Maintenance Mechanic

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a Maintenance Mechanic at our facility in Memphis, Tennessee .

These team members create value by safely and efficiently troubleshoot, repair, and install equipment in compliance with all plant codes, policies and procedures.

Candidates who acquire the knowledge and skills to be successful in this position will have exciting opportunities for advancement.

Starting pay is $32.25/hr.

Associates will have the opportunity after 90 days of employment to complete a review and mechanical assessment for a pay increase.

Shift is day shift 6:30am - 3pm but some flexibility required when needed.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific is one of the nation's leading corrugated box manufacturers.

We manufacture standard corrugated containers, as well as many specialty packaging products for various industries.

To learn more about Georgia-Pacific and our corrugated facilities please visit: www.gppackaging.com/ .

GP employees are committed to compliance, safety, and health excellence, while achieving an injury free workplace.

This is an exciting role with room for growth and advancement.

Our Maintenance Mechanics are flexibile to work 8, 10, and 12 hour shifts, holidays, weekends, overtime, and call ins as required.

They maintain a strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment.

They will be working in a loud/noisy, hot, cold, humid, dusty, greasy and high volume environment and work safely following proper guidelines around sulfuric acid, caustic and chlorine.

What You Will Do


* Troubleshoot, repair, and install equipment in compliance with all plant codes, policies and procedures


* Repair and maintain, in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer's specifications, machinery and mechanical equipment, such as motors, pumps, pneumatic/hydraulic components, conveyor systems, and production lines and equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and precision-measuring and testing instruments


* Respond to all mechanical maintenance issues throughout the mill


* Commit to learning the process, flows and equipment across the mill


* Work with gears, sheaves, hubs, and shafts to attain proper fit and clearance of equipment and drive components

Who You Are


* Five or more years of mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment, or two or more years of mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment with a two year technical degree


* Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, aligning and working with; power transmissions, pumps, bearings, gearboxes and drive systems


* Experience reading maintenance schematics / blueprints


* Experience diagnosing mechanical problems using various tools and computers


* Experience working with preventative, predictive, and reliability- based maintenance practic...