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Millwright Journeyperson - Fort Worth CCA

General Motors · Roanoke, TX

Level
Technician
Team
Reliability
Experience asked
18+ years
Industry
Automotive
Posted
9 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A technician-level reliability role at General Motors (automotive) in Roanoke, TX.

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 1786 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Texas plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 159 other live reliability postings in Texas.

Experience asked
More than usual (18+ vs 3+)

Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Team leadership 50%
  • PLC 33%
  • Welding 28%
  • Root cause 26%

✓ = 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.

It asks for 18+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Off-shift / weekend coverage

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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

  • ✓U.S. Department of Labor Completion of Apprenticeship Certificate in Mechanical trade (millwright, pipefitter, toolmaker, machine repair) or eight (8) years of documented experience in a Mechanical trade
  • ✓Must be able to satisfactorily complete the General Motors hiring process

requirements

which include comprehensive assessments, hair 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.

Relocation and travel expenses will be the responsibility of the applicant.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).

This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis.

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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Job Description

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

Onsite: This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Fort Worth, TX on a full-time basis.

General Motors has a need for qualified 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.

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