a team of millwrights and want to relocate together, we encourage group applications. Leadership opportunities are available for experienced crew leads and supervisors.
Pay: $32.50-$40.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
Application question(s):
- Are you currently living in Canada?
- Are you a Canadian citizen authorized to work in Canada
- Are you willing to relocate to the United States for full time millwright work?
- Do you have Red Seal Industrial Mechanic/Millwright certification?
- Do you have sawmill, planer mill, lumber manufacturing or heavy industrial experience?
- Do you need U.S. work authorization, visa sponsorship, or immigration assistance?
- Are you interested in a rotating schedule where you can travel back and forth from U.S. to Canada?
Work Location: On the road
