Electrical & Instrumentation; E&I Technician

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Our Georgia-Pacific Gypsum facility located in Sweetwater, TX is seeking motivated and safety-oriented Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Technicians to join our Maintenance team.

Looking for a job with an organization that truly cares about your health, safety, and success? How about a job where you have the opportunity for advancement, job stability, and great co‑workers and leadership? At Georgia‑Pacific, we don't believe that a job is just simply a job. We see each role as a career and a way to advance your skills to not only better your life, but the community as well.

Our Sweetwater facility has a rich history producing gypsum based products for a wide variety of customers. Georgia‑Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit  And, to learn more about our gypsum products, visit

• Work with operating technicians, mechanics, engineers, and other team members to improve reliability and performance of mill equipment
• Install equipment at the component level while adhering to all state and plant codes, policies, and procedures
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machinery and electrical equipment in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operating manuals and manufacturers specifications. Equipment includes but is not limited to: motors, pneumatic components, conveyor systems and production machines
• Operate hand tools, power tools, precision measuring tools and testing instruments for repairs and calibration
• Maintain and improve the reliability of all plant equipment through the use of the MP2 work order system and repair records
• Respond to plant electrical and maintenance issues
• Share knowledge with other technicians regarding maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment
• Training and continuous development of knowledge in the use of PLC programming and software
• Based upon business need must be able to work any shift, weekends, holidays and overtime as needed

• Three (3) years of electrical and/or instrumentation experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment; or two (2) year degree or higher in Electrical/Electronic or Industrial Technology
• Experience troubleshooting PLC's (programming not a requirement)
• Experience in working with & troubleshooting electrical systems that use 480V, 3 Phase and lower voltages
• Experience installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and calibrating electrical/mechanical instrumentation

• Five (5) years or more of industrial experience in the electrical and/or electronics field
• Experience working with PLC's, RSLogix
  5000, RSLinx and Siemens S7
• Experience working with pneumatic systems
• Experience reading technical drawings, electrical and pneumatic schematics
• Experience and or knowledge of installing and maintaining equipment with adherence to the National Electrical Code (NEC)
• Experience troubleshooting bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors

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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…