Utility Worker

About the Role

Start a new career with Georgia-Pacific, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Building Products and Consumer Products. We are hiring Utility Workers at our Oriented Strand Board (OSB) facility located in Fordyce, AR. The shift for this position is a Day Shift with the following schedule: Sunday the hours are from 6:00am-11:00am, Monday - Friday the hours are from 6:00am-2:30pm.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively and respectfully in a team environment to achieve production and safety goals
• Clean equipment and work area regularly to ensure readiness and safety using a variety of equipment, including air hoses, shovels, rakes, saws, and other tools
• Operate mobile equipment to include a front-end loader, sweeper, and forklift
• Monitor system performance to meet targets
• Adhere to all plant health, safety, and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures, including wearing required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

About the Team

Our Georgia Pacific facility in Fordyce, AR manufactures Oriented Strand Board (OSB), compressed strands of wood chips that are bound together by adhesives which prevent moisture intrusion. This type of OSB is used for floor, wall, and roof sheathing in residential and light commercial construction applications. To learn more about our Building Products division, please visit www.buildgp.com.

Compensation and Benefits

• Variable Pay: In addition to base pay, operators may be eligible for variable pay, provided as a monetary bonus, based on performance metrics and production targets.
• Competitive Benefits Package: As part of Koch Industries, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401k with company match, and much more.

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Work in a hot, humid, dusty, and cold environment
• Perform work in an outdoor environment, exposing one to the elements
• Perform tasks such as lifting up to 40 lbs., walking, stooping, standing, repetitively pushing and/or pulling up to 12 hours per day

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Experience operating industrial equipment
  • Experience working as part of a team
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working in a wood processing facility
  • Experience using a computer, tablet, and/or smart phone
  • Experience using hand tools, including wrenches, ratchets, hammers, and/or screwdrivers
  • Forklift experience

Company Culture

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value, and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Our hiring philosophy values diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

About Georgia-Pacific

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.