Quality Control Technician

Job title: Quality Control Technician

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an experienced Quality Control Technician for our Lumber facility in Warrenton, GA. This hands-on role helps ensure our lumber meets high quality and safety standards while supporting continuous improvement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What You'll Do

• Perform inspections, data collection, troubleshooting, and process audits to ensure sawmill operations produce lumber that meets quality, safety, and production targets.
• Safety & compliance: Adhere to plant safety, environmental, and quality policies; maintain strict PPE compliance (safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toed boots, and other required PPE); follow lockout/tagout, confined space, and other required safety procedures when applicable.
• Quality inspections & documentation: Perform routine and ad-hoc inspections to verify product dimensions, grade, and visual quality against specifications; use calipers, micrometers, tape measures, gauges, and other measuring devices; record results in logs and electronic files; complete and maintain QC documentation and store files on the designated website or local folders.
• Process monitoring & audits: Conduct process audits to determine when processes are in or out of specification; escalate issues per procedure; follow a structured quality schedule (sampling plans, inspection frequency) to support continuous production flow; execute and document routine equipment and measuring device calibrations; track calibration due dates.
• Troubleshooting & optimization: Troubleshoot lumber quality issues across the sawmill process and make clear, actionable recommendations to operations and maintenance teams; understand saw line machine centers and make appropriate offsets/adjustments to improve product quality; work directly with Optimizer software and PLC/HMI interfaces; apply root-cause problem solving (5 Whys, fishbone, basic 8D/ corrective action).
• Collaboration & communication: Communicate effectively with teammates, production operators, maintenance, and supervisors when issues arise; train or coach operators on inspection methods, measurement techniques, and quality expectations as needed; participate in continuous improvement initiatives, Kaizen events, and cross-functional problem solving.
• Administrative & computer skills: Maintain inspection records, update reports/logs, and generate periodic quality summaries for supervisors; use Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) and other plant systems to enter, analyze, and present inspection and quality data.
• Availability & work conditions: Be available to work additional days or extended hours when calibrations, audits, or corrective actions require it; accept weekends, holidays, rotating shifts, and overtime as required; work in industrial conditions (hot, humid, cold, noisy environments); perform physical tasks (lift up to 50 lbs, walk, climb, stoop, stand, push/pull) for up to 12 hours per day.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 1 year experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 1 year experience in a quality/inspection role.
• Experience using calipers, micrometers, measuring tape, and common hand tools.
• Proficient with basic computer use (Microsoft Office — Excel and Word).

Nice to Have

• 3+ years of quality experience in manufacturing, preferably lumber or wood products.
• Experience with lumber grading and wood products inspection.
• Familiarity with PLC/HMI interfaces, Optimizer software, and maintaining machine offsets.
• Demonstrated root-cause analysis and corrective action experience (8D, 5 Whys).
• Physical Requirements: Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and perform physically demanding tasks including climbing ladders and working at heights or in confined spaces; ability to work in a sawmill environment with dust, noise, heat, and cold conditions.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: Starting pay is $23 per hour and up depending on experience, with the ability to increase compensation based on skills and contribution to overall mill performance.
• Availability of overtime, weekend work, and extended shifts as needed.
• At Koch companies, compensation ranges are market-based and may vary with knowledge, skills, and location.