Your Job
Georgia Pacific is searching for a Planer Technician to help advance the plant operations. This high visibility role will allow for the right candidate to utilize their leadership, industrial, and mechanical experience to directly impact the operations output. At Georgia Pacific we look for employees to have an entrepreneurial mindset to identify processes/procedures to remain the producer of the highest quality products in the market.
Salary:
- Our starting pay is a minimum of $26/hr. or more depending on experience.
- You will have the ability to increase your compensation based on skills and contribution to the overall performance of the mill.
Shift:
- 12 hours rotating shift (3-week repeating cycle as below)
Shift Hours: 5:45 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. or 5:45pm – 6:00am
· Work Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (day)
· Off Thursday, Friday, Work Saturday (day, only if needed)
· Off Sunday, Monday
· Work Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (night)
· Off Saturday
· Work Sunday, Monday (night)
· Off Tuesday, Wednesday
· Work Thursday, Friday (day)
· Off Saturday (repeat the cycle)
What You Will Do
- Conduct daily set-up and operation of the Planer to include changing and jointing of knives, operation of computer driven production systems (HMI), detailed troubleshooting, equipment repair, and quality inspections to ensure performance.
- Lead the front-end machine centers in the planer including planer infeed, tilt hoist, and stick recovery operators.
- Work cross functionally with regional engineers, millwrights, and quality operators to help produce the quality standard in the lumber industry.
- Perform minor repairs and preventative maintenance to ensure machine reliability and escalate machine maintenance needs appropriately.
- Contributing to a team environment by cross training and filling in for other operators as needed.
- Everyone’s role is to clean! No job is above keeping our plant clean while adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures.
- Able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment, e.g., safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toed boots, and other PPE as required by specific jobs.
- Able to perform tasks such as lifting to 50 lbs., walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and /or pulling for up to 12 hours a day.
- Able to work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment.
- Able to perform tasks including lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day.
- The ability to successfully use a computer without assistance to complete assigned tasks.
- Must be available to work flexible hours when needed to perform machine test including weekends, nights, and holidays. This may include working on normally scheduled off days for training with millwrights or project work.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- A minimum of two (2) or more years of work experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- A minimum of one (1) year safely operating machinery or industrial equipment.
- Ability to understand and operate precision tools such as calipers, dial indicators and belt hertz meters.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Previous experience operating a planer.
- Experience with lumber or wood products.
- Experience performing machine maintenance and equipment setups.
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.
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