Production Operator - Antioch, CA

About the role

Your Job Georgia-Pacific is looking to hire safety-oriented and efficient Production Operators for our Gypsum facility in Antioch, CA. Compensation is $30.16/hour and the schedule is 12 hour rotating shifts that include weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

Responsibilities

• Operate equipment to defined standards and product specification targets
• Monitor and/or enter into computer control systems
• Perform basic asset care duties to include routine preventative maintenance and cleaning of work area
• Work as a team to help meet or exceed production, waste, quality, and safety goals
• Operate and/or work around mobile equipment
• Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment
• Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day, in a loud/noisy, and industrial, high-volume environment

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, agricultural, or military environment
• Completion of post high school education in a manufacturing/industrial centered program

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience working in an industrial/manufacturing environment
• Experience operating a forklift
• Experience identifying, analyzing and troubleshooting quality issues
• Experience working with construction materials (lumber, gypsum, plaster, brick, insulation, etc.)
• Experience in identifying, leading, developing and implementing process improvement initiatives

About Our Team

The Antioch Gypsum facility employs approximately 120 individuals in helping Georgia-Pacific as one of the nation’s leading gypsum board manufacturers. Georgia-Pacific’s building product business is consistently amongst the nation’s top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. Our employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

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.

Our Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement
• Paid vacation/time off, educational assistance
• May also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.