Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician

Position Overview

Georgia‑Pacific, Gypsum plant located in Sweetwater, TX is seeking a qualified Multi‑Craft Maintenance Technician to help ensure successful operation of the facility by resolving mechanical and electrical issues, recommending alternative repairs and equipment upgrades, identifying quality concerns, setting equipment in a precision state, and understanding the production threshold of the equipment.

Starts at $39.00 per hour, up depending on experience. Candidates must have basic electrical knowledge in addition to mechanical knowledge.

• Relocation benefits may be available.

Monday‑Friday, 7:00 am–3:00 pm; overtime weekends and holidays as needed.

• Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle, repair, and maintain industrial machinery, mechanical equipment, electrical equipment, and circuits.
• Repair and maintain machinery and electrical equipment in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operating manuals and manufacturer specifications; includes motors, pneumatic components, conveyor systems and production machines.
• Perform periodic proactive asset strategies such as maintenance routes and preventative maintenance to improve reliability and uptime.
• Install and repair mechanical drives, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, belts, and couplings.
• Maintain and troubleshoot pneumatic systems, control devices, hydraulic equipment, circuits, and components.
• Perform daily preventative maintenance routes.
• Read and interpret mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics.
• Maintain accurate maintenance logs including labor hours and critical preventive maintenance findings.
• Work with 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, and procedures and actively participate in the safety program.
• Assist in development and implementation of reliability/precision‑centered maintenance strategies.
• Use pipe fitting skills to weld, cut, fit, and install piping throughout the facility.
• Apply problem‑solving methods to identify the root cause and eliminate failure.
• Work any shift, weekends, holidays, and overtime.

• One (1) year or more of experience with installation, calibration, fabrication, and preventive maintenance in a manufacturing, industrial, agriculture, oil & gas, or military environment.
• Experience utilizing and interpreting equipment drawings and schematics such as electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.
• Six (6) months of experience with single‑phase and 3‑phase electrical repair and troubleshooting up to 480 V.
• Six (6) months of experience with troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Six (6) months of experience with troubleshooting issues and making repairs on bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyor systems.
• Six (6) months of experience with precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, and pumps.
• Six (6) months of experience with installing, troubleshooting, repairing and calibrating electrical/mechanical instrumentation.

• Two (2) years of electrical experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment.
• Two (2) year degree in Industrial Maintenance Technology.
• Experience with PLCs (RSLogix 5000).
• Experience with VFDs (Allen‑Bradley, Yaskawa, Toshiba).
• Experience using a cutting torch and welding with arc welder and fabrication.

• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Flexible spending account and health savings account.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Retirement plan.
• Paid vacation/time off.
• Educational assistance.
• Infertility assistance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.

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: