Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Location Albion, Michigan

Company Georgia-Pacific

Career Field Maintenance & Skilled Trades

Job Number 195407

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is looking for Maintenance Technician for our Albion, MI corrugated sheet feeder plant!

Our Team

This role is an exciting opportunity to join a close-knit team dedicated to safety at our Albion, MI sheet feeder plant! This position creates value by safely assisting with the production of corrugated sheets to be made into printed boxes for our valued customers. We offer opportunities for advancement as those openings occur.

Shift

• Currently hiring for 1st Shift (7:00am - 3:00pm), 2nd shift (3:00pm - 11:00pm) & 3rd Shift (11:00pm - 7:00am).
• Employees must be available to work overtime, holidays, and weekends.

Salary & Benefit

• Starting pay is $35.50 per hour, with the actual starting rate depending on experience, skills, and certifications.
• Performance Pay Bonuses (paid out quarterly)
• 80 hours of vacation each year, available after the first 6 months of employment
• Heath Insurance (BCBS – Anthem)
• Dental Insurance (Delta Dental)
• Vision (VSP)
• 401k contributions and employer match
• Educational assistance
• 10 paid holidays

What You Will Do

• Troubleshoot, repair, install, align, and maintain industrial mechanical and electrical equipment to improve reliability and uptime.
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance and respond with urgency to unplanned equipment issues.
• Troubleshoot motors, drives, electrical controls, PLC/HMI hardware, hydraulics, pneumatics, conveyors, and production equipment.
• Read and interpret blueprints, electrical diagrams, schematics, manuals, and manufacturer specifications.
• Partner with operations and maintenance team members to identify priorities and solve complex equipment problems.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, including labor hours and critical preventive-maintenance findings.
• Follow all plant safety and environmental procedures, including required PPE.
• Perform the physical requirements of the role and work in hot, cold, humid, dusty, and noisy industrial conditions.
• Work any assigned shift, including overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• One or more years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing or military environment; OR a two-year electrical controls degree and at least one year of industrial maintenance experience.
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulics & pneumatics.
• Experience with reading electrical, hydraulic, & mechanical drawings, P&IDs, and precision measurements.
• Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors, rollers, pulleys, and shafts.
• Experience using a computer for record-keeping and documentation functions.

What will Put You Ahead

• Experience working in the corrugated packaging or the containerboard industry.
• Experience troubleshooting boiler operations.
• Experience with industrial air compressors.
• Mechanical maintenance experience includes fluid handling and conveyor systems, accumulators, valve identification, application, and welding.
• Experience installing and troubleshooting electric motors up to 480V, and various electrical/controls components, such as relays, switches, drives, input & output cards.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day – to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

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