Recycle Fiber Technician

Georgia Pacific; Muskogee (OK); On-site; USD 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Recycle Fiber Technician for its Muskogee, OK Tissue, Towel, and Napkin Mill. The role involves handling wastepaper, determining quality, and initiating the pulp process.

Pay starts at $19.57 per hour with a 12-hour rotating shift, including holidays and overtime as needed. The operation spans a large campus with 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, inside a hot, dusty, and noisy industrial environment.

Qualifications

• 1 year or more of experience in manufacturing/industrial/warehouse/military environments.
• Forklift experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Operate mobile equipment in a wastepaper warehouse/ops environment.
• Transport wastepaper or pulp to production lines and warehouse.
• Maintain customer focus with in-house departments.
• Follow safety procedures and policies.
• Operate equipment to product specification targets.
• Troubleshoot and repair to maintain production.
• Work 12-hour rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Work in hot, cold, dusty, noisy environment.
• Handle lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and pulling for up to 12 hours.
• Work in high/confined spaces.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Forklift operation

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Job description

Your Job

Gorgia Pacific's Consumer Products Group is seeking candidates for Recycle Fiber Technician opportunity supporting our Muskogee, OK Tissue, Towel, and Napkin Mill. This individual will work with the paper products coming off trucks and determine quality and start the pulp process. The pay for this position will be starting at $19.57 per hour. The shift will be 12 hour rotating shift to include holidays, weekends and overtime as needed. The shifts will be 7:00 am - 7:00 pm and 7:00 pm - 7:00 am.

Our Team

Located on the Kerr-McClellan Navigational Channel (Arkansas River) on about 640 acres of land, the Muskogee consumer products operation spans across approximately 70 acres (or 2,900,000 square feet) of manufacturing and warehouse space are "under roof" employing approximately 830 employees. We are the second largest employer in the Muskogee, OK area and 45th in the state! Our non-union facility operates on 12-hour shifts, 7 days per week, 365 days per year; housing 2 of the 13 largest tissue machines in the world and paper machines that produce an average of 900 tons of paper per day. Our finished product consists of a mix of 40% Retail and 60% Commercial.

What You Will Do

• Operate mobile equipment in a wastepaper warehouse/ops environment
• Transport wastepaper or pulp to production lines and warehouse location
• Maintain customer focus with in-house departments
• Understand and comply with all safety procedures and policies
• Operate equipment to defined standards and product specification targets
• Troubleshoot, adjust, and make minor repairs to equipment to maintain production
• Work a twelve (12) hour rotating shift to include weekends, holidays and overtime as needed
• Work in a hot, cold, dusty, and noisy industrial environment
• Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day
• Work in high and/or confined spaces

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Work a twelve (12) hour rotating shift to include weekends, holidays and overtime as
• Work in a hot, cold, dusty, and noisy industrial environment

What Will Put You Ahead

• One (1) year or more of experience working in a manufacturing, industrial, warehouse, or military environment
• Experience with Paper manufacturing or converting experience
• Experience driving a forklift
• HS Diploma or GED

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Hiring Philosophy

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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

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Our Benefits

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