Maintenance Mechanic

Your Job

Our Naheola Mill in Pennington, AL is looking for self-motivated and experienced Maintenance Mechanics.

These positions create value by troubleshooting, repairing, and performing preventative maintenance on equipment leading to increased up-time and reliability.

Maintenance Mechanics are required to have a thorough understanding of safe work practices, and the troubleshooting, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment.

Our Maintenance Mechanics typically work a day shift, M-F to include holidays, weekends and overtime as needed and the starting pay is $40.24.

Our Team

Naheola Mill located in Pennington, Alabama, is a manufacturing site for the company's well-known consumer products business, producing a wide range of products for the consumer business, including Angel Soft® bath tissue and Sparkle® paper towels, as well as bleached paperboard used in Dixie® paper cups and plates.

The mill is the largest employer in the community and is engaged in supporting community outreach, workforce development and education.

What You Will Do


* Assemble, repair and fabricate metal parts by operating mechanical equipment and by using blueprints and designs sketches to ensure proper dimensions and tolerance levels of finished product


* Assemble parts into sub-units or completed units


* Install and maintain machinery and equipment using hoists, lift trucks, hand tools and power tools

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Three years of experience as a Journeyman Millwright and Pipefitter or a Machinist in an Industrial environment OR Two years of experience as a Journeyman Millwright and Pipefitter or Machinist AND a two year degree or higher in Industrial Technology


* Confirmed Journeyman status, e.g.; written documentation that shows your journeyman status for the required time frame

What Will Put You Ahead


* Bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial Technology


* Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS)

This role is part of the collective bargaining agreement and the starting pay for this role is set at $40.24 per hour.

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.

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