Maintenance Millwright - Taylorsville, MS

Job Overview

Georgia‑Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Millwright for its Taylorsville, MS plywood facility. The role involves troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining industrial machinery, aligning new equipment, and supporting production and quality goals.

• Starting pay $31.95 per hour.
• $1.50 shift differential for nights.
• Compensation may increase based on skills and performance.

• Flexible to work any shift, including nights, overtime, holidays, and weekends.

105 SCR 25, Taylorsville, MS 39168.

• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial machinery.
• Install and align new equipment.
• Perform periodic maintenance routines, including lubricating machine tools and equipment for improved reliability and uptime.
• Maintain accurate maintenance logs, including labor hours and critical preventative maintenance findings.
• Work with the operations and maintenance teams to identify and prioritize maintenance needs.
• Help meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment to reduce waste.
• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, procedures, and actively participate in the safety program.
• Be willing to work any shift, on‑call, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed.
• Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment.
• Work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment.

• Two (2) years or more of experience in a mechanical maintenance position within a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.
• Experience working with hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Experience using a cutting torch and welding with an arc welder.
• Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors.

• Experience reading and understanding mechanical drawings.
• Experience with precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, pumps, and lubrication.
• Leadership experience in a manufacturing company focused on mechanical and reliability maintenance.
• Two‑year technical degree or higher in Industrial Maintenance Technology or a similar program.
• Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Experience in precision maintenance practices such as lubrication, alignment techniques, and precision measuring.

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and perform physically demanding tasks, including climbing ladders and working at heights or in confined spaces.
• Ability to work in a sawmill environment with dust, noise, heat, and cold conditions.

Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, health savings accounts, life insurance, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance. Eligibility criteria are specified in the applicable Summary Plan Description and may vary by geographic region.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. All offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. Please visit  for additional information.