Maintenance Mechanic

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Monticello (MS); On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic for its Monticello, MS containerboard facility. The role requires skilled troubleshooting and maintenance of manufacturing equipment to maximize uptime and reliability. Schedule is 7:00 am-3:30 pm, Monday-Friday, with possible overtime, shifts, and on-call duties.

The position starts at $33.51 per hour or more based on experience and ability, with a focus on preventative and corrective maintenance within a safety-conscious environment.

Qualifications

• Four (4) years or more experience as a millwright, mechanic, machinist, or welder in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment.
• Experience in heavy industrial plants is a plus.
• Ability to read blueprints and technical drawings and to perform precision alignment.

Responsibilities

• Precision alignment of pumps and gearboxes.
• Lead or assist machining with small parts on lathe, key seater, milling machine.
• Lead or assist welding and fabricate structural pipes; perform repair work.
• Exchange mechanical components like pumps, gearboxes, cylinders, rolls, valves.
• Inspect machinery to identify issues that may lead to unplanned downtime.
• Adhere to plant safety and environmental guidelines.

Skills

Millwright experience

Mechanic

Machinist

Welder

Industrial environment

Education

Industrial Maintenance Technology certificate

Machining Technology certificate

Welding certificate

Mechanical apprenticeship

Tools

Lathe

Milling machine

Welding equipment

Job description

Your Job

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

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.

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

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

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 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.

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