Union Millwright - Off Shift
Howmet Aerospace · Cleveland, OH
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Howmet Aerospace (aerospace & defense) in Cleveland, OH. Design, fabricate, install, modify, repair and maintain machines, equipment, structures and facilities.
- They ask for
- 4+ years
- Tools it names
- Root cause, PLC, Welding, Tooling
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in Ohio: typical posted base $51k–$63k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 139 maintenance technician openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 146 other live reliability postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (4+ years)
Typical $71k–$107k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ PLC 45%
- Team leadership 44%
- ✓ Welding 35%
- ✓ Root cause 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Howmet Aerospace
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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This plant: Howmet Aerospace in Cleveland
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Full description from Howmet AerospaceAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Duties and working procedures
- ◆Design, install, fabricate, repair, inspect, test, calibrate, adjust, maintain, modify, construct, clean, service and lubricate machines, equipment, electrical controls, structures and facilities.
- ◆Diagnose and correct problems and proactively seek elimination of wastes and failures.
- ◆Interpret mechanical, hydraulic and civil drawings and schematics.
- ◆Interface with design and engineering personnel, to assure efficient installations and repairs and to maintain equipment documentation integrity.
- ◆Interpret specification sheets and technical literature for mechanical and hydraulic components for the purpose of installation and/or troubleshooting.
- ◆Mark up prints to accurately reflect equipment current condition.
- ◆Cut, weld, braze and fabricate tools, materials and equipment.
- ◆Perform and document preventive maintenance checks, inspections and repairs.
- ◆Revise and work from prints, piping diagrams, manual and specifications; from sanitary codes and ordinances.
- ◆Determine and obtain required materials, tools, and equipment.
- ◆Repair and/or layout and install, piping systems, associated fixtures; perform automotive and industrial mobile equipment repairs and maintain vehicles.
- ◆Perform blacksmith work.
- ◆Erect and remove ladders used in connection with work. Scaffolding may be required to perform work. Organize and maintain work areas, tools and equipment for clean, efficient, and orderly operations.
- ◆Paint in conjunction with repair work.
- ◆Operate cranes and other power driven equipment.
- ◆Operate transportation and material handling equipment as required.
- ◆Use computerized maintenance management systems to write work orders based on equipment needs, log work hours, document equipment condition and status, and requisition parts.
- ◆Develop, document, write, follow and improve safe work instructions and procedures as well as best work practices.
- ◆Use reliability tools and information systems to collect, document and analyze data and equipment performance to resolve problems to the root cause.
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Design, fabricate, install, modify, repair and maintain machines, equipment, structures and facilities. Perform critical welding such as pressure piping, construction, equipment installation and parts repair. Trouble shoot IOTOV zero energy and make needed repairs to high pressure Hydraulic Systems.
Materials used, processed and handled
Machine parts, equipment, buildings, furnaces, structures, vehicles, packing , lubricants, fasteners, replacements parts, mechanical hardware, air, steam, gas. Piping systems such as hydraulic, steam, air, water, gas, oil, chlorine, nitrogen, fuel, and sewer lines. Component parts such as pipe, valves, traps, sumps, cutting and sealing compounds, lead, solder, welding rods, brazing rods, fluxes, etc.
Tools and equipment used
Machine tools such as saws, drill presses, lathes, grinders, bending rolls, punches, shears, brakes; powered hand tools such as drills, hammers, wrenches, oil cans, grease guns, threading and tapping tools, heating equipment, cranes, all types of industrial trucks, ladders, scaffolding, rigging equipment; measuring devices such as micrometers, calipers, gauges, surveyor’s level, tachometers, hand and powered pipe-cutting tools; vibration analysis, balancing and alignment equipment, PLC terminals, computers, and other maintenance analytical devices/tools/equipment. All types of gas, electric and inert atmosphere welding equipment; manual and automatic welding; brazing and soldering equipment.
Benefits
- •The Company offers a tax qualified 401(k) savings to help you save toward retirement, the current contributions are:
- •4% of your eligible earnings regardless of whether you contribute to the plan
- •Plus, 60% of your deferred pre-tax savings up to 6% of your eligible earnings.
- •11 paid Holidays
- •Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance available after 90 days
- •Salary:
- •Hourly rate of $36.85, plus a cost-of-living adjustment of $4.67 for a total of $41.52 before additional shift differentials (2 nd shift: +$0.46; 3 rd shift: +$0.76)
Must have either a Journeyman's card OR 4 years of applicable maintenance experience AND a qualifying score on an assessment that is administered by Howmet during the interview process.
- •Experience with Pumps, boilers, welding, bearings, and fabrication
- •Heavy Industrial or heavy machinery background
- •Knowledge of lock out/tag out
- •Experience with boom lifts, heavy fork trucks, and other large mobile equipment
- •Availability on all shifts
- •Availability on all shifts
Our Story
Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. Our primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fast