Electrician - Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring an experienced Electrician at our Camden, Texas lumber mill. This highly skilled role creates value by performing a variety of electrical systems and maintenance duties, while ensuring maximum facility uptime to meet production goals.

This position comes with a $2500 sign-on bonus!

Our Team

The Camden, TX facility manufactures Southern Yellow Pine Lumber used in both residential and commercial construction. The procurement of our lumber is certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative®. These products have a long-standing reputation for being strong, reliable, and consistent, making them the preferred product on many construction sites. You can learn more about Camden's products at www.buildgp.com .

What You Will Do

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical control systems, PLC's, electronic circuits, motor controls, relay logic, AC/DC drives and low voltage switchgear.
• Install and make changes to industrial electrical equipment.
• Work with mechanical and electrical machinery, including hydraulic and pneumatic systems, performing electrical preventative maintenance tasks (PM's).
• Repair and maintain plant machinery in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals and manufacturer specifications.
• Effectively communicate work performed and equipment statuses both written and verbally.
• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures and actively participate in the safety program.
• Wear the necessary Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) such as hard hats, safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toe boots and other PPE required by specific jobs.
• Must be willing and able to work any shift, on-call, overtime, weekends, and holidays as required.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

At least two (2) years of electrical experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment Experience reading electrical and maintenance schematics/blueprints. Experience diagnosing mechanical and electronic systems using scanning and diagnostic tools, multi-meters, and computers. Experience troubleshooting electrical controls, PLC's, A/C and D/C motors, motor controllers and drives. Knowledge and experience of single and 3-phase troubleshooting up to 480-volt electrical systems. Experience running rigid conduit.

What Will Put You Ahead

Technical degree or higher in electro-mechanical curriculum. Experience working with hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

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, some 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