Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician - Sweetwater, TX

Koch • Sweetwater, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Georgia-Pacific’s Gypsum plant in Sweetwater, Texas, is hiring a Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician to help ensure reliable facility operations. The maintenance team resolves mechanical and electrical issues, recommends repairs and equipment upgrades, identifies quality concerns, places equipment in a precision state, and understands equipment production thresholds. The role supports manufacturing efficiency by troubleshooting and maintaining equipment and processes. The position starts at $39.00 per hour, with pay depending on experience; relocation benefits may be available. Schedules include Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with overtime on weekends and holidays as needed; 12-hour rotating shifts; and other available schedules. The technician may be required to work any shift, weekends, holidays, and overtime.

Requirements

• At least one year of experience with installation, calibration, fabrication, and preventive maintenance in a manufacturing, industrial, agriculture, oil and gas, or military environment.
• Experience using and interpreting equipment drawings and schematics, such as electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.
• At least six months of experience with single- and three-phase electrical repair and troubleshooting up to 480 volts.
• At least six months of experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• At least six months of experience troubleshooting and repairing bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors.
• At least six months of experience with precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, and pumps.
• At least six months of experience installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and calibrating electrical and mechanical instrumentation.
• Basic electrical knowledge in addition to mechanical knowledge.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of electrical experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment.
• A two-year degree in Industrial Maintenance Technology.
• Experience with PLCs, including RSLogix 5000.
• Experience with VFDs, including Allen-Bradley, Yaskawa, or Toshiba.
• Experience using a cutting torch and welding with an arc welder, and fabrication experience.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle, repair, and maintain industrial machinery and mechanical and electrical equipment and circuits.
• Repair and maintain machinery and electrical equipment using diagrams, sketches, operating manuals, and manufacturer specifications.
• Perform proactive asset strategies, including maintenance routes and preventive maintenance, 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 preventive 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 operations and maintenance teams to identify and prioritize maintenance needs.
• Help meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment to reduce waste.
• Follow plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures, and actively participate in the safety program.
• Assist in developing and implementing reliability- and precision-centered maintenance strategies.
• Use pipefitting skills to weld, cut, fit, and install piping throughout the facility.
• Apply problem-solving methods to identify root causes and eliminate failures.
• Work any shift, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment coverage, and disability coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Paid vacation and time off.
• Educational assistance.
• Benefits may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance, subject to eligibility and regional variation.
• Relocation benefits may be available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed