Maintenance Technician - Sweetwater, TX

Your Job

Our Georgia-Pacific, Gypsum plant located in Sweetwater, TX is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a Multi-Craft Maintenance, Maintenance Technician or Millwright.

The maintenance team helps ensure the successful operation of the facility by resolving mechanical and electrical issues, recommending alternative repairs and equipment upgrades, identifying quality concerns, setting equipment in a precision state, and understanding the production threshold of the equipment.

Why Join Us?


* Work as a part of a team committed to safety and production excellence.


* Opportunities for long-term growth and fulfillment in a supportive environment


* Be able to contribute to a team that encourages critical thinking, driving initiative, and working collaboratively.

Compensation:


* This role starts at $39.00/hour


* $5,000 sign on bonus!


* Relocation benefits may be available

Our Team

Our Sweetwater facility has a rich history producing gypsum-based products for a wide variety of customers.

Georgia-Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers.

To learn more about our Building Products division, visit www.buildgp.com .

To learn more about our gypsum products, visit www.gpgypsum.com .

What You Will Do


* Troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle, repair, and maintain industrial machinery, mechanical equipment, electrical equipment, and circuits


* Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machinery and electrical equipment in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operating manuals and manufacturers specifications.

Equipment includes but is not limited to: motors, pneumatic components, conveyor systems and production machines


* Perform periodic proactive asset strategies, such as maintenance routes, preventative maintenance, and other tasks 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 preventative 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 the operations and maintenance teams to identify and prioritize maintenance needs


* Help meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment to reduce waste


* Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in the safety program


* Assist in the development and implementation of reliability/ precision centered maintenance strategies


* Use pipefitting skills to weld, cut, fit and install piping throughout the facility


* Apply problem solving me...