Apprentice Millwright
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AMERICAN EAGLE PAPER MILLS
Tyrone, PA, US
Summary
The apprentice will repair, maintain, and install machinery and equipment throughout the paper mill and power departments. They are responsible for performing preventative maintenance, fabricating mechanical parts, and ensuring all work adheres to safety standards.
Job Description
Job Details: Job Location: American Eagle Paper Mills - Tyrone, PA, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Job Description & Duties:
Repair, maintain, and install a variety of machinery and equipment throughout Paper Mill and
Power departments.
Essential Responsibilities:
1. Be responsible for safety and safe procedures and practices on the job.
2. Operate: drill press, grinders, welders, mig, stick and tig, acetylene and oxygen.
3. Be able to work with ladders, scaffolds and scissor lifts. Also be able to lift 50 lbs. and work in
the heat and cold.
4. Devise, fabricate and assemble new modified mechanical equipment.
5. Be proactive instead of reactive (preventative maintenance) look around the area you are
working in.
6. Perform rigging, lifting, installation, repair and maintain equipment and machinery used
through the paper mill.
7. Be able to use addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, use a tape measure, read pressure
and vacuum gauges.
8. Maintain plumbing throughout the paper mill and company owned properties.
9. Have wood working and concrete abilities preferred.
10. Be able to operate overhead cranes will train as needed.
11. Work from blueprints and sketches or use personal knowledge of task to be performed.
12. Assemble necessary tools and equipment and materials to perform work and convey to scene of
repair job using hand truck or electric truck.
13. Observe machinery for malfunction.
14. Tear down, replace, or repair worn or damaged parts.
15. Align machinery and equipment using calipers, rule, level, plum bob, thickness gauges, square,
micrometer and computer.Qualifications:
Nestled in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania’s eastern Allegheny Mountains, American Eagle Paper Mills serves as the lifeblood of the town of Tyrone and its surrounding community. Built in the 1880’s, the mill operated contiguously, until 2001, when its former owner, MeadWestvaco, unexpectedly ceased operations at the facility. Jobs were lost. Families were devastated. The mill whistle fell silent.
In 2003, a group of local investors, past mill managers, and business leaders came together with a plan to revive the paper mill, under the name of American Eagle Paper Mills. With a vision of sustainability, the team set out to rebuild a paper mill that could sustain the families of Tyrone by producing papers sustainably with recycled fiber. Using integrated deinking technology, the mill would convert paper waste into premium uncoated printing and writing papers.
American Eagle Paper Mills produces 300 tons of recycled paper products daily. That is the equivalent of converting 15 truckloads of paper waste into premium printing, writing and specialty papers. The mill employs 250 people, up over 40% from the startup in 2003.
In 2016, the company further strengthened its commitment to sustainability with an $8 million investment replacing its 1957 coal fired boiler with a highly efficient natural gas boiler. The new energy source, combined with an upgraded power distribution system in the mill, dramatically reduced greenhouse gas emissions, lowered water intake by 82 %, and positioned AEPM for future sustainable growth into new paper markets.
As we look to the future, American Eagle Paper Mills will continue to bring recycled papers into new markets and to new customers. Stay tuned for updates as we continue to Soar to a New Dimension of Green.
Founded
2003
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Tyrone, PA
Nestled in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania’s eastern Allegheny Mountains, American Eagle Paper Mills serves as the lifeblood of the town of Tyrone and its surrounding community. Built in the 1880’s, the mill operated contiguously, until 2001, when its former owner, MeadWestvaco, unexpectedly ceased operations at the facility. Jobs were lost. Families were devastated. The mill whistle fell silent.
In 2003, a group of local investors, past mill managers, and business leaders came together with a plan to revive the paper mill, under the name of American Eagle Paper Mills. With a vision of sustainability, the team set out to rebuild a paper mill that could sustain the families of Tyrone by producing papers sustainably with recycled fiber. Using integrated deinking technology, the mill would convert paper waste into premium uncoated printing and writing papers.
American Eagle Paper Mills produces 300 tons of recycled paper products daily. That is the equivalent of converting 15 truckloads of paper waste into premium printing, writing and specialty papers. The mill employs 250 people, up over 40% from the startup in 2003.
In 2016, the company further strengthened its commitment to sustainability with an $8 million investment replacing its 1957 coal fired boiler with a highly efficient natural gas boiler. The new energy source, combined with an upgraded power distribution system in the mill, dramatically reduced greenhouse gas emissions, lowered water intake by 82 %, and positioned AEPM for future sustainable growth into new paper markets.
As we look to the future, American Eagle Paper Mills will continue to bring recycled papers into new markets and to new customers. Stay tuned for updates as we continue to Soar to a New Dimension of Green.
Founded
2003
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Tyrone, PA
