Maintenance Mechanic

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic for our Brewton, AL container board facility. This is a highly skilled hourly position requiring a thorough understanding of safe work practices, standard maintenance processes, precision maintenance, and the ability to troubleshoot manufacturing equipment. This position creates value for the facility by supporting the maintenance team with precision repair work and preventative maintenance, leading to increased uptime and reliability.

This position starts at $43.11 hourly
. The regular schedule is 7:00 am-3:30 pm, Monday-Friday. Our Maintenance Mechanic works any shift, including holidays and weekends, and works overtime as needed and rotates on-call duties.

• Champion Safety by prioritizing safe work practices and taking an active role to ensure a safe work environment for yourself and others
• Adhere to all mill safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Perform preventative maintenance and mechanical repairs on manufacturing and utility equipment, including but not limited to motors, pumps, drive chains, belt drives, mechanical seals, gearboxes, clutches, valves, steam turbines, air compressors, and fans
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and repair all rotating equipment and conveyor systems to include installing bushings, sprockets, bearings, adjustable belts, packing glands, seals, and gaskets
• Use welding equipment, hand tools, power metal saws, drill press, rigging equipment, squares, dial indicators, laser alignment equipment, calipers, micrometers, and other gauges required in millwright work
• Perform rigging, grinding, welding, and fabrication of equipment
• Troubleshoot and repair hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of equipment and machinery
• Plan machining work using work orders, drawings, and direct measurements
• Perform machining operations to including setting up, adjusting, and running mills, lathes, and drills to produce precision machined parts
• Operate mobile equipment including forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes
• Reading blueprints, technical and mechanical drawings, Process & Instrument Diagrams (P&’s) and schematics
• Utilize the computerized maintenance software to communicate daily work performed and equipment conditions
• Perform repetitive and physically demanding tasks for extended periods of time, lifting, walking, climbing, twisting, stooping

• High School Diploma or GED
• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • Three years or more experience industrial or manufacturing maintenance, or equivalent military background
  • Two years or more of college or vocational training in Industrial Maintenance Technology, Machining Technology, Welding, or similar program PLUS one year of experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment

• Two years or more of mechanical or machining schooling
• Completion of a mechanical apprenticeship program (supporting documentation required)
• Experience with TIG, MIG and STICK welding
• Machining experience

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.

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