Woodyard Technician

Georgia-Pacific LLC; New Augusta (MS); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Woodyard Technician for their New Augusta facility. The role involves operating and maintaining equipment in the woodyard, ensuring safety and operational excellence. Ideal candidates have a year of industrial experience and are effective communicators. The position offers a competitive hourly wage of $26.66, alongside a supportive workplace culture focused on employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending and health savings accounts

Flexible paid time off

Educational assistance

Qualifications

• One or more years of experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment required.
• Experience with computers essential.
• Industrial lift truck certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Operate log and chip processing equipment safely.
• Monitor chip quality and flow patterns during operations.
• Effective communication with departments.

Skills

Operating equipment

Monitoring chip quality

Data verification

Communication

Education

Experience in industrial or manufacturing environment

Tools

Industrial lift trucks

Log loading equipment

Industrial conveyor systems

Job description

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Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is currently looking for a talented individual to join our team as a Woodyard Technician in

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is currently looking for a talented individual to join our team as a Woodyard Technician in New Augusta, MS. The Woodyard Technician is responsible for safely operating, maintaining, and performing preventative maintenance on the equipment which allows for smooth and successful operations in the woodyard.

This position will typically work a 12-hour rotating shift and the starting pay is $26.66 per hour.

Our Team

With a workforce of approximately 300, Leaf River is in the heart of South Mississippi, just 20 miles from Hattiesburg. For nearly 40 years, the Leaf River team has been on a journey to make the best products possible for customers while doing it in new and innovative ways. Our products include chemical cellulose, custom fibers, and nonwoven materials that are used in products such as diapers, baby wipes and coffee filters. As one of six mills in the GP Cellulose business, Leaf River is a showcase of safety, operational and environmental excellence. To learn more about our Cellulose division, please visit: www.gppackaging.com.

What You Will Do

• Operate different types of log and chip processing equipment
• Monitor chip quality and flow patterns while operating control room
• Verify that data is correctly inputted
• Adhere to all plant health, safety, and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Responsible for regularly and effectively communicating with different departments.
  
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• One year or more of experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment (including work in logging woods)
• Experience working with computers
  
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Industrial lift truck experience/certification
• Experience with log loading equipment, remote operating crane, process stacker or reclaimer, or relatable heavy machinery
• Experience working with industrial conveyor system
  
  
  

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, 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.

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, 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

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing

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