Maintenance Mechanic

Georgia-Pacific; Monticello (MS); On-site; USD 66,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic for its Monticello, MS containerboard facility. This highly skilled hourly role focuses on preventative and corrective maintenance to boost uptime and reliability, while minimizing unplanned downtime. The regular schedule is 7:00 am-3:30 pm, Monday-Friday, with potential overtime and on-call duties.

The starting pay is $33.51 per hour, based on experience. The team emphasizes safety and adherence to environmental guidelines as essential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience as a millwright, mechanic, machinist, or welder in industrial/mfg/military settings.
• Experience with preventive and corrective maintenance to improve uptime.

Responsibilities

• Align pumps and gearboxes with precision.
• Lead or assist machining with small parts on lathe, key seater, and milling machine.
• Lead or assist welding and fabricate structural pipes and repairs.
• Replace mechanical components: pumps, gearboxes, cylinders, rolls, valves.
• Inspect machinery to prevent unplanned downtime.
• Follow plant safety and environmental guidelines.
• Read blueprints, P&IDs, and schematics; interpret technical drawings.
• Use light rigging: chains, chokers, slings, and slings, beam clamps.
• Troubleshoot bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, conveyors.
• Work with hydraulic and pneumatic systems; use computer for records.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Machining

Welding

Blueprint reading

Safety compliance

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Record keeping

Education

Industrial Maintenance Tech cert

Machining Tech cert

Welding cert

Mechanical apprenticeship

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic for our Monticello, MS containerboard facility. This is a highly skilled hourly position requiring a thorough understanding of safe work practices, troubleshooting, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment. This position creates value for the facility by supporting the maintenance team with preventative and corrective maintenance leading to increased uptime and reliability, as well as reducing unplanned downtime.

The regular schedule is 7:00 am-3:30 pm, Monday-Friday. Our Maintenance Mechanics work any shift, including holidays and weekends, and work overtime as needed, and rotate on-call duties.

This position starts at $33.51 hourly or more based on experience/ability.

Our Team

Georgia Pacific Monticello is a stable employer on 2,200 acres which employs 450 employees. This position is an opportunity to be part of a stable, rapidly expanding organization that offers a tremendous amount of growth potential.

What You Will Do

• Precision alignment of pumps and gearboxes
• Lead or assist Machining with small parts on lathe, key seater, milling machine for repair work
• Lead or assist Welding, as well as fabricating structural pipes and doing repair work
• Exchange mechanical components like pumps, gearboxes, cylinders, rolls, valves
• Inspect machinery to identify issues that may lead to unplanned downtime
• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Read blueprints, technical and mechanical drawings, Process & Instrument Diagrams (P&ID’s) and schematics
• Use light rigging, such as chain falls, chokers, slings, nylon belts, monorails, eyebolts, shackles, and beam clamps
• Troubleshoot issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors
• Work with hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Use a computer for record-keeping and documentation functions
• Perform repetitive and physically demanding tasks for an extended period, lifting, walking, climbing, twisting, and stooping

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Four (4) years or more experience as a millwright, mechanic, machinist, or welder in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in heavy industrial plants
• Two (2) years certificate in Industrial Maintenance Technology, Machining Technology, or Welding
• Journeyman level experience in welding, machining, millwright
• Completion of a mechanical apprenticeship program
• Training in precision alignment
• Mobile crane operator training
• Pipe Welding experience
• Machining experience

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