Our Georgia-Pacific Gypsum facility located in Sweetwater, TX is seeking motivated and safety-oriented individuals to join our team.
Position: Reliability Technician
Shift: This position is for day shift with flexibility to work all shifts including overtime, weekends, and holidays when required.
Compensation: This role starts at $34.00/hour and up depending on level of experience
Working Location: 211 SE Georgia Ave, Sweetwater, TX 79556
WHAT YOU WILL DO IN THE ROLE
• The Reliability Technician ensures the safety, reliability, maintenance, and performance of production assets.
• Uses physical force to lift, push, pull and hold equipment and tools. + Climbs and works at various heights and may work in a standing, sitting, lying down, crouched, or kneeling position.
• Perform monthly vibration routes
• Provide technical support for ongoing maintenance problems, new equipment, and project inspection/commissioning.
• Developing and implementing plans to improve reliability based on findings from investigations.
• Determining the appropriate corrective actions for each situation, such as replacing equipment or implementing new safety procedures
THE EXPERIENCE YOU WILL BRING
Requirements:
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in a related vibration monitoring and calibration field
• Analyzing and identifying potential causes of equipment failure to prevent future problems.
• Work experience in using aligning tools and vibration analyses
• Experience using a computerized maintenance management system such as MOE, MP2
• Basic computer skills such as: opening, creating, and updating content in MS Word documents and Excel spreadsheets is required. (Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Project)
• The ability to work indoors and outdoors in and around industrial and electrical equipment, work in temperature extremes due to weather conditions and operating equipment is required.
• Must be able to regularly bend, stoop, move from ground level to higher levels, raise/lift from ground level and lift up to 50 lbs., manually transport a load up to 75 lbs., apply up to 100-foot pounds of torque.
• Need to be available for call outs as needed.
What Will Put You Ahead:
• Certificate of level 1 or level 2 vibration analysis
• Prior Gypsum experience
• Experience managing an MOC process.
• MP2 experience
• Degree in engineering, or maintenance related field
• Experience using Microsoft Project
LEARN MORE
Georgia-Pacific just opened a new $285 million state-of-the art gypsum mill in Sweetwater, TX. This location combined with the existing plant will produce more than 1 billion square feet of gypsum products each year! Once it is operational, the complex will employ over 200 full-time employees. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a technologically advanced facility in a world class Principle Based Management culture.
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