Night Shift Maintenance Tech III – Industrial Electrical

Georgia-Pacific LLC; La Mirada (CA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Shift: 6:00 pm – 6:00 am

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific seeks an experienced Maintenance Technician III to support our Corrugated Packaging facility in La Mirada, CA. You will expand your skills in industrial electrical, process controls, and mechanical crafts while joining the Reliability Team to boost safety, uptime, and efficiency.

This role involves preventive maintenance, troubleshooting downtime, and documenting work in CMMS. Shift is 6:00 pm–6:00 am with potential weekends/overtime.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of maintenance experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment.
• Experience troubleshooting industrial electrical control power circuits and 3-phase motor systems (12 VDC to 480 VAC).
• Experience troubleshooting PLC-controlled equipment and variable frequency drives (VFDs).
• Experience using precision maintenance tools such as transfer punches, feeler gauges, calipers, drive belt tension, and sheave alignment.
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing mechanical systems such as chain and belt drives, couplings, gearboxes, powered conveyors, actuated valves, and welding/fabrication in an industrial setting.
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing pneumatic and hydraulic power transmission systems.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safe work environment by following all plant safety and environmental policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Collaborate with the maintenance team and communicate effectively with operations and leadership to troubleshoot issues, restore equipment, and prevent repeat failures.
• Perform routine, scheduled preventive maintenance (PM) to support equipment reliability.
• Respond to unplanned downtime and floor calls with timely troubleshooting and corrective repairs.
• Document completed work, parts used, and equipment history in the CMMS.
• Apply working knowledge of industrial electrical and process control systems.
• Apply working knowledge of mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
• Ability to safely use hand and power tools, precision-measuring devices, and test instruments.
• Willingness and ability to work any shift and, as needed, weekends, holidays, and overtime.
• Ability to provide basic hand tools and a rolling toolbox.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of urgency and follow through on commitments.
• Demonstrate a self-directed, disciplined work style and take ownership of results.

Skills

Industrial electrical

Process controls

Mechanical crafts

Safety procedures

Troubleshooting

CMMS documentation

Education

Technical degree or apprenticeship in electrical/industrial maintenance

Tools

Siemens PLCs

Allen-Bradley PLCs

FANUC robotics

Kawasaki robotics

Job description

Georgia-Pacific seeks an experienced Maintenance Technician III to support our Corrugated Packaging facility in La Mirada, CA. You will expand your skills in industrial electrical, process controls, and mechanical crafts while joining the Reliability Team to boost safety, uptime, and efficiency.

This role involves preventive maintenance, troubleshooting downtime, and documenting work in CMMS. Shift is 6:00 pm–6:00 am with potential weekends/overtime.