Maintenance Mechanic

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic for our Brewton, A L containerboard facility.

This is a highly skilled hourly position requiring a thorough understanding of safe work practices, standard maintenance processes, precision maintenance, and the ability to troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.

This position creates value for the facility by supporting the maintenance team with precision repair work and preventative maintenance, leading to increased uptime and reliability.

This position starts at $40.64.

Our Team Do you enjoy working as a team member and take pride in accomplishing production excellence? Are you looking for a career with a company that values employees and sets them up for success? Then don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!

What You Will Do



* Champion Safety by prioritizing safe work practices and taking an active role to ensure a safe work environment for yourself and others.


* Adhere to all mill safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures.


* Perform preventative maintenance and mechanical repairs on manufacturing and utility equipment, including but not limited to motors, pumps, drive chains, belt drives, mechanical seals, gearboxes, clutches, valves, steam turbines, air compressors, and fans.


* Analyze, troubleshoot, and repair all rotating equipment and conveyor systems to include installing bushings, sprockets, bearings, adjustable belts, packing glands, seals, and gaskets.


* Use welding equipment, hand tools, power metal saws, drill press, rigging equipment, squares, dial indicators, laser alignment equipment, calipers, micrometers, and other gauges required in millwright work.


* Perform rigging, grinding, welding, and fabrication of equipment.


* Troubleshoot and repair hydraulic and pneumatic systems.


* Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of equipment and machinery.


* Plan machining work using work orders, drawings, and direct measurements.


* Perform machining operations to including setting up, adjusting, and running mills, lathes, and drills to produce precision machined parts.


* Operate mobile equipment including forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes.


* Reading blueprints, technical and mechanical drawings, Process & Instrument Diagrams (P&ID's) and schematics


* Utilize the computerized maintenance software to communicate daily work performed and equipment conditions.


* Perform repetitive and physically demanding tasks for extended periods of time, lifting, walking, climbing, twisting, stooping.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* High School Diploma or GED


* Experience in one or more of the following:


* Three (3) years or more experience industrial or manufacturing maintenance, or equivalent military background


* Two (2) years or more of college or vocational training in Industrial Maintenance Technology, Machining Technology, Welding, or similar progra...