Electrical Technician - Albany, GA Lumber

Georgia Pacific; Albany (GA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is hiring an Electrical Technician for the Albany, GA lumber facility. You will perform reactive and preventative maintenance on production equipment, troubleshoot electrical systems, and collaborate with automation and production teams to ensure smooth operations.

Expect shifts that require flexibility, rotating 12-hour schedules, and potential overtime, holidays, and weekend work as needed. Compensation starts at $30/hr and may grow with demonstrated skills and performance.

Qualifications

• Experience with industrial controls PLCs, motor controls, drives, and electrical distribution.
• Experience with industrial instrumentation for flow, pressure, and temperature.
• Experience reading and following electrical and mechanical schematics/blueprints.

Responsibilities

• Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines and actively participating in the safety program.
• Performing various reactive and preventative maintenance tasks on production equipment.
• Identify and implement improvements using experience with automation and control systems.
• Work with automation, production, and computer systems.
• Researching parts in electrical/mechanical manuals and submitting order forms; troubleshooting and repairing electrical equipment to ensure production continuity.

Skills

Industrial PLCs

Industrial instrumentation

Schematics/blueprints

Education

Associate degree or higher in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Industrial Engineering (advantage)

Tools

Allen Bradley PLCs

Siemens PLCs

CMMS

VFD programming

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring Electrical Technician to join our Lumber facility in Albany, GA! We manufacture Southern Yellow Pine Lumber used in both residential and commercial construction.

Lumber is made by processing logs from harvested trees into useable boards and planks for construction and manufacturing. Logs are debarked and cut down into rough lumber. The boards are then dried to remove moisture and prevent warping or decay. After drying, the lumber is planed and smoothed to uniform dimensions and graded for quality based on strength, appearance, and defects. Finally, the lumber is packaged and shipped for use in building homes, furniture, flooring, and other wood products.

Salary:

Our starting pay is at $30/hr. depending on experience. You will have the ability to increase your compensation based on skills and contribution to the overall performance of the mill.

Shift:

• Only candidates who are flexible and available to work any shift will be considered. This will include overtime, holidays, and weekends as needed.
• 12 hours rotating shift (Rotating every 28 days)
• The week of orientation will be 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday and 8:00am to 5:00pm Tuesday through Friday. Regular shift will be assigned after orientation.

Shift Hours:

• 6:00am to 6:00pm or 6:00pm to 6:00am
• Work Tuesday, Wednesday
• Off Thursday, Friday
• Work Saturday, Sunday Monday
• Off Tuesday, Wednesday
• Work Thursday, Friday
• Off Saturday, Sunday, Monday

Physical Location:

3150 Sylvester Rd, Albany, GA 31705

Our Team

Our team creates value by safely assisting with the production of lumber for our valued customers.

Click Georgia-Pacific Lumber, ALBANY, Georgia - Timber Processing March 2021 - YouTube to see how we make lumber.

What You Will Do

• Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures and actively participating in the safety program
• Performing various reactive and preventative maintenance tasks on production equipment
• Uses experience to identify and implement improvements
• Working with automation, production, and computer systems
• Researching parts in electrical/mechanical manuals and submitting order forms
• Troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining all electrical equipment to ensure production continuity and efficiency
• Responding to operator, quality and/or supervisor requests on equipment specifications
• Assisting operators or crew members with machine start-up, shutdown or clean up
• Communicating daily work performed and machine conditions via written and verbal documentation

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience with industrial controls PLCs, motor controls, drives, and electrical distribution
• Experience with industrial instrumentation for flow, pressure, and temperature
• Experience reading and following electrical and mechanical schematics / blueprints

One of the following:

• Associates degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Systems, Instrumentation, or Electronic Technology AND at least two (2) years of electrical/electronic and/or instrument & control troubleshooting experience in a manufacturing environment
• A minimum of four (4) years of electrical/electronic or instrument & control troubleshooting experience in a manufacturing environment

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical or Industrial Engineering
• Experience in repairing, troubleshooting, and programming PLCs, HMIs, and operator interfaces
• Mechanical maintenance experience, including fluid handling and conveyor systems, hydraulic systems and accumulators, and valve identification and application and welding
• Experience with Allen Bradley and Siemens PLCs
• Experience programming variable frequency drives (VFDs)
• Distributed Control (DC) experience
• Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS)

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).