Maintenance Technician - Gurdon Lumber

Maintenance Technician – Gurdon, Arkansas

Georgia‑Pacific is hiring a Maintenance Technician at our Lumber facility in Gurdon, Arkansas. This experienced skilled craft role performs a variety of maintenance duties to ensure maximum facility uptime and meet production goals.

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.

• Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle, repair, and maintain industrial machinery and mechanical equipment for improved reliability and uptime
• Work with machinery and mechanical equipment including motors, pneumatic & hydraulic components, conveyor systems, and production line equipment
• Read diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer's specifications for installations
• Use hand tools, power tools, and precision‑measuring devices and testing instruments
• Use a cutting torch and weld with an arc welder
• Troubleshoot issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors
• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Must be willing and able to work any shift, overtime, weekends, and holidays as required

• Must have at least two (2) years of maintenance experience in industrial, manufacturing, or military environments
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulics and pneumatics
• Experience reading technical drawings and schematics
• Experience using a computer including typing/sending emails and using a mouse

• Experience working in the lumber or plywood industries
• Two (2) year mechanical or industrial maintenance degree

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.