
Mechanical Journeyperson (Millwright) - Defiance (Evergreen)
General Motors · Defiance, OH
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Experience asked
- 18+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at General Motors (automotive) in Defiance, OH. Certificates/credentials and scoring in interview will determine your status and pay.
- They ask for
- 18+ years
- Tools it names
- Robotics, Automation, CNC, EHS / safety
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $58k–$84k.
Median of the low and high ends of 37 live postings that list pay, out of 1616 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 108 other live reliability postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (18+ vs 4+)
Typical $77k–$107k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 48%
- PLC 41%
- Welding 34%
- Root cause 22%
- ✓ EHS / safety 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for CNC, Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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- 1
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Full description from General MotorsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Preferred Experience Includes
- ✓Experience with planned maintenance systems and predictive technologies
- ✓Experience with industrial robotics, automation, and conveyance systems
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 indicators
qualifications
- ✓At least six (6) years of related experience as a Millwright or a U.S. Department of Labor Certificate of Completion in the Millwright trade
- ✓Must 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 shift as well as overtime hours daily, weekends 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 ($38.77- $45.23) or Journeyperson rate of ($46.15). Certificates/credentials and scoring in interview will determine your status and pay.
Physical
Requirements
- ✓Quick response to safety instructions, alarms, and signals are a must
- ✓Ability to work and stand for extended periods
- ✓Comfortably wear personal protective equipment
- ✓Navigate a busy environment
- ✓Bend, twist, kneel, crouch, and reach
- ✓May need to lift or carry materials weighing up to 50 lbs. depending on department
- ✓Occasional sitting during certain tasks
- ✓Drive mobile equipment when needed
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.
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Job Description
General Motors has a need for qualified Mechanical Journeypersons (Millwright) You will work under minimal supervision with a high level of independent judgement and problem solving. You should be flexible enough to take on and tackle multiple job assignments in a shift.
