E&I Technician — PLC & Electrical, Relocation Available

Georgia Pacific Corp.; Sweetwater (TX); On-site; USD 44,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits may be available

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific Corp.’s Gypsum facility in Sweetwater, TX seeks motivated Electrical and Instrumentation Technicians to join the Maintenance team. The role resolves mechanical and electrical issues, recommends upgrades, and maintains equipment in a precision state to meet production thresholds.

Compensation starts at $39.00/hour with relocation benefits potentially available. Typical schedules include Monday–Friday days or 12-hour rotating shifts; overtime may be required.

Qualifications

• Three years of electrical and/or instrumentation experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experience troubleshooting PLCs (programming not required).
• Experience with electrical systems using 480V, 3 phase and lower voltages.
• Experience installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and calibrating electrical/mechanical instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Work with operating technicians, mechanics, engineers, and other team members to improve reliability and performance of mill equipment.
• Install equipment at the component level while adhering to all state and plant codes, policies, and procedures.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machinery and electrical equipment per diagrams, manuals and specs.
• Operate hand tools, power tools, precision measuring tools and testing instruments for repairs and calibration.
• Maintain and improve the reliability of all plant equipment using the MP2 work order system and repair records.
• Respond to plant electrical and maintenance issues.
• Share knowledge with other technicians regarding maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment.
• Training and continuous development of knowledge in PLC programming and software.
• Based upon business need must be able to work any shift, weekends, holidays and overtime as needed.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Reading schematics

PLC support

Education

Electrical/Instrumentation plus Industrial Technology degree

Tools

RSLogix5000

Siemens S7

Electrical testing equipment

Job description

Georgia-Pacific Corp.’s Gypsum facility in Sweetwater, TX seeks motivated Electrical and Instrumentation Technicians to join the Maintenance team. The role resolves mechanical and electrical issues, recommends upgrades, and maintains equipment in a precision state to meet production thresholds.

Compensation starts at $39.00/hour with relocation benefits potentially available. Typical schedules include Monday–Friday days or 12-hour rotating shifts; overtime may be required.