Production Operator

Overview

Georgia Pacific is looking for a Production Operator for our Santa Teresa, NM corrugated sheet feeder facility.

• $20.00 per hour or higher pending experience.
• 2nd shift differential is $0.75 per hour.
• Salary may increase based on skills and contribution.
• Medical, dental and vision benefits offered along with 401k with employer match and 80 hours of vacation time annually.

Candidates must be flexible and available to work first, second, or third shift as needed, including overtime, holidays, and weekends. Currently hiring for 1st or 2nd shift. Orientation on 1st shift (7am‑3pm); permanent shift assigned afterward.

• 1st shift:
  Monday‑Friday 7am‑3pm; weekends and overtime as needed.
• 2nd shift:
  Monday‑Friday 3pm‑11pm; weekends and overtime as needed.

• Operate equipment to defined standards and product specification targets.
• Monitor and/or entry into computer control systems.
• Troubleshoot equipment to optimize production.
• Perform basic asset care duties, including routine preventative maintenance and cleaning of work area.
• Work as a team to help meet or exceed production, waste, quality, and safety goals.
• Operate and/or work around mobile equipment.
• Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment.
• Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to 12 hours a day in a loud/noisy, industrial, high-volume environment.

• Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, agricultural, construction, or military environment or completion of post‑high school education in a manufacturing/industrial centered program.

• Experience using a computer, tablet, or smart device.
• Previous experience working in a corrugated box plant.

Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Eligibility may vary by geographic region.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: