Electrical Technician- Gurdon Lumber

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Gurdon (AR); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC seeks an experienced Electrical Technician for their Gurdon Lumber facility. This role focuses on maintaining and troubleshooting electrical systems, ensuring maximum facility uptime, with opportunities for career advancement. Candidates should have solid electrical troubleshooting skills, a commitment to safety, and a strong mechanical background.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid vacation and time off

Retirement plan

Educational assistance

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience as Electrical Technician in industrial setting.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics.
• Knowledge of computer systems for software learning.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair electrical control systems, instrumentation, and electronic circuits.
• Install and modify industrial electrical equipment.
• Perform electrical preventative maintenance tasks.

Skills

Mechanical troubleshooting

Electrical troubleshooting

Knowledge of 3 phase 480-volt systems

Efficient troubleshooting and programming knowledge using PLC's

Education

2 years of accredited electrical training program or equivalent

Arkansas Electrical Journeyman license

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Your Job

Our Lumber facility in Gurdon, Arkansas is seeking to hire an Electrical Technician to join their team. This position is an experienced skilled electrician role that creates value by performing a variety of electrical systems and maintenance duties, ensuring maximum facility uptime to meet production goals. At Georgia-Pacific, we don’t believe that a job is just simply a job. We see each role as a career and a way to advance your skills to not only better your life, but the community as well.

Your Job

Our Lumber facility in Gurdon, Arkansas is seeking to hire an Electrical Technician to join their team. This position is an experienced skilled electrician role that creates value by performing a variety of electrical systems and maintenance duties, ensuring maximum facility uptime to meet production goals. At Georgia-Pacific, we don’t believe that a job is just simply a job. We see each role as a career and a way to advance your skills to not only better your life, but the community as well.

Our ideal Technician is a self-motivated, skilled hourly professional with a working knowledge of mechanical and electrical troubleshooting and a solid foundation in the skills needed to properly maintain manufacturing equipment. This position is a vital resource for our ongoing success and productivity, and we are interested in learning more about you!

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury-free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit http://www.buildgp.com.

What You Will Do

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical control systems, instrumentation, electronic circuits, motor controls, relay logic, AC/DC drives and low voltage switchgear
• Install and make changes to industrial electrical equipment
• Work with mechanical and electrical machinery, including hydraulic and pneumatic systems, performing electrical preventative maintenance tasks (PM's)
• Work in a very fast-paced industrial manufacturing environment with emphasis on safety, quality, environmental concerns, and production goals
• Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment, i.e.: safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toed boots and other PPE as required by specific jobs
• Must be willing and able to work any shift, overtime, weekends, and holidays as required
  
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Knowledge and experience of 3 phase 480-volt electrical systems
  
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Must have at least two (2) years of experience working as an Electrical Technician in an industrial or manufacturing environment
• Completion of 2 years of an accredited electrical training program or hold an Arkansas Electrical Journeyman license, or similar military experience
• Efficient troubleshooting and programming knowledge using PLC's (Programmable Logic Controllers)
• Knowledge of computer systems and the ability to learn new software applications
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics/blueprints
  
  
  

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

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.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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, aquí, or tu).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing

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