PLC Technician - Gurdon, AR at Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring for a PLC Technician at our Plywood facility in Gurdon, Arkansas. 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 ideal Technician is self-motivated, reliable, and has a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and respect for others. You should have a strong desire to improve processes without regard for where work is required (operational, mechanical, or electrical).

Georgia-Pacific employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury-free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit http://www.buildgp.com. 

What You Will Do In Your Role

• Knowledge share, coordinate, and communicate effectively to all levels
• Work independently or as a team with maintenance technicians and management
• Demonstrate effective and logical troubleshooting skills
• Understand and use data to improve productivity
• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Assist crew members and work in team environment
• Be willing to work in a hot, humid, cold, noisy, dusty manufacturing environment

Who You Are

• Advanced PLC programming skills (Allen-Bradley PLC 5 & Contrologix experience required)
• Ability to troubleshoot and maintain plant network systems
• Ability to troubleshoot, configure and repair all types of PLCs & HMIs
• Ability to troubleshoot, configure and install AC drives
• Ability to troubleshoot, configure and install process instruments
• Able to read assembly drawings, schematics, and equipment layouts
• Extensive PLC controls programming background to include servo experience, networked PLCs, and analog control
• HMI programming background to build new or modify existing HMIs on a variety of platforms
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.)
• Must be able to lift 35 lbs

What Will Put You Ahead

• Knowledge proficiency with AutoCAD
• Two (2) year degree in a technical related field

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.

*About Elite Technical Recruiting: *

Elite Technical Recruiting is a Direct Placement firm partnering with manufacturing companies, successfully placing Skilled Trades and Engineering professionals. We have over 30 years of experience in recruitment and have supported many different manufacturing companies. We provide a niche recruitment experience utilizing our experienced team of professional recruiters who are experts in the Industrial Maintenance and Engineering fields. They understand the key skill sets needed to partner with manufacturing companies.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.