Industrial millwright with 12 years installing, aligning and rebuilding rotating equipment in paper and steel mills. Specializes in laser shaft alignment, gearbox rebuilds and vibration analysis, and extended mean time between failures on a paper machine's critical drives from 7 to 16 months.
Experience
Millwright, Northwoods Paper Mill (Green Bay, WI)
Apr 2018 – Present
Rebuild gearboxes, pumps and dryer section bearings on a 300-ton-per-day paper machine during planned outages
Introduced laser alignment and soft-foot checks on 40 critical drives, raising MTBF from 7 to 16 months
Collect route-based vibration data with an SKF analyzer and flag bearing faults an average of 5 weeks before failure
Planned and led a 72-hour outage rebuild of the press section, finishing 8 hours ahead of schedule
Apprentice Millwright, Lakefront Steel (Gary, IN)
Jun 2014 – Mar 2018
Installed and leveled conveyors, roll stands and hydraulic units on a hot strip mill
Precision-set 14 new motors and couplings to within 0.002 in. using dial indicators
Education
4-Year Millwright Apprenticeship, Millwright Training Fund (Indiana) (Jun 2014 – May 2018)
Skills
Certifications: NCCER Millwright, Vibration Analyst Category I (ISO 18436-2), OSHA 10 General Industry, forklift and overhead crane
Mechanical: laser and dial indicator alignment, bearing and seal replacement, gearbox rebuilds, hydraulics
A strong Millwright resume shows the licences you hold, the equipment and systems you work on, and how your work improved safety, uptime, quality or output. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Certifications
Experience
Skills
Education
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
Blueprint and schematic reading
Licences and trade certifications
Safety compliance (OSHA, NFPA 70E, LOTO)
Troubleshooting and diagnostics
Preventive maintenance
PLCs and controls
Precision measurement and GD&T
Welding and fabrication
CMMS (Maximo, Fiix, UpKeep)
Lean manufacturing and 5S
Example bullet points
Rebuilt the PM schedule for 14 injection molders in Fiix, cutting unplanned downtime from 9% to 4% in six months
Passed 3G and 4G AWS D1.1 bend tests and held a weld reject rate under 1% on structural steel
Wired 120 kVA of new service and panels to NEC 2023 with zero failed inspections across 30 commercial jobs
Tips from recruiters
Put licences and certifications near the top with the issuing body, state and number of hours or expiry date where relevant.
Name the machines, controls and processes you know (Haas, Fanuc, Allen-Bradley, GTAW) because hiring managers and ATS filters search for them.
Quantify safety and quality as well as output: incident-free hours, scrap, rework and inspection pass rates all count.
Recommended templates
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Compact (ATS-friendly): Dense single column that fits long histories
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Millwright resume FAQ
What should a Millwright resume include?
A Millwright resume should show the licences you hold, the equipment and systems you work on, and how your work improved safety, uptime, quality or output. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Certifications, Experience, Skills and Education. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a Millwright?
Classic, Compact and Modern work well for Millwright roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Millwright resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a Millwright put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Millwright roles are Blueprint and schematic reading, Licences and trade certifications, Safety compliance (OSHA, NFPA 70E, LOTO), Troubleshooting and diagnostics, Preventive maintenance and PLCs and controls.
How do I write strong Millwright resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as equipment uptime, scrap rate and OEE. For example: "Rebuilt the PM schedule for 14 injection molders in Fiix, cutting unplanned downtime from 9% to 4% in six months."