Industrial Maintenance Intern

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring for an Industrial Maintenance Technician Intern to join our team in Huntsville, AL.

This internship offers an opportunity to build technical skills, expand your professional network, and gain valuable manufacturing experience that can help position you for future opportunities within industrial maintenance and manufacturing operations. Successful interns will leave with practical, hands-on experience, industry exposure, and a stronger foundation for launching their careers in skilled trades and manufacturing.

Our Huntsville facility manufactures corrugated boxes and specialty packaging products used to package and transport products across a variety of industries. Behind every box is a manufacturing operation that depends on safe, reliable equipment running efficiently.

• Work alongside experienced Maintenance Technicians who will provide coaching, mentorship, and hands‑on learning opportunities to help you develop practical industrial maintenance skills and gain confidence working in a manufacturing environment.
• Participate in troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining, and installing equipment in compliance with all plant policies and procedures.
• Gain hands‑on experience working with motors, pneumatic and hydraulic components, conveyor systems, and production line equipment.
• Develop an understanding of preventative maintenance practices that improve equipment reliability and operational performance.
• Read diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer specifications for installations.
• Use hand tools, power tools, precision measuring devices, and testing instruments.
• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Collaborate with maintenance and operations team members to learn how reliable equipment performance supports safety, quality, and production goals.

• Must be enrolled in and pursuing a two (2) year Industrial Maintenance degree.

• Experience reading technical drawings and schematics.
• Experience through coursework, laboratory training, internships, military service, or other hands‑on settings troubleshooting and repairing electrical/electronic equipment and components such as motors, motor controllers, and drives.
• Experience in industrial maintenance, manufacturing environments, automation systems, or preventative maintenance programs.
• A strong mechanical aptitude and desire to learn in a hands‑on manufacturing 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.

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 here .

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.

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