Fixed Plant Maintenance Millwright

Musselwhite Mine

Are you looking to make your mark and grow your career with a company on the rise? We'd love to have you on our team!

Equinox Gold is a growth-focused gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, operating a diversified portfolio of high-quality, long-life mines across the Canada, United States, Mexico and Nicaragua. Guided by our core values of integrity, excellence, accountability, and teamwork, we foster a safe, inclusive, and rewarding workplace where a talented, experienced team works together to deliver reliable operations, responsible mining, and long-term value to its shareholders and host communities.

Build your career at Musselwhite — a proven, high-quality underground gold mine in Northwestern Ontario, joining our portfolio through the 2026 merger with Orla Mining. Operating since 1997, Musselwhite has produced more than six million ounces of gold and continues to deliver strong results. We're investing in modern, lower-emission equipment, tele-remote and autonomous technologies, and a structure that empowers our teams to make decisions faster.

We're also proud of our long-standing First Nations partnerships, dating back to the 1992. Backed by the scale and growth ambitions of Equinox Gold, there's never been a better time to join our team.

Purpose

Reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader, the Fixed Plant Maintenance Millwright will contribute to The Maintenance department’s goals of continuing to foster a safe and efficient work environment, minimize downtime and ensure optimum equipment effectiveness through proactive maintenance practices. We are seeking a motivated Millwright to join our Maintenance Team.

Responsibilities include

- Carry out preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.




- Ability to work both on surface and underground on stationary equipment.
- Tasks include laser alignment, component rebuild & replacement, welding, fabrication, bearing
- assembly and setting of clearances, contamination control and asset lubrication.
- Ensure work is carried out in a safe and efficient manner and provide input directed at improving the safety, efficiency and overall effectiveness of the Maintenance and Reliability department.
- Provide input to Maintenance and Reliability improvement initiatives.
- Participate in all aspects of maintenance shutdowns.

Education and Experience

- The candidate must be a Certified Journeyperson-Millwright, with a current CWB welding ticket, or ability to gain CWB certification within one year of hire date.
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience in an ore processing setting associated with crushing, grinding, gravity concentration, dewatering, leach/CIP, stripping, conveying, refining an hoisting.
- Ability to lift, carry and push 50 lbs. with assistance.
- Ability to constantly reach below, above, and at-shoulder height.
- Ability to work at-heights and in confined spaces.
- Strong commitment to working in a safe, socially responsible manner.
- Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, desktop computing literacy.
- The candidate must be a self-directed team player, with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate strong attention to detail.

Working Conditions

- The schedule for this position will consist of 14 days on and 14 days off, 12 hours per day.

Compensation

- The salary for this position is CAD $143,703.00 per year, depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.
- The Company offers a Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), including an automatic 5% employer contribution, with the option for employees to receive up to an additional 4% employer match on employee contributions.

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