Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician

Our Georgia‑Pacific, Gypsum plant in Sweetwater, TX is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a Multi‑Craft Maintenance Technician. The maintenance team ensures 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/hour and 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, with overtime weekends and holidays as needed.

• Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle, repair, and maintain industrial machinery, mechanical equipment, electrical equipment, and circuits.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machinery and electrical equipment in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operating manuals and manufacturer specifications. Equipment includes but is not limited to: motors, pneumatic components, conveyor systems and production machines.
• Perform periodic proactive asset strategies, such as maintenance routes, preventative maintenance, and other tasks 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 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, and procedures and actively participate in the safety program.
• Assist in the 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/schematics such as electrical schematics & mechanical drawings.
• Six (6) months of experience with:
  • Single‑phase and 3‑phase electrical repair and troubleshooting up to 480 Volts.
  • Troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
  • Troubleshooting issues and making repairs on bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyor.
  • Precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, and pumps.
  • 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 on 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, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, 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.

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: