Food Plant Millwrights for Hire —Get Your Line Back in Service Fast.
Conveyors, packaging lines, pumps, drives — installed, maintained, and repaired around your production schedule.
Red Seal millwrights who understand food plants before they step on-site. New equipment installs during shutdowns. Breakdown response. PM support. CWB welding under the same call. No babysitting.
Based in Maple Ridge. Serving Surrey, Burnaby, Langley, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Richmond, Coquitlam, North Vancouver, Vancouver, and surrounding areas.
Red Seal
// Certified Millwrights
CWB
// Certified Welding
ISN/Avetta
// Approved Contractor
24/7
// Emergency Response
Built for Food Plants Specifically.
Food plants are not generic industrial facilities. A contractor who can work in a warehouse, sawmill, or fabrication shop is not automatically safe to turn loose in a hygienic, audit-sensitive production environment.
In a food plant, a poor contractor creates three kinds of risk at once: mechanical risk, food-safety risk, and restart risk.
Raider is built for that environment — washdown conditions, sanitation windows, food-grade lubrication requirements, permit systems, and clean documented handoff back to production.
Washdown environments
Food-grade and sanitary-rated equipment, appropriate tooling and protocols in wet areas.
Sanitary production areas
Access, hygiene, and material requirements understood and followed on-site.
Food-grade lubricants
NSF H1/H2 lubricant awareness for food-contact and near-contact applications.
CIP-related mechanical
Mechanical support on CIP system components — headers, valves, associated pipework.
LOTO in active plants
Your lockout procedure, your permit system. We follow the facility standard, not a generic one.
Documentation for compliance
Work findings, readings, and parts recorded for CMMS and audit readiness.
What Maintenance Managers Are Actually Dealing With.
These are the problems that don't show up in a service brochure but show up every week in a food plant.
Repeat Failures After the Contractor Leaves
The bearing gets changed but the root cause — misalignment, contamination ingress, wrong lubricant — never gets addressed. It fails again in six weeks.
Contractors Who Need Constant Hand-Holding
You end up supervising the crew instead of running your shift. They don't understand LOTO, they don't follow your permit system, and someone has to chase them through every step.
No Documentation or Handoff
Work gets done, equipment goes back online, and no one can tell you what was actually found or replaced. Nothing goes into the CMMS. Audit time becomes a problem.
PM Backlog That Never Gets Cleared
Your in-house team is stretched covering breakdowns. Preventive maintenance slips, deferred tasks stack up, and every month you're further behind.
Contractors Who Don't Understand Food Plant Procedures
They don't know what a sanitary production area means. They bring the wrong tools, create a contamination risk, and generate more downtime than they solve.
Unplanned Downtime Mid-Production
A packaging line goes down at 2AM. Your maintenance team is out. You need someone who picks up the phone and can tell you they're on the way.
Millwright Services for Food Plants.
PM programs, corrective maintenance, breakdown response, equipment installation, and welding repairs — under one contractor relationship.
Preventive Maintenance Support
Scheduled PM execution for conveyors, packaging lines, pumps, drives, and rotating equipment — coordinated around your production windows and CMMS work orders.
Corrective Maintenance & Breakdown Response
24/7 response for unplanned failures. Conveyors, packaging machinery, filling lines, pumps — we troubleshoot and return equipment to service, not just swap parts.
Shaft Alignment & Precision Work
Laser shaft alignment on motors, pumps, gearboxes, and drive systems. Tight-tolerance reassembly and alignment documentation for food-grade equipment requiring low vibration.
Pump, Gearbox & Drive System Service
Sanitary pump installation and maintenance, mechanical seal replacement, gearbox inspection and repair, bearing and coupling changeouts for food-grade drive systems.
Conveyor & Packaging Line Mechanical
Belt conveyors, drag chains, screw conveyors — belt replacement, tracking, bearing changeouts, drive service. Flow wrappers, case erectors, fillers, palletizers: mechanical repair and installation.
Maintenance Windows & Shutdown Execution
Weekend, after-hours, and planned shutdown maintenance. Work scoped before the window, resourced correctly, and executed without wasting available downtime.
Equipment Installation & Startup Support
New equipment installation during scheduled downtime — mixers, blenders, fillers, sealers, case erectors, conveyors. Alignment, commissioning, and startup support included.
Welding Repairs Within Maintenance Scope
CWB-certified welding tied directly to the maintenance scope — frame repairs, conveyor structure, tank and hopper repairs, equipment mounting. One call covers both trades.
Food Plant Equipment & Systems.
The equipment that runs a food processing or packaging facility — this is what we maintain, repair, and install.
Conveyor Systems
- Belt conveyors — flat belt, cleated belt, incline
- Drag chain conveyors
- Screw / auger conveyors
- Roller conveyors and accumulation tables
- Conveyor drives, tensioners, and take-ups
- Food-grade and sanitary conveyor frames
Packaging Line Equipment
- Flow wrappers and horizontal form/fill/seal
- Vertical form/fill/seal (VFFS)
- Case erectors and case sealers
- Shrink wrappers and bundlers
- Fillers — piston, auger, volumetric, net weight
- Labelers, coders, and checkweighers (mechanical)
Processing Equipment
- Industrial mixers and blenders
- Ribbon blenders and paddle mixers
- Separators, sifters, and screeners
- Hoppers, bins, and tank mechanical
- Palletizers — mechanical and semi-auto
- CIP-related mechanical support
Rotating Equipment & Drives
- Pump installation, alignment, and maintenance
- Sanitary pump systems and seal replacement
- Gearboxes — inspection, rebuild, replacement
- Couplings, bearings, and shaft work
- Motor and drive alignment
- Variable speed drive mechanical integration
How We Work in Active Food Plants.
Same process every time — planned PM, breakdown, or maintenance window. Scoped, confirmed, executed safe, handed back documented.
Scope Review & Work Order
We review the work order, CMMS notes, or scope description before arrival. Emergency call? You describe the failure — we come prepared, not empty-handed.
Arrive Prepared. Follow Site Procedures.
Crew arrives with tools and parts staged for the scope. We complete site induction, follow your LOTO procedure, and obtain required permits before touching anything.
Execute in a Live Environment
We work safely in active production and washdown environments. Scope changes mid-job are flagged immediately and confirmed before proceeding.
Verify Return to Service
Equipment is tested and confirmed operational before we leave. We don't hand back a machine and walk out — we verify it runs to spec.
Document & Close Out
Work findings, parts replaced, alignment readings, and deferred items are documented. Clean handoff — the kind that goes into your CMMS without a follow-up call.
Why Raider — and Why It Matters
Most problems with millwright contractors come down to the same things. Here's what we hear — and what we do differently.
Common Frustrations
- Waiting days for a callback on emergency equipment failures
- Contractors who quote one price and bill another
- Generic tradespeople unfamiliar with industrial tolerances
- Crews that need hand-holding on-site — wasting your maintenance team
- Shops with no WCB or site compliance documentation
How Raider Is Different
- 24/7 emergency response — call and get a real person, not a voicemail
- Red Seal certified millwrights who understand industrial equipment
- Transparent quotes confirmed before work begins — no surprises
- Self-sufficient crews that work around your access windows and production schedule
- WCB compliant, insured, mobile and site-ready from day one
Millwright and Welding Under One Call.
Most food plant mechanical repairs stay within millwright scope — bearings, seals, couplings, alignment, installation. But some repairs also involve welding: a cracked conveyor frame, a damaged equipment mount, a tank repair, structural work tied to an equipment replacement.
With Raider, you don't need to coordinate a separate welding contractor for the weld portion of a mechanical job. CWB-certified welding is part of the same crew relationship. One call. One point of contact. One scope.
This matters most during shutdowns and tight maintenance windows — when you don't have time to manage two contractor schedules.
Red Seal Millwright
- Bearing and coupling work
- Shaft alignment and precision
- Pump and drive service
- Equipment installation
- PM and corrective maintenance
CWB Certified Welding
- Conveyor frame and structure repair
- Equipment mounting and fabrication
- Tank and hopper repair
- Stainless and carbon steel welding
- Structural weld within maintenance scope
Certified, Compliant, and Site-Ready.
ISN and Avetta approval means procurement can clear us without delays. WCB, liability, and Red Seal documentation are current.
Red Seal Certified Millwrights
Interprovincial Red Seal — the journeyman trade benchmark for millwrights across Canada. Not apprentices, not helpers.
CWB Certified Welding
Canadian Welding Bureau certification for structural and maintenance welding — stainless, carbon steel, and food-plant-relevant applications.
WorkSafeBC Compliant
WCB registered and current. Crews arrive site-ready with compliance documentation. No gap between paperwork and practice.
Fully Insured
Comprehensive general liability for on-site industrial and food plant work. Meets major facility contractor insurance requirements.
ISN Approved
ISNetworld prequalified — already on the approved vendor lists of major industrial and food processing operators.
Avetta Approved
Avetta-verified contractor. Supply chain compliance used by major food producers to vet and manage contractor risk.
Service Area — Greater Vancouver & Fraser Valley.
Based in Maple Ridge, we serve food processing and packaging facilities across Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Active coverage includes Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond, Coquitlam, North Vancouver, Langley, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Maple Ridge, Mission, Pitt Meadows, and surrounding areas.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Talk Through Your Scope.
New equipment install during a shutdown, breakdown mid-production, upcoming maintenance window, PM backlog support — call and describe what you need. We'll tell you quickly if we're the right fit.
- Red Seal millwrights who understand food plant environments before arriving
- CWB welding alongside millwright scope — one call, not two contractors
- LOTO compliant, permit-ready, and site-inducted before touching anything
- Work documented and handed back clean — findings, parts, deferred items noted
- ISN and Avetta approved — procurement clearance without back-and-forth
Hours
Mon–Fri 8AM–5PM
24/7 Emergency Available
Based In
Maple Ridge, BC
Serving Greater Vancouver & Fraser Valley
Raider Industrial Services is a Red Seal millwright and CWB-certified welding contractor serving food processing and packaging facilities in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Food plant millwright services include conveyor repair and maintenance, packaging line mechanical, pump and drive system service, gearbox repair, shaft alignment, PM program support, and equipment installation. Serving Surrey, Burnaby, Langley, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam, Richmond, North Vancouver, Mission, Pitt Meadows, and Vancouver. ISN and Avetta approved. WorkSafeBC compliant. IUOE Local 115.