Your Job
Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Industrial Maintenance Technician for our Dudley, NC Lumber Mill. This is a highly skilled hourly position requiring a thorough understanding of safe work practices, troubleshooting, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment. This position creates value for the facility by performing preventative and corrective maintenance leading to increased uptime and reliability, thus helping the facility to meet their production and quality goals.
- Salary rate per hour range starting at $23 to $35, based on qualifications and experience.
- $1,000 to $5,000 Sign on bonus depending on qualifications and experience.
- Relocation Cost Assistance
Our Team
Our Lumber mill in Dudley, NC manufactures dimensional lumber of superior quality to meet the demanding needs of builders.
What You Will Do
- Troubleshooting, installing, aligning, dismantling, and repairing industrial machinery and mechanical equipment for improved reliability and uptime
- Performing periodic maintenance routines to identify and correct mechanical defects before they fail
- Maintaining operations equipment to achieve optimal performance levels
- Working with operations associates to identify and prioritize maintenance needs
- Maintaining strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment, i.e.: safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toed boots and other PPE as required by specific jobs while completing assigned work
- Working safely with minimal supervision while being self-driven
- Maintaining a clean and organized work area
- Identifying machine components and coordinate to order parts as needed
- Performing precision work to include laser alignment, belt tensioning, bolt torque specs, and completing necessary paperwork
- Diagnosing and repairing issues wilt mill equipment including pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, electrical and other failures.
- Repairing/replacing mill equipment components such as conveying chain, bearings, gearboxes, motors, cylinders, etc.
- Ability to work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment
- Ability to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to 12 hours a day
- Ability to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment, i.e.: safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toed boots and other PPE as required by specific jobs
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- At least two (2) years of industrial mechanical maintenance experience within an industrial, military or manufacturing environment
- Experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, bearings, chains and sprockets, rigging, belts, reading hydraulic schematics and blueprints, precision measurement, and precision alignment of motors and couplings
- Experience with cutting, welding and fabricating
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience using a computer for record-keeping and documentation functions
- Three (3) years or more of industrial mechanical maintenance experience within an industrial, military or manufacturing environment
- One (1) year or more of electrical experience in an industrial, manufacturing or military environment
Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
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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