Millwright

Georgia Pacific Corp.; Pineland (TX); On-site; USD 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is hiring a Millwright at our lumber mill in Pineland, Texas. You will troubleshoot and repair mechanical failures, perform preventive maintenance, and maintain a clean, safe work environment.

Compensation ranges from $28–$36 per hour with rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed. Ideal candidates have industrial mechanical maintenance experience and skills in bearings, chains, sprockets, rigging, precision measurement, cutting, welding, and fabrication.

Qualifications

• Experience with bearings, chains and sprockets, rigging and belts.
• Precision measurement and precise alignment of motors and couplings.
• Cutting, welding and fabricating experience.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle and repair industrial machinery for reliability.
• Perform preventive maintenance to identify defects before failure.
• Maintain equipment to achieve optimal performance.
• Coordinate with operations to prioritize maintenance needs.
• Follow safety rules, wear PPE, and maintain a clean, safe work area.
• Identify components and coordinate parts orders as needed.
• Perform precision work including laser alignment, belt tensioning, torque specs.
• Diagnose and repair mill equipment across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic systems.

Skills

Bearings, chains & sprockets

Rigging & belts

Precision measurement & alignment

Cutting, welding & fabrication

Industrial mechanical maintenance

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring for a dedicated and reliable Millwright at our lumber mill in Pineland, Texas to be responsible for the troubleshooting and repairing of mechanical failures. This role will also perform preventive maintenance according to a scheduled system while maintaining a clean and safe working environment. Come and start a great career with a great company!

Pay expected between $28-36/hr

Work rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed.

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
• Maintaining strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment, i.e.: safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toed boots and other PPE as required by specific jobs while completing assigned work
• Identifying machine components and coordinate to order parts as needed
• Performing precision work to include laser alignment, belt tensioning, bolt torque specs, and completing necessary paperwork
• Diagnosing and repairing issues wilt mill equipment including pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, electrical and other failures.
• Repairing/replacing mill equipment components such as conveying chain, bearings, gearboxes, motors, cylinders, etc.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• At least two (2) years of industrial mechanical maintenance experience within an industrial, military or manufacturing environment
• Experience with bearings, chains and sprockets, rigging, belts, precision measurement, and precision alignment of motors and couplings
• Experience with cutting, welding and fabricating

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience using a computer for record-keeping and documentation functions
• Three (3) years or more of industrial mechanical maintenance experience within an industrial, military or manufacturing environment

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

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 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.

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 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.