Maintenance Technician/Millwright - Savannah, GA

Georgia Pacific; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays and vacations

Overtime opportunities

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum in Savannah, GA is seeking Maintenance Technicians for a 12-hour rotating shift. You will join a safety‑driven team, performing preventive and corrective maintenance to keep equipment running.

The role involves reading schematics, welding as needed, and working 7:00 AM–7:00 PM or 7:00 PM–7:00 AM on a 4 on/4 off cycle. We offer comprehensive benefits, holidays and vacation, and overtime opportunities.

Qualifications

• Two or more years of maintenance experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment OR a combination of relevant experience and a maintenance technical degree.
• Experience troubleshooting in a team environment.
• Experience with Preventive, Predictive, and Proactive maintenance.
• Experience using precision maintenance tools such as laser alignment tools.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a high-functioning team to ensure timely completion of maintenance tasks and minimize equipment downtime.
• Troubleshoot mechanical problems with an invested operations team.
• Install and repair mechanical drives, chains, sprockets, gears, belts, and couplings.
• Read mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics.
• Accurately use measuring tools like micrometers, calipers, tachometers, and dial indicators.
• Welding on an as-needed basis.
• Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Reading schematics

Education

Maintenance technical degree

Tools

Laser alignment tools

Micrometers

Calipers

Tachometers

Dial indicators

Job description

Your Job

Our Georgia-Pacific Gypsum facility located in Savannah, GA is seeking motivated and safety-oriented individuals to join our maintenance team as Maintenance Technicians.

Shift: 12-hour rotating shifts on days and nights with weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed. The shift is 4 on and 4 off.

Days: 7:00AM-7:00PM

Nights: 7:00PM-7:00AM

Our Team

The Savannah Gypsum facilities employs approximately 200 individuals in helping Georgia-Pacific as one of the nation’s leading gypsum board manufacturers. Georgia-Pacific’s building product business is consistently amongst the nation’s top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. Our employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit http:www.buildgp.com.

Georgia-Pacific offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, 401(k), accident and sickness, paid holidays and vacations, as well as overtime opportunities.

What You Will Do

• Working as a part of a highly functioning team to ensure timely completion of all maintenance tasks and minimize equipment down time
• Working with an invested operations team to troubleshoot mechanical problems
• Develop new skills with the support of experienced and engaged leaders Installing and repairing mechanical drives, chains, sprockets, gears, belts, and couplings
• Reading mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics
• Accurately using measuring tools including micrometers, calipers, tachometers, and dial indicators
• Welding on as-needed basis
• Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment
• Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day, in a loud/noisy, and industrial, high-volume environment

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Two (2) or more years of maintenance experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment OR a combination of relevant experience and a maintenance technical degree
• Experience troubleshooting in a team environment
• Experience with Preventive, Predictive, and Proactive maintenance.
• Experience using precision maintenance tools such as laser alignment tools.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with the cutting‑edge technologies (ultrasonic, vibration, infrared)
• Experience working with conveyors, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Experience reading technical drawings and schematics

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. 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. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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 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
• may also include 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. 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, aquí, or tu).