Maintenance Technician - Multi-Craft

Georgia-Pacific LLC

Sweetwater (TX)

On-site

USD 44,000 - 63,000

Full time

5 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits may be available

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific's Gypsum plant in Sweetwater, TX is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician.

You will troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial machinery, read schematics, and implement preventive maintenance to improve reliability and uptime.

We offer competitive hourly pay starting at 39/hour, with overtime weekends and the option of relocation benefits for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

  • 1+ year experience in manufacturing/industrial environment with maintenance.
  • Experience interpreting electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.
  • 6 months experience with single and 3-phase electrical repair up to 480V.
  • Troubleshooting hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
  • Experience with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes and conveyors.
  • Precise alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, pumps.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial machinery and electrical equipment.
  • Read and interpret diagrams, schematics and manuals for equipment.
  • Perform preventive maintenance and reliability improvements.
  • Install and repair mechanical drives, belts, sprockets, and gearboxes.
  • Maintain maintenance logs and coordinate with operations to prioritize needs.
  • Work shifts as assigned, including overtime and weekends.

Skills

Electrical repair
Mechanical maintenance
Troubleshooting
Pneumatic systems
Hydraulic systems
Reading schematics
Preventive maintenance
Welding
Pipefitting
Industrial maintenance

Education

Industrial Maintenance Technology degree

Tools

RSLogix 5000
VFDs (Allen-Bradley, Yaskawa, Toshiba)

Job description

Your Job

Looking for a career with an organization that truly cares about your health, safety, and success? How about a career where you have opportunity for advancement, variable pay for performance, job stability and great co-workers and leadership? At Georgia-Pacific, we don’t believe that a job is just simply a job. We see each role as a career and a way to advance your skills to not only better your life, but the community as well.

Your Job

Looking for a career with an organization that truly cares about your health, safety, and success? How about a career where you have opportunity for advancement, variable pay for performance, job stability and great co-workers and leadership? At Georgia-Pacific, we don’t believe that a job is just simply a job. We see each role as a career and a way to advance your skills to not only better your life, but the community as well.

Our Georgia-Pacific, Gypsum plant located in Sweetwater, TX is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician. The maintenance team helps ensure the successful operation of the facility by resolving mechanical and electrical issues, recommending alternative repairs and equipment upgrades, identifying quality concerns, setting equipment in a precision state, and understanding the production threshold of the equipment.

Why Join Us?
Compensation:
  • The Multi-Craft Maintenance role starts at $39.00/hour and up depending on experience. Candidates must have basic electrical knowledge in addition to mechanical knowledge.
  • Relocation benefits may be available
Schedule
  • Monday-Friday, 7:00 am - 3:00 pm, with overtime weekends and Holidays as needed.
  • OR 12-hour rotating shifts Sunday-Wednesday with alternating Wednesdays off or Wednesday- Saturday with alternating Wednesdays off
  • Additional schedules available
What You Will Do In Your Role
  • Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle, repair, and maintain industrial machinery, mechanical equipment, electrical equipment, and circuits
  • Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machinery and electrical equipment in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operating manuals and manufacturers specifications. Equipment includes but is not limited to: motors, pneumatic components, conveyor systems and production machines
  • Perform periodic proactive asset strategies, such as maintenance routes, preventative maintenance, and other tasks to improve reliability and uptime
  • Install and repair mechanical drives, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, belts, and couplings
  • Maintain and troubleshoot pneumatic systems, control devices, hydraulic equipment, circuits, and components
  • Perform daily preventative maintenance routes
  • Read and interpret mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics
  • Maintain accurate maintenance logs including labor hours and critical preventive maintenance findings
  • Work with the operations and maintenance teams to identify and prioritize maintenance needs
  • Help meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment to reduce waste
  • Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in the safety program
  • Assist in the development and implementation of reliability/ precision centered maintenance strategies
  • Use pipefitting skills to weld, cut, fit and install piping throughout the facility
  • Apply problem solving methods to identify the root cause and eliminate failure
  • Work any shift, weekends, holidays, and overtime
The Experience You Will Bring
Requirements:
  • One (1) year or more of experience with installation, calibration, fabrication, and preventive maintenance in a manufacturing, industrial, agriculture, oil & gas, or military environment
  • Experience utilizing and interpreting equipment drawings/schematics such as electrical schematics & mechanical drawings.
  • Six (6) month's experience with:
  • Single and 3-phase electrical repair and troubleshooting up to 480 Volts
  • Troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatics systems
  • Troubleshooting issues and making repairs on bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes and conveyor
  • Precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, and pumps
  • Installing, troubleshooting, repairing and calibrating electrical/mechanical instrumentation
What Will Put You Ahead:
  • Two (2) years of electrical experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment
  • Two (2) year degree on Industrial Maintenance Technology
  • Experience with PLCs (RSLogix 5000)
  • Experience with VFDs (Allen-Bradley, Yaskawa, Toshiba)
  • Experience using a cutting torch and welding with arc welder and fabrication
Learn More

These highly skilled positions will support our operations efficiency through troubleshooting and maintaining manufacturing equipment and processes. In our culture, employees can thrive and are encouraged to create the greatest value for themselves, the organization, our customers, and society.

Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions that meet the needs of customers and society, while operating in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible, and economically sound. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose, and related chemicals. The company employs more than 30,000 people at approximately 300 locations in North and South America.

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

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, 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.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

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