Industrial Maintenance Technician - Wheatfield, IN

Your Job

Our Georgia-Pacific Gypsum facility in Wheatfield, IN, is looking for self-motivated and safety-oriented Industrial Maintenance Technicians to join our team.

The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in mechanical or electrical troubleshooting, along with the skills necessary to effectively maintain manufacturing equipment

Compensation: Starting at $32.87/hour

Schedule: 12-hour rotating shifts that include weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed

Location: This position will be located in Wheatfield, IN.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Our Team

Our Wheatfield facility has a rich history producing gypsum wallboard for a wide variety of customers.

Georgia-Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers.

To learn more about our Building Products division, visit www.buildgp.com .

And, to learn more about our gypsum products, visit www.gpgypsum.com.

What You Will Do


* Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain mechanical and electrical industrial machinery, including conveyors, pumps, motors, and production equipment.


* Install and align new equipment.


* Perform periodic maintenance routines, including lubricating machine tools and equipment for improved reliability and uptime.


* Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing PPE.


* Maintain accurate maintenance logs, including labor hours and critical preventative maintenance findings.


* Work with the operations and maintenance teams to identify and prioritize maintenance needs.


* Help meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment to reduce waste.


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


* Assist in the development and implementation of reliability-centered maintenance strategies.


* Apply simple problem-solving methods, such as 5Y, to reduce and eliminate failures.


* Work in a hot, humid, cold, dusty, and noisy industrial environment.


* Work weekends, holidays, rotating shifts, and overtime when needed.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* 3+ years of industrial mechanical or electrical maintenance experience, OR a combination of relevant experience and a maintenance technical degree.


* Experience in rotating equipment precision installation and alignment.


* Experience in the precision installation of bearings and pumps, as well as comprehensive lubrication knowledge.


* Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatic systems.


* Experience diagnosing and repairing bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, conveyors, etc.


* Experience reading and understanding mechanical drawings .

What Will Put You Ahead


* Associates degree or two (2) years of study from a technical college in the fields of Industrial M...