Journeyman Electrician

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs, GA.

is looking for Journeyman Level Industrial Electrician.

These are highly skilled hourly positions requiring experience troubleshooting E&I systems.

Successful candidates must be self-motivated and skilled professionals with a working knowledge of industrial electrical systems.

Shift: Starting out, the schedule for this position is from 8:00am-4:30pm Monday through Friday; after six months you will be assigned to a shift.

Availability for all shifts required.

Compensation: The starting pay for this position is $40.86 per hour.

You will be eligible for two weeks (prorated in the first year based on hire date) of paid vacation eligibility per year after 90 days.
Sign-on Bonus $2500

*paid after probationary period

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's Cedar Springs, GA facility is one of the largest containerboard facilities in the country.

The facility has approximately 500 employees with three paper machines that make different weights of brown paper and containerboard paper.

It is located in the southwest corner of Georgia about 25 miles from Dothan, AL, just 1.5 hours from two major capital cities: Tallahassee, FL and Montgomery, AL.

To learn more about our Packaging Division, visit www.gppackaging.com

What You Will Do


* Work with operators, mechanics, engineers, and other team members to improve reliability and performance of mill equipment.


* Perform electrical maintenance in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy heavy industrial environment around chemicals, high speed equipment, confined spaces, and high elevations.


* Troubleshoot, repair, overhaul, install, and maintain electrical/mechanical equipment.


* Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in the safety program.


* Help facility meet or exceed production, waste, and quality goals.


* Participate in a preventative maintenance program to ensure machinery uptime.


* Work any shift, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Journeyman certification from an accredited school, Union program or Company OR a minimum of three (3) years of industrial or military electrical experience


* Experience working with PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) and VFDs (Variable Frequency Drives)


* Experience working with computers for record-keeping and documentation functions


* Knowledge of the National Electric Code (NEC) and working with medium and high voltage switchgear


* Experience working with AC/DC motors, hydraulic and pneumatic systems


* Experience reading electrical schematics including single line diagrams and ladder logic


* Experience with calibration, loop checking, and maintenance and repair of instrument and pneumatic equipment

What Will Put You Ahead


* Paper mill experience


* Experience with ABB and/or Allen Bradley drives or HVAC systems


* Experience with Honeywell contr...