Maintenance Technician - Wheatfield, IN
 Georgia Pacific | |
life insurance, parental leave, relocation assistance
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 United States, Indiana, Wheatfield | |
 Nov 19, 2024 | |
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Georgia-Pacific in Wheatfield, IN is currently hiring for a Maintenance Technician. Our ideal Technician is a self-motivated, skilled hourly professional with a working knowledge of mechanical and electrical troubleshooting and a solid foundation in the skills needed to properly maintain manufacturing equipment. This position is a vital resource for our ongoing success and productivity, and we are interested in learning more about you! Compensation: $32.87/hour Schedule: 12-hour rotating shifts that include weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed Location: This position will be located in Wheatfield, IN. Relocation assistance may be available. Our Team Our Wheatfield facility has a rich history producing gypsum wallboard for a wide variety of customers. Georgia-Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit [1] www.buildgp.com. And, to learn more about our gypsum products, visit [2] www.gpgypsum.com. What You Will Do * Troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining industrial machinery * Installing and aligning new equipment * Performing periodic maintenance routines including lubricating machine tools and equipment for improved reliability and uptime * Maintaining accurate maintenance logs including labor hours and critical preventative maintenance findings * Working with the operations and maintenance teams to identify and prioritize maintenance needs * Helping meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment to reduce waste * Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures and actively participating in the safety program * Assisting in the development and implementation of reliability centered maintenance strategies * Application of simple problem-solving methods such as 5Y to reduce and eliminate failures * Working in a hot, humid, cold, dusty, and noisy industrial environment * Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations including wearing PPE * Ability to work weekends, holidays, rotating shifts, and overtime when needed Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) * 2+ years of mechanical maintenance experience OR a combination of experience and maintenance technical degree * Experience with rotating equipment installation/alignment, alignment of couplings, bearings and pumps, lubrication experience * Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatics systems * Experience troubleshooting issues and making repairs on bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, conveyors, etc. * Experience with reading and understanding mechanical drawings What Will Put You Ahead * Associates degree or two (2) years of study from a technical college in the fields of Industrial Maintenance or Industrial Technology * Five (5) or more years of mechanical millwright experience in an industrial environment 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. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy [3] here. 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. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our [4] business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. 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. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. 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. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click [5] here for additional information. References Visible links 1. http://www.buildgp.com/ 2. http://www.gpgypsum.com/ 3. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture 4. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy 5. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf | |