Maintenance Technician

Factory Automation Jobs; Albion Township (MI); On-site; USD 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision

401k contributions and employer match

Educational assistance

10 paid holidays

80 hours vacation per year

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific in Albion, MI is seeking a Maintenance Technician to support corrugated sheet equipment on the 2nd or 3rd shift. You will troubleshoot, install, repair, and maintain industrial machinery, ensuring uptime and safety compliance across the plant.

The role requires mechanical and electrical troubleshooting, reading drawings, and documenting maintenance activities. Benefits include health, dental, vision, 401k, and education assistance.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing or military setting.
• Experience reading electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical drawings.
• Experience with bearings, gears, conveyors, and hydraulic/pneumatic systems.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle, repair and maintain industrial machinery.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance and respond to urgent requests.
• Work with motors, conveyors, pumps, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
• Repair electrical control devices, including drives and controllers.
• Maintain maintenance records and support safety guidelines.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Electrical controls

PLC & HMI

Reading drawings

Safety compliance

Education

1+ year industrial maintenance experience

Two-year electrical controls degree

Job description

Your Job Georgia-Pacific is looking for Maintenance Technician for our Albion, MI corrugated sheet feeder plant! Our Team This role is an exciting opportunity to join a close-knit team dedicated to safety at our Albion, MI sheet feeder plant! This position creates value by safely assisting with the production of corrugated sheets to be made into printed boxes for our valued customers. We offer opportunities for advancement as those openings occur.

Shift Currently hiring for 2nd shift (3:00pm - 11:00pm) & 3rd Shift (11:00pm - 7:00am). Employees must be available to work overtime, holidays, and weekends.

Salary & Benefits

• Starting pay is $ 35.50, /hr+ depending on experience, skills, and certifications
• Performance Pay Bonuses (paid out quarterly)
• 80 hours of vacation each year, available after the first 6 months of employment
• Health Insurance (BCBS - Anthem)
• Dental Insurance (Delta Dental)
• Vision (VSP)
• 401k contributions and employer match
• Educational assistance
• 10 paid holidays

What You Will Do

Troubleshooting, installing, aligning, dismantling, repairing, and maintaining industrial machinery and mechanical equipment in compliance with all plant policies and procedures for improved reliability and uptime.

Perform routine scheduled preventative maintenance. Respond to unscheduled production floor requests for assistance to troubleshoot and perform repairs with a sense of urgency. Work with industrial machinery and equipment including motors, pneumatic & hydraulic components, conveyor systems, and production line equipment. Troubleshoot, repair, replace, and commission electrical control devices, including AC drives, DC drives, and Servo Controllers, contactors, motors, breakers, solenoids, and power supplies.

Troubleshoot PLC and HMI hardware, including processors, discrete and analog IO cards, power supplies, network adapters, distributed IO, message displays, PC based interfaces, and operator interfaces such as PanelView Read blueprints, diagrams, schematics, operation manuals and manufacturer’s specifications for installations and preventative maintenance practices. Using hand tools, power tools, precision-measuring devices, and testing instruments.

Working with operations teams to identify and prioritize maintenance and repair needs. Critically problem-solve with team members from various departments to solve complicated and challenging problems.

Maintain accurate maintenance records, including labor hours and critical preventative maintenance findings Support our safe working environment by adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures, including wearing appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Provide a self-discipline work ethic. Working in a hot, humid, cold, dusty, and noisy industrial environment.

Perform tasks such as lifting, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and/or pulling for at least eight (8) hours a day. Willing to work any shift, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 1 or more years of previous industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing or military environment -OR- a two (2) year electrical controls degree with at least 1 year of industrial maintenance working experience.
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulics & pneumatics.
• Experience with reading electrical, hydraulic, & mechanical drawings, P&IDs, and precision measurements.
• Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors, rollers, pulleys, and shafts.
• Experience using a computer for record-keeping and documentation functions.

What will Put You Ahead

• Experience working in the corrugated packaging or the containerboard industry.
• Experience troubleshooting boiler operations.
• Experience with industrial air compressors.
• Mechanical maintenance experience including fluid handling and conveyor systems, accumulators, valve identification, application, and welding.
• Experience installing and troubleshooting electric motors up to 480V, and various electrical/controls components, such as relays, switches, drives, input & output cards.

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.