Industrial Maintenance Technician – Multi-Skill Expert

Flint Hills Resources; Sweetwater (TX); On-site; USD 44,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific's Gypsum plant in Sweetwater, TX seeks a Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician to troubleshoot, install, repair, and maintain industrial equipment. The role demands electrical and mechanical expertise, with the ability to read schematics and perform preventive maintenance.

Typical schedule is Mon-Fri 7:00 am–3:00 pm, with overtime on weekends/holidays; or 12-hour rotating shifts with Wednesdays off. Relocation benefits may be available.

Qualifications

• One year or more of experience with installation, calibration, fabrication, and preventive maintenance in a manufacturing, industrial, agriculture, oil & gas, or military environment.
• Experience utilizing and interpreting equipment drawings/schematics such as electrical schematics & mechanical drawings.
• Six months experience with single and 3-phase electrical repair and troubleshooting up to 480 Volts.
• Troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatics systems.
• Troubleshooting issues and making repairs on bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes and conveyor.
• Precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, and pumps.
• Installing, troubleshooting, repairing and calibrating electrical/mechanical instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle, repair, and maintain industrial machinery, mechanical equipment, electrical equipment, and circuits.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machinery and electrical equipment in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operating manuals and manufacturers specifications.
• Perform periodic proactive asset strategies, such as maintenance routes, preventative maintenance, and other tasks to improve reliability and uptime.
• Install and repair mechanical drives, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, belts, and couplings.
• Maintain and troubleshoot pneumatic systems, control devices, hydraulic equipment, circuits, and components.
• Perform daily preventative maintenance routes.
• Read and interpret mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics.
• Maintain accurate maintenance logs including labor hours and critical preventive maintenance findings.
• Work with the operations and maintenance teams to identify and prioritize maintenance needs.
• Help meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment to reduce waste.
• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in the safety program.
• Assist in the development and implementation of reliability/ precision centered maintenance strategies.
• Use pipefitting skills to weld, cut, fit and install piping throughout the facility.
• Apply problem solving methods to identify the root cause and eliminate failure.
• Work any shift, weekends, holidays, and overtime.

Skills

Electrical knowledge

Mechanical knowledge

Troubleshooting

Education

Two year degree in Industrial Maintenance Technology

Tools

RSLogix 5000

VFDs (Allen-Bradley, Yaskawa, Toshiba)

Job description

Georgia-Pacific's Gypsum plant in Sweetwater, TX seeks a Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician to troubleshoot, install, repair, and maintain industrial equipment. The role demands electrical and mechanical expertise, with the ability to read schematics and perform preventive maintenance.

Typical schedule is Mon-Fri 7:00 am–3:00 pm, with overtime on weekends/holidays; or 12-hour rotating shifts with Wednesdays off. Relocation benefits may be available.