Maintenance Technician - Georgia-Pacific

Your Job

Our Georgia-Pacific Madison, GA facility is now hiring immediately a qualified candidate, with a positive "can-do" attitude, to join our team as a Maintenance Millwright. We are offering a $5000 Sign-on Bonus!

For this role, we anticipate paying $27.00 - $35.00 per hour. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

The Millwright helps ensure the successful operation of the facility by resolving mechanical issues, recommending alternative repairs and equipment upgrades, identifying quality concerns, and understanding the production threshold of the equipment.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific in Madison, GA manufactures pine plywood panels and siding that are ideal for residential and light commercial construction. GP employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visitwww.buildgp.com. Our Georgia- Pacific Madison, GA facility is a Tobacco Free Workplace.

What You Will Do

• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines and policies and procedures
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain equipment for improved reliability and uptime
• Assist co-workers and work in a team environment
• Maintain highest level of housekeeping standards for the facility
• Effectively communicate work performed and equipment statuses both written and verbally
• Help us meet or exceed production waste and quality goals through a quality maintenance program
• Read and understand work instructions
• Conduct maintenance on equipment in accordance with the scheduled maintenance requirements
• Workin a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment
• Demonstrate leadership skills, must be a self-starter and require little or no supervision and have the ability and willingness to train others
• Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations.
• Wear necessary Personal Protective Equipment (safety glasses, ear plugs, hard hat, 6" top leather steel toe boots, etc.).
• Perform repetitive and physically demanding tasks for extended periods (lifting, walking, climbing, pushing, twisting, stooping).

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience using a tool holder, inserting types, turning and boring set ups
• Experience troubleshooting conveyors, hydraulics, pneumatics, and pumps
• Experience installing, aligning, troubleshooting, repairing and replacing industrial equipment
• Experience with fabrication, welding and a cutting torch
• Experience operating hoisting and lifting devices
• Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets and gearboxes
• Experience with precision alignment of motors and couplings
• Experience reading blueprints, technical drawings, and/or hydraulic schematics
• Experience with precision measurements and geometric tolerances, inspection gages, and layout procedures

What Will Put You Ahead

• A minimum of 2 years of mechanical and technical training
• A minimum of 6 months experience working in a Wood Mill Environment

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