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Shaw Industries Group

Makes flooring for homes, businesses and outdoor spaces

Reliability Technician C - C Shift

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Ringgold, GA, USA
In Person
General Maintenance & RepairEquipment Maintenance

About the job

Requirements
  • Apply safe work practices, including lockout/tagout, confined-space procedures, personal protective equipment, hot work, powered industrial truck operation, fall protection, and hoisting and rigging.
  • Use computer applications for work-order documentation and parts requisitioning.
  • Apply measurement units, techniques, and appropriate tools.
  • Use arithmetic, formulas for area and volume, and measurement-unit conversions.
  • Read and interpret mechanical and electrical schematics and make simple sketches.
  • Select appropriate tools for assigned work.
  • Select and develop lubrication schedules, methods, and systems.
  • Apply power-transmission and plumbing/piping conveyance system component removal and installation techniques and procedures.
  • Perform precision alignment of direct-coupled elements, including laser alignment.
  • Apply basic fabrication skills, including welding and cutting techniques and tools.
  • Use intermediate mechanical-system troubleshooting techniques and understand electrical interactions.
  • Identify common mechanical-system failure modes and their corrections.
Responsibilities
  • Maintain manufacturing process and support equipment at reasonable performance levels, including mechanical systems and their power-transmission components, conveyance systems, and mechanical control systems with hydraulic and pneumatic elements.
  • Repair equipment causing or contributing to safety, quality, downtime, or productivity issues.
  • Communicate findings, potential causes, and corrective steps to operations and maintenance leadership.
  • Execute and provide feedback on proactive maintenance plans for assigned equipment, including preventive maintenance inspections, measurements, scheduled component replacement, and lubrication.
  • Perform predictive maintenance by inspecting and measuring equipment performance using infrared thermography, collecting oil samples for outside analysis, and taking basic ultrasound measurements with audible evaluation.
  • Perform condition maintenance by repairing or replacing components identified through preventive and predictive maintenance, and contribute to developing detailed job plans.
  • Complete assigned or scheduled work orders supporting projects and process-improvement efforts identified as critical to business objectives.
  • Mentor Reliability Technicians C and D in developing needed skills and strengthen personal skills by assisting Reliability Technicians A and Leads with installing and removing general mechanical systems.

About the company

Shaw Industries Group designs and makes flooring for homes and commercial buildings, selling through a portfolio of specialist brands worldwide. Its products include carpet and hard surfaces, while other businesses supply synthetic turf for sports fields and outdoor spaces. The group combines manufacturing with an integrated supply chain, moving finished products from its factories to the businesses that sell or install them. It earns revenue from sales of these surfaces and related products, with its residential and commercial operations serving different customer needs. Founded in 1967, Shaw Industries Group is headquartered in Dalton, Georgia.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dalton, GA

Founded

1967

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What believers are saying

  • Education has support: Shaw lists education assistance and GED support for U.S. associates.
  • Family care extends beyond insurance: Shaw's health centers serve U.S. associates and household members regardless of coverage.
  • Training includes housing: Shaw's operations management trainees receive accommodation during their initial eight-week training.

What critics are saying

  • Production changes sleep schedules: Shaw's Andalusia entry-level manufacturing job requires rotating 12-hour shifts with changing day and night starts.
  • Installation means extended travel: Shaw Sports Turf's installer job specifies approximately 300 days of out-of-state travel.
  • Permanent placement has another step: Shaw's trainee program offers interviews for engineering roles after roughly six months.

What makes Shaw Industries Group unique

  • Ownership is concentrated: Shaw is a wholly owned Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary.
  • Certification spans production: Shaw's April 2026 report puts Cradle to Cradle Certified products at almost 90%.
  • Recycling has scale: Shaw's April 2026 report records nearly one billion pounds of flooring reclaimed since 2006.

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