Plant Mechanic

Plant Mechanic

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Great Southern Wood Preserving is seeking to hire a Plant mechanic. The Plant mechanic will perform preventative maintenance, routine and non‑routine repairs, and troubleshoot problems with machinery. Responsible for maintenance, repair, installation, and modification of all sawmill equipment to safely maximize uptime, quality, and productivity. This is a full‑time position offering competitive pay and a full benefits package.

• Will perform inspection, services, and adjustments in routine daily maintenance on vehicles including lubricating, cleaning parts, and maintaining treatment facility equipment.
• Replace defective parts of machine or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.
• Align machines and equipment using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, plumb bobs, and lasers.
• Repair and lubricate machines and equipment.
• Assemble and install equipment using hand tools and power tools.
• Move equipment using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
• Position steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment.
• Insert shims, adjust the tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts using hand tools and measuring instruments to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.
• Lay out mounting holes using measuring instruments and drill holes with a power drill.
• Dismantle machines using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
• Replace sprockets, pumps, machine centers, chains, sheaves, and belts with proper alignment.
• Replace hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, valves, and hoses.
• Basic stick welding and oxygen/acetylene torch cutting.
• Ability to splice and track various‑size conveyor belts.
• Perform repairs and preventative maintenance checks and services per company policies and procedures.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, air, and hydraulic systems.
• Perform preventative maintenance on tools, repair parts, and equipment.
• Adjust operating mechanisms.
• Determine the extent of corrective action and repair parts required to correct malfunctions.
• Read, understand, and apply information in company maintenance manuals, technical manuals, policies, and common schematic diagrams/drawings.
• Know and apply required company safety procedures.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation and holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Profit sharing
• Flexible spending accounts
• Dependent scholarship program

Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc. is the industry’s leading producer of pressure‑treated lumber products for D‑I‑Y retail home centers, pro‑dealers, and other retail building‑related segments. Our Yella Wood brand pressure‑treated pine is widely known to consumers throughout the South who use it for various outdoor building projects. Great Southern also distributes a large volume of products from many of the best‑known brands in the industry.

Thanks to 15 full‑service treating plants and several production facilities, Great Southern Wood is strategically located to provide prompt and efficient service to lumber yards and building supply stores throughout the South, Midwest, and Northeast.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Management and Manufacturing

• Wholesale Building Materials

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