Electrical and Instrumentation Reliability Technician

Job Summary

Georgia‑Pacific seeks an Electrical & Instrumentation Reliability Technician at the Port Hudson Paper Mill in Zachary, LA. You will improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime across critical assets, supporting two paper machines, seven converting lines, and auxiliary process areas, by monitoring asset health, analyzing performance data, and identifying risks before failures occur. Working closely with operations, maintenance, and the Port Hudson Reliability Team, you will implement predictive and preventive strategies that enhance safety, uptime, and asset life while serving as a subject‑matter resource for electrical compliance and reliability standards.

Reporting to the Engineering & Electrical Reliability Manager and guided by Principle Based Management (PBM), you will translate data into actionable insights and drive continuous improvement across the mill.

This is a salaried non‑exempt role that works a 4/10 Monday to Thursday schedule based on mill needs.

• Lead RCFA, Asset Strategy Improvements (ASI), and related investigations to determine root causes, develop recommendations, and drive corrective actions to completion.
• Develop, implement, and optimise preventive and predictive maintenance programs (EIPM) and prioritized initiatives to improve equipment reliability, uptime, and life cycle cost.
• Analyse key reliability metrics, maintain the Asset Availability Database, design/implement performance metrics, and generate data‑driven recommendations for cost reduction.
• Collaborate with Maintenance, Operations and Engineering on corrective actions, Electrical & Instrumentation equipment commissioning/rebuilds and major outages via the T Minus process; provide emergency E&I support and participate in weekend duty rotation.
• Maintain accurate CMMS and SAP documentation (inspections, work notifications, PMs, reliability reports), create/track Akms electronic lockouts (Dead Bus) and recurring work orders that support PdMA and predictive motor testing.
• Serve as coordinate OEM 15 inspections, service bulletins and corrective actions; ensure OEM checklists are completed, findings tracked and required parts/procedures are implemented per manufacturer recommendations.
• Plan and execute electrical compliance and site inspections to meet regulatory/internal requirements; facilitate and verify Lock/Tag/Verify (LTV) compliance for all maintenance, commissioning and outage activities.
• Provide technical guidance/training to technicians and operators on condition monitoring, troubleshooting, procedural changes, ESWP and risk‑based strategies (UPE, equipment criticality); serve as key reviewer/approver in MOC for E&I asset and reliability program changes.

• Experience leading RCFA, Cause Mapping, ASI, reliability‑based maintenance and/or other processes designed to identify and eliminate operational and equipment problems.
• Electrical or instrumentation experience in an industrial, manufacturing or military environment.
• Experience collecting, assembling and analysing data.
• Experience using Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).

• Pulp & Paper experience.
• Experience with PI Historian or PARCview.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability.
• Retirement plan.
• Paid vacation and time off.
• Educational assistance.
• Infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance (subject to eligibility).
• Other benefits varying by region and plan structure.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, offers of employment are conditioned on successfully passing a drug test. The employer uses E‑Verify.