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Georgia-Pacific LLC

Maintenance Mechanic

Georgia-Pacific LLC, Monticello, Mississippi, United States, 39654

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Location:

Monticello, MS containerboard facility.

Pay:

Starts at

$33.51

per hour or more based on experience/ability.

Your Job 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 improving uptime and reliability and reducing unplanned downtime. Mechanics may work any shift, including holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed.

Our Team Georgia‑Pacific Monticello is a stable employer on 2,200 acres employing 450 employees. This position is an opportunity to be part of a stable, rapidly expanding organization that offers tremendous growth potential.

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, fabricate structural pipes, and perform repair work

Exchange mechanical components such as 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 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

Who You Are (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

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