Mechanical Technician- Corrigan Plywood

Pay: $28–38/hr

About the Role

We are hiring for a Mechanical Technician in our Corrigan, Texas mill. At Georgia Pacific, we see each role as a career and a way to advance your knowledge and expertise. If you are someone who wants to work for a company that will value your skills and ideas, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Requirements

• 3 or more years of Millwright experience, whether on a previous job or through maintenance training
• Experience troubleshooting equipment for mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic issues
• Experience cutting and welding
• Experience installing and troubleshooting bearings, sprockets, motors, gearboxes, pumps, chains, etc.
• Computer software and tablet experience

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience troubleshooting Plywood Operations equipment for mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical issues
• Advanced PLC/5, Control Logics, VFD drive experience
• Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing electrical circuits
• Experience reading and interpreting electrical schematics
• Previous maintenance experience in a wood products manufacturing environment
• Ability to read blueprints, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics
• Experience troubleshooting and maintaining pneumatic systems
• Experience troubleshooting hydraulic equipment, circuits, and components
• Experience using alignment and precision tools (laser line, micrometers, calipers, feeler gauges, etc.)

Responsibilities

• 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
• Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day in a noisy, non-air conditioned or unheated manufacturing mill environment
• Walk on an elevated catwalk over 15 feet high and work in confined spaces to perform daily duties
• Utilize software to update tasks and tickets
• Troubleshoot equipment for mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic issues

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.

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement
• Paid vacation/time off, educational assistance
• Infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance (eligibility criteria apply)

Additionally, we seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

About Us

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products, and 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.