
Mechanical Journeyperson (Millwright)
Kansas City, KSJob$46.33/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Mechanical Journeyperson (Millwright) maintains and repairs industrial machinery, hydraulic components, and piping systems; operates machine tools and mobile equipment; and fabricates tools and assemblies. Applicants need six years of related millwright experience or a U.S. Department of Labor Certificate of Completion in a Millwright trade. The role requires flexible shift availability, overtime, and the ability to meet physical demands. GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship.
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Full job description
Primary Responsibilities: - Follow established safety procedures according to OSHA standards and company procedures - Maintain, dismantle, repair, and replace mechanical and hydraulic components (e. g. bearings, seals, details, carriers, etc.) on industrial machinery such as shafting, motors, generators, air compressors, engines, pumps, cylinders, gears, couplings, linkages, ball screws, high speed CNC spindles, coolant systems and filters, and combustion equipment and valves - Layout, assemble, fabricate, maintain, and repair piping systems - Use various hand or power tools for measuring, cutting, threading, grooving, bending, soldering, assembling, joining, and installing pipes, valves, and fittings - Read and interpret blueprints for the mechanical operation and assembly of conveyor systems, material handling systems, robots, and other automation - Operate mobile equipment (e.g. forklifts, vertical lifts, cranes) - Determine loading requirements to rig equipment and material for lifting - Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes - Fabricate punches, tools, steel rule tools and t-sets to exact specifications - Plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools or assemblies using blueprints, sketches, or models - Determine quality of finished products, ensuring defect-free parts, by verifying dimensions, alignment, and clearances for conformance to specifications using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicator Primary Responsibilities: - Follow established safety procedures according to OSHA standards and company procedures - Maintain, dismantle, repair, and replace mechanical and hydraulic components (e. g. bearings, seals, details, carriers, etc.) on industrial machinery such as shafting, motors, generators, air compressors, engines, pumps, cylinders, gears, couplings, linkages, ball screws, high speed CNC spindles, coolant systems and filters, and combustion equipment and valves - Layout, assemble, fabricate, maintain, and repair piping systems - Use various hand or power tools for measuring, cutting, threading, grooving, bending, soldering, assembling, joining, and installing pipes, valves, and fittings - Read and interpret blueprints for the mechanical operation and assembly of conveyor systems, material handling systems, robots, and other automation - Operate mobile equipment (e.g. forklifts, vertical lifts, cranes) - Determine loading requirements to rig equipment and material for lifting - Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes - Fabricate punches, tools, steel rule tools and t-sets to exact specifications - Plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools or assemblies using blueprints, sketches, or models - Determine quality of finished products, ensuring defect-free parts, by verifying dimensions, alignment, and clearances for conformance to specifications using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicator Interested individuals must meet the following minimum qualifications: - At least six (6) years of related experience as a Millwright or a U.S. Department of Labor Certificate of Completion in a Millwright tradeMust be able to satisfactorily complete the General Motors hiring process requirements which includes comprehensive assessments, drug testing, and a background check At least 18 years of age Eligible to work in the United States Must be willing to work flexible shift hours and day, afternoon, or night shifts as well as overtime hours daily, weekend and holidays on those shifts with little notice GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU NEED OR WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP TO WORK OR TO REMAIN EMPLOYED AT GM (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.). If you are a current GM employee operating under a collective bargaining agreement, please contact your local HR/LR for employee placement opportunities. ***This position may be filled with a Journeyperson or Journeyperson In Training, the compensation ranges for a JIT include ($38.92 - 45.40) or Journeyperson rate of ($46.33). Certificates/credentials and scoring in interview will determine your status and pay.*****Physical Requirements:**Quick response to safety instructions, alarms, and signals are a mustAbility to work and stand for extended periodsComfortably wear personal protective equipmentNavigate a busy environmentBend, twist, kneel, crouch, and reachMay need to lift or carry materials weighing up to 50 lbs. depending on departmentOccasional sitting during certain tasksDrive mobile equipment when neededGeneral Motors UAW hourly employment offers a very competitive compensation and benefit package. An annual incentive payout is also available, as qualified. Relocation and travel expenses will be the responsibility of the applicant. Please note -- per the labor agreement between GM and the UAW, GM may share information and documentation relating to the credentials of applicants for this position (e.g., resumes, journeyperson cards, interview notes, certificates, etc.) with UAW personnel who have a need to know as part of their role on the UAW skilled trades team.
How this job compares
Set against the 847 open Machinist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$46.33/hr
- US median$27–35/hr389 hourly ranges
This rate, $46.33/hr, is 47% above the US median midpoint ($32/hr) — in the top quarter of Machinist hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 13 open Machinist jobs in Kansas and 847 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- SpaceX48 open
- Parker Hannifin Corporation23 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience — more than three in four Machinist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 558 postings).
- Education
- 4 of the 847 open Machinist jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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