Maintenance Technician

WestRock Company; Tupelo (MS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock in Tupelo, MS is seeking a Senior Industrial Maintenance Technician to keep corrugated packaging plant equipment running to OEM standards. You will work with maintenance leadership, operators, vendors, and reliability teams to maximize uptime and meet production goals in a nonunion facility.

Responsibilities include electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, emergency repairs, and training peers.

Qualifications

• Five or more years’ experience with large industrial equipment, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance & repair.
• Electrical knowledge and experience with electrical and industrial control systems.
• Excellent communication skills and effective team-building skills are a must.

Responsibilities

• Follow all safety rules and practices.
• Provide electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, preventive and emergency maintenance for the facility.
• Perform emergency breakdown maintenance as necessary to support plant operations and preventive maintenance activities.
• Train peers and junior team members on skillsets you can share.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Preventive maintenance

DC electrical controls

Pneumatics & hydraulics

Work order systems

Computer skills

Forklift operation

Team mentorship

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Tupelo, MS- Industrial Maintenance Tech

The Opportunity:

As a senior Industrial maintenance technician for our corrugated packaging plant, you will work to keep our equipment up and running to OEM standards. You will use your expertise and experience to work with maintenance leadership, our operators, vendors & corporate reliability team to ensure maximum uptime and help us safely meet our production goals. Devens is a nonunion facility.

How you will help us:

• Follow allsafety rulesandpractices
• Provide electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, preventive and emergency maintenance for our fast-paced corrugated packaging facility
• As priorities demand, performingemergencybreakdownmaintenance asnecessarytosupportplantoperations includingpreventivemaintenanceactivitiessuchaslubricating,measuringwear,measuringpositions, repositioning components; and observing operations, vibrations, and noise levels.
• Help train your peers and more junior team members on skillsets you can share

What you will need to succeed:

• A successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical and electrical systems, mechanical drives, pneumatics, hydraulics on high speed, high volume industrial equipment.
• Critical skillsets include troubleshooting and repairing DC Electrical Controls.
• The ability to reference equipment manuals.
• Strong understanding andapplicationofprecisionmaintenance
• Willingness to maintain clean and organized work areas and cleaning up work areas as part of completing assigned tasks
• Mayoperateforklifts,hoists,andotherheavyequipment
• Strong knowledge of maintenance work order systems
• Strong Computer Skills
• Willingness to complete any maintenance work as necessary

Education and Work Experience:

• Five or more years’ experience working with large industrial equipment, troubleshooting, preventative maintenance & repair.
• Microsoft Office
• Electrical knowledge and experience with electrical and industrial control systems.
• Excellent communication skills and effective team-building skills are a must. Mentorship and willingness to help train your teammates.
• Experience in corrugated packaging or similar high volume, no redundancy manufacturing environment

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.