Maintenance Technician

About the role

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate. Located in Tupelo, MS, the Industrial Maintenance Tech role offers the opportunity to work as a senior Industrial maintenance technician for our corrugated packaging plant, keeping equipment up and running to OEM standards, collaborating with maintenance leadership, operators, vendors & corporate reliability team to ensure maximum uptime and safely meet production goals. Devens is a nonunion facility.

Responsibilities

• Follow all safety rules and practices
• Provide electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, preventive and emergency maintenance for our fast-paced corrugated packaging facility
• As priorities demand, performing emergency breakdown maintenance as necessary to support plant operations including preventive maintenance activities such as lubricating, measuring wear, measuring positions, repositioning components; and observing operations, vibrations, and noise levels.
• Help train your peers and more junior team members on skillsets you can share

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical and electrical systems, mechanical drives, pneumatics, hydraulics on high speed, high volume industrial equipment.
• Critical skillsets include troubleshooting and repairing DC Electrical Controls.
• Ability to reference equipment manuals.
• Strong understanding and application of precision maintenance.
• Willingness to maintain clean and organized work areas and cleaning up work areas as part of completing assigned tasks.
• May operate forklifts, hoists, and other heavy equipment.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance work order systems.
• Strong Computer Skills.
• Strong understanding of 5S.
• Willingness to complete any maintenance work as necessary.
• Five or more years’ experience working with large industrial equipment, troubleshooting, preventative maintenance & repair.
• Microsoft Office.
• Electrical knowledge and experience with electrical and industrial control systems.
• Excellent communication skills and effective team-building skills are a must.
• Mentorship and willingness to help train your teammates.
• Experience in corrugated packaging or similar high volume, no redundancy manufacturing environment.
• Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.