Industrial Electrician

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Georgia-Pacific has an immediate need for self-motivated and knowledgeable Industrial Electricians in Palatka, FL. This position creates value by troubleshooting and performing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on equipment leading to increased up-time and reliability, thus helping the facility to meet their production and quality goals.

E&I Technicians are required to have a thorough understanding of safe work practices, troubleshooting, and maintaining manufacturing equipment.
Starting pay for this role is $37.78/hour.

• Embrace and advance our company's culture
• Install, troubleshoot, and repair equipment in compliance with plant codes, policies and procedures
• Repair and maintain plant machinery in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals and manufacturer specifications
• Respond to all electrical and instrumentation issues
• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures and actively participating in the safety program
• Effectively communicate work performed and equipment statuses via written and verbal communication in CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)
• Effectively collaborate with other team members
• Transform our campus into a continuous learning environment by proactively sharing knowledge and methods to enable us to create long‑term value
• Work overtime, weekends, rotating shift work, and holidays when needed
• Maintain a strict adherence to safety rules and regulations to include wearing appropriate PPE
• Work in a manufacturing plant environment that would include extended periods in noisy, non‑air‑conditioned or unheated areas

• One or more of the following:

• Experience with industrial controls PLCs, motor controls, control valves, and electrical distribution
• Experience with industrial instrumentation for flow, pressure and temperature
• Experience reading electrical and mechanical schematics / blueprints

• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS)
• Experience with mechanical maintenance, including fluid handling and conveyor systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems and accumulators, and valve identification and application
• Experience in the Paper products manufacturing industry
• Experience in DCS systems (Digital Control Systems) (including Honeywell or Foxboro)
• Experience in PLC systems (including Allen Bradley or Modicon)
• Experience with robotic systems

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength – focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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