Night Shift Maintenance Technician - Talladega, AL

Job Summary

Georgia-Pacific is hiring Maintenance Technicians to join our Lumber facility in Talladega, AL.

• Starting pay: $27-33/hr, depending on experience.
• Shift premium: $5.00/hour for hours worked Friday–Sunday (overtime rules apply).
• Opportunities to increase compensation based on skills and contribution to overall mill performance.

• Night Shift Sunday-Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m.
• Orientation week: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday–Friday; regular shift assigned afterward.
• Flexible availability for any shift, including overtime, holidays, and weekends.

400 Ironaton Cutoff Road, Talladega, AL 35160

• Adhere to plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures; actively participate in the safety program.
• Support operations efficiency through troubleshooting and maintaining manufacturing equipment and processes.
• 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, hydraulic, and electrical systems, components, and circuits.
• Collaborate with operations and maintenance teams to identify and prioritize maintenance needs.
• Use pipe fitting skills to weld, cut, fit, and install piping throughout the facility.
• Assist operators or crew members with machine start‑up, shutdown, or clean‑up.
• Research parts in equipment manuals and submit work orders in a computerized maintenance management program.
• Communicate daily work performed and machine conditions via written and verbal documentation.

• Experience performing installation, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of industrial equipment.
• Experience with hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems and components.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical blueprints and schematics.

• Associate degree or higher in Industrial Technology or related field AND at least 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment, OR 5 years equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge of precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, lubrication systems, and pumps.
• Mechanical maintenance experience with fluid handling, conveyor systems, hydraulic systems, accumulators, valve identification, and welding.
• Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS).

• Walk on elevated catwalks over 15 feet high to perform daily duties.
• Work in a non‑climate‑controlled mill, with dust, noise, and temperature variations.
• Perform tasks such as lifting (up to 50 lbs), walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to 12 hours/day.

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