Mechanical Maintenance Technician
Preferred Critical Skills
Preferred Soft Skills
Other Skills
Description
Your Job
Looking for an industrial maintenance technician role where your skills are respected, your ideas matter, starting pay is at $30/hour plus a $5,000 sign-on bonus? Join Georgia-Pacific's Madison team and help keep one of the area's largest manufacturing operations running safely and efficiently.
Our Team
Georgia-Pacific's Madison facility manufactures pine plywood panels and siding used in residential and light commercial construction. Our team is committed to safety excellence and building an injury-free workplace while delivering high-quality products. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit www.buildgp.com.This facility is a Tobacco-Free Workplace.
What You Will Do
- Demonstrate strong commitment to safety by following all environmental, PPE, and safety standards to support an injury-free workplace
- Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain equipment to improve reliability, efficiency, and uptime
- Collaborate with team members to solve problems and support production goals
- Maintain high housekeeping standards to ensure a safe and organized work environment
- Communicate work performed and equipment status clearly, both verbally and in writing
- Support quality outcomes by minimizing waste and contributing to production and performance goals
- Follow and interpret work instructions and maintenance schedules to complete planned work effectively
- Work in industrial conditions (hot, cold, humid, noisy environments) while maintaining focus on safety and quality
- Take ownership of work, operate with minimal supervision, and support training and development of teammates
- Perform physically demanding tasks (lifting, climbing, walking, pushing, twisting, stooping) with or without reasonable accommodation
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Experience troubleshooting conveyors, hydraulics, pneumatics, and pumps
- Experience installing, aligning, repairing, and replacing industrial equipment
- Experience with fabrication, welding, and cutting torch
- Experience operating hoisting and lifting devices
- Experience troubleshooting bearings, chains, sprockets, and gearboxes
- Experience with precision alignment of motors and couplings
- Experience reading blueprints, technical drawings, or hydraulic schematics
What Will Put You Ahead
- 2 or more years of Mechanical or technical training (e.g., vocational, military, or hands-on experience)
- Experience working in a wood products or manufacturing environment
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 here.
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. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).
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Our vision is to create a better future for our customers, our people, our communities, and our company. A healthy company is intrinsically connected to a healthy community, healthy customers and healthy associates. This symbiotic relationship starts with people and cultivates a virtuous cycle where all stakeholders succeed together. The profitability of our company serves as the fuel that propels our vision of creating a better future. It provides the resources and capabilities necessary to drive innovation, invest in sustainable practices, and implement initiatives that enable spaces and places to support people from the ground up. By maintaining a profitable and thriving business, we can allocate resources strategically, ensuring the long-term sustainability of our operations and empowering us to make a meaningful difference in shaping a better future for all.
Our mission is great people, great products, great services. Always. We are committed to enabling the creation of spaces with positive impact. We bring together the best of design, innovation and operational excellence, to support people from the ground up. From carpet to hard surfaces, to turf, we do it by bringing great products, people, and services to our customers.
Our values are honesty, integrity and passion. We are honest with our customers and with ourselves. We have the self-awareness to recognize that long-established norms exist in our business. By making this acknowledgment, we are better prepared to challenge the status quo. Our integrity is reflected through our courage to say what needs to be said, to engage in vigorous debate, to listen with an open mind and respond with respect. We are passionate about our company and supporting our brands in meeting customer needs — now and in the future.
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