Maintenance Technician

Georgia Pacific; Fordyce (AR); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Variable pay

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

401k with company match

Vision coverage

Paid vacation

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific's OSB plant in Fordyce, AR seeks a Maintenance Technician focused on safe practices and reliable equipment maintenance. You’ll use your own tools to troubleshoot and service industrial machinery in a hot, noisy environment.

The role involves daytime shifts, overtime, and weekend coverage as needed, with a focus on preventing failures and maximizing uptime. A background in hydraulics and welding is valued.

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical maintenance within an industrial or manufacturing setting.
• Experience with fabrication and welding.
• Experience working with hydraulic systems.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle and repair industrial machinery to improve reliability.
• Perform periodic maintenance to identify and fix mechanical defects.
• Maintain equipment to achieve optimal performance.
• Collaborate with operations to prioritize maintenance needs.
• Follow health, safety and environmental guidelines and wear PPE as required.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Fabrication & welding

Hydraulic systems

Education

Associate degree in Industrial Maintenance or Hydraulics

Tools

Welding tools

Hydraulic testing equipment

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Oriented Strand Board (OSB) plant in Fordyce, Arkansas has an incredible opportunity for safety-oriented individuals to join our team as a Maintenance Technician. This position requires a thorough understanding of safe work practices, troubleshooting, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment. This position creates value for the facility by performing preventative and corrective maintenance leading to increased uptime and reliability, thus helping the facility to meet their production and quality goals.

Our Maintenance Technician use their own personal metric and standard tools, to include wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, etc. while working in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment.

The position will work a Day Shift, Monday-Friday schedule, with hours from 6:00am - 3:00pm CST. This includes, but is not limited to overtime, holidays, and weekends.

Our Team

Our Georgia Pacific facility in Fordyce, AR manufactures Oriented Strand Board (OSB), compressed strands of wood chips that are bound together by adhesives which prevent moisture intrusion. This type of OSB is used for floor, wall, and roof sheathing in residential and light commercial construction applications. To learn more about our Building Products division, please visit www.buildgp.com.

We offer our employees the following:

• Variable Pay: In addition to base pay, operators may be eligible for variable pay, provided as a monetary bonus, based on performance metrics and production targets.
• Competitive Benefits Package: As part of Koch Industries, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401k with company match, and much more.

What You Will Do

• Troubleshooting, installing, aligning, dismantling, and repairing industrial machinery and mechanical equipment for improved reliability and uptime
• Performing periodic maintenance routines to identify and correct mechanical defects before they fail
• Maintaining operations equipment to achieve optimal performance levels
• Working with operations associates to identify and prioritize maintenance needs
• Adhering to all plant health, safety, and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures with the ability to wear the necessary Personal Protection Equipment (i.e. hard hats, safety glasses, face shield, ear plugs, steel-toe boots and other PPE required by specific jobs)

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in mechanical maintenance within an industrial, military, agricultural or manufacturing environment
• Experience with fabrication and welding
• Experience working with hydraulic systems

What Will Put You Ahead

• Two (2) years or more of experience in mechanical maintenance within an industrial, military or manufacturing environment
• Two (2) years or more of experience working with hydraulic systems, including pumps, cylinders, valves, motors, accumulators, and fluid power circuits
• Experience reading and interpreting hydraulic schematics, blueprints, and technical manuals
• Fluid Power Society (IFPS) certification or equivalent hydraulic certification
• Experience rebuilding and troubleshooting hydraulic pumps, cylinders, and valves
• Associate degree in Industrial Maintenance, Hydraulics, or related field
  

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

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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, aqui, or tu).