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Georgia Pacific

Maintenance Mechanic

Georgia Pacific, Monticello, Mississippi, United States, 39654

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Georgia Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic for our

Monticello, MS

containerboard facility. This is a highly skilled hourly position requiring a thorough understanding of safe work practices, troubleshooting, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment. The role supports the maintenance team with preventative and corrective maintenance, leading to increased uptime and reliability, and reducing unplanned downtime. Our Maintenance Mechanics work any shift, including holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed.

The position starts at

$33.51

hourly or more based on experience/ability.

What You Will Do

Precision alignment of pumps and gearboxes

Lead or assist machining small parts on lathe, key seater, milling machine for repair work

Lead or assist welding, as well as fabricating structural pipes and doing repair work

Exchange mechanical components like pumps, gearboxes, cylinders, rolls, valves

Inspect machinery to identify issues that may lead to unplanned downtime

Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures

Read blueprints, technical and mechanical drawings, Process & Instrument Diagrams (P&ID’s) and schematics

Use light rigging such as chain falls, chokers, slings, nylon belts, monorails, eyebolts, shackles, and beam clamps

Troubleshoot issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors

Work with hydraulic and pneumatic systems

Use a computer for record‑keeping and documentation functions

Perform repetitive and physically demanding tasks for an extended period, lifting, walking, climbing, twisting, and stooping

Basic Qualifications

Four (4) years or more experience as a millwright, mechanic, machinist, or welder in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment

What Will Put You Ahead

Experience in heavy industrial plants

Two (2) years certificate in Industrial Maintenance Technology, Machining Technology, or Welding

Journeyman level experience in welding, machining, millwright

Completion of a mechanical apprenticeship program

Training in precision alignment

Mobile crane operator training

Pipe welding experience

Machining experience

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision

Flexible spending and health savings accounts

Life insurance, disability, retirement

Paid vacation/time off, educational assistance

Infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance

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.

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