Electrician
Listed on 2026-06-26
-
Manufacturing / Production
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic
Gloster Forest Products, LLC (GFP) is buildinga state-of-the-artlumber mill in Gloster, Mississippi.
The new mill will require over 1 million tons of timber annually to produce about 250 million board feet. The facility will belocatedon 65 acres (about the area of a large shopping mall) andrepresentsa corporate investment of over $200 million, creating 131 jobs and supporting an additional
200 indirect jobs whenoperatingat full capacity.
Family-owned and operated, GFP is dedicated to its employees who are passionate about delivering unmatched, high-quality lumber from a world-class lumber manufacturing facility.
Gloster Forest Products is slated to begin manufacturing lumber in May of 2024. For more information:
This highly skilled role creates value by performing a variety of electrical systems and maintenance duties, while ensuring maximum facility uptime to meet production goals. This position requires knowledge of and hands-on-experience with the following technologies: instrumentation, electronics, lubrication, hydraulics, power transmission, mechanics, steam,weldingand pneumatics.
Responsibilities:- Install, troubleshoot,and repair equipment in compliance with plant codes, policies, and procedures
- Respond to all maintenance issues, both mechanical and electrical, throughout the plant
- Undertake preventative maintenance program for equipment.
- Read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to repair equipment.
- Verify and document repairs made.
- Work any shift, on-call, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed
- 1 years ofpreviousmaintenance experience
- Experience with Allen Bradley PLC5 and/or Control Logix
- Knowledge of and experience with hand and power tools
- Mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic knowledge and aptitude
- Experience in an industrial environment with VFDs, PLCs, MCCs, HMIs
- Experience with high voltage volts)
- Competent with all type power transmission components and troubleshooting
- Be able to pass a basic mechanical assessment test
- Be able to pass a basic hands-on test
- High school diploma or GED Must be able to work nights, weekends, holidays as required
Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working inloudenvironment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).
#J-18808-Ljbffr(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).