Maintenance Technician

Georgia-Pacific • Mount Olive, IL

192d • $34 - $40

About The Position

Gia-Pacific is now hiring an experienced Maintenance Technician to join our Corrugated facility in Mt. Olive, IL! This highly skilled hourly position requires a thorough understanding of safe work practices, troubleshooting, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment.

Requirements

• 1 year + of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment OR Associate's degree in electrical/mechanical or electromechanical field.
• Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes and conveyors.
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulics and pneumatics.
• Experience reading technical drawings and schematics.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with Industrial Controls, e.g.: PLC's, motor controls, control values, electrical distribution, and/or industrial instrumentation for flow, pressure, and temperature.
• Experience programming variable frequency drives (VFD's).

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting, installing, aligning, dismantling, repairing, and maintaining industrial machinery and mechanical equipment for improved reliability and uptime.
• Performing predictive precision maintenance to identify and correct mechanical/electrical defects before machines fail.
• Maintaining operations equipment to achieve optimal performance levels and meet customer demands.
• Working with operations associates to identify and prioritize maintenance needs.
• Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in the safety program.
• Meeting and/or exceeding production, waste, and quality goals through a quality maintenance program.
• Willing and able to work any shift, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• Infertility assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Wood Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Associate degree