Industrial Maintenance Technician
Koch Industries
Industrial Maintenance Technician
Koch Industries
Private conglomerate in energy and materials
Your Job
Bring your electrical and mechanical troubleshooting skills to Georgia-Pacific! As a Maintenance Technician, you’ll play a critical role in keeping our production equipment running safely, efficiently, and reliably. If you enjoy solving complex problems, working hands-on with industrial equipment, and making a difference every shift, we want to hear from you!
Our Team
At Georgia-Pacific, our team safely produces quality corrugated packaging solutions for customers. Join a team where your technical skills help keep production moving and equipment performing at its best.
See how we make corrugated boxes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYlOuOCDaw
Explore our corrugated products: https://www.gppackaging.com/corrugated-products/
What You Will Do
Troubleshoot & Repair: Diagnose and repair electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems, including working at heights and climbing ladders.
Maintain Advanced Equipment: Install, maintain, and troubleshoot Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), motors, and instrumentation systems.
Improve Reliability: Perform corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance to reduce equipment failures and production downtime.
Keep Production Moving: Understand the corrugated manufacturing process and identify board-related production issues.
Document Your Work: Use the MP2 computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to manage work orders and interpret blueprints, schematics, technical manuals, and engineering specifications.
Support Facility Operations: Complete minor facility repairs, including plumbing and lighting.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
Electrical and mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
Experience troubleshooting electrical controls, PLCs, AC/DC motors, motor controllers, and drives.
Knowledge of single- and three-phase electrical systems up to 480 volts.
Experience troubleshooting bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors.
Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance practices.
Computer skills for maintenance documentation and recordkeeping.
What Will Put You Ahead
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, aquí, or tu).
Private conglomerate in energy and materials
Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.
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