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.

Do you enjoy working as a team member and take pride in accomplishing production excellence? Are you looking for a career with a company that values employees and sets them up for success? Then don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity!

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

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

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.

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