Journeyman Millwright | Princeton, BC
Princeton, British Columbia | Wood Post Manufacturing

Industrial Maintenance / Millwright | Journeyman | Wood Products Manufacturing

Hiring now.

GrizzlyTrek is hiring a Journeyman Millwright for our valued client's wood post manufacturing facility in Princeton, British Columbia. You will keep the plant's production equipment running, from scheduled preventive maintenance through breakdown repair.

This is a local role. You must live in Princeton or relocate there to take it.

At a Glance

Competitive, based on experience

Princeton, British Columbia

Wood post manufacturing

Journeyman Industrial Mechanic (Millwright)

Must live in Princeton or relocate there

Health, dental, vision, life, AD&D;, and travel coverage

The Plant
The work is maintenance at a wood post manufacturing facility in Princeton. You keep the mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems that move and process wood through the plant in running order, and you get them back up when they go down. Princeton is in the Similkameen Valley on Highway 3, between Hope and the Okanagan.

What You'll Do

Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair production equipment in a wood post manufacturing facility

Diagnose and repair drive components, including bearings, gearboxes, shafts, couplings, chains, sprockets, and belts

Service and repair hydraulic and pneumatic systems

Align shafts and couplings, and set up equipment to run true

Carry out scheduled preventive maintenance and respond to breakdowns to keep production moving

Fabricate, cut, and weld replacement parts and guarding as needed

Follow lockout and plant safety procedures, and document the work you complete





What You Bring

A journeyman Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) certificate

Hands‑on experience maintaining and repairing production equipment in an industrial or manufacturing setting

Strong mechanical troubleshooting on drives, bearings, gearboxes, hydraulics, and pneumatics

The ability to read drawings, equipment manuals, and schematics

Safe work habits, including lockout and isolation procedures

A home in Princeton, or willingness to relocate there for the role

Why Millwrights Take This Job

One plant, your equipment. You work one facility and learn its equipment inside out, instead of chasing shutdowns from site to site.

Live where you work. A local commute in Princeton, not a long haul to a remote site.

Small‑town BC. Princeton sits where the Similkameen and Tulameen rivers meet, with lakes and the Kettle Valley Rail Trail close to home.

Advantages

Overtime opportunities based on operational requirements

Life insurance plus AD&D; with critical illness and cancer coverage

Extended health: drugs, hospital, hearing, orthotics, vision, and paramedical including mental health

Dental coverage, including orthodontic coverage for children

Travel insurance up to $5,000,000 per incident

Ongoing training and career development support

About GrizzlyTrek
GrizzlyTrek Group is a Technical Workforce and Indigenous Employment Partner. We recruit skilled trades across Canada's industrial sector and place them with reputable employers offering long term work, fair pay, and room to advance. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and proudly support Indigenous employment.

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📌 Journeyman Millwright (British Columbia)
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