Laboratory Technician

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products Division is seeking a Lab Technician for our Effluent Treatment Plant in our Muskogee Paper Mill in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

In this role you will monitor and analyze water treatment processes to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and company standards.

Your work would help maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of the effluent treatment system, contributing to the sustainability efforts of the organization.

This position follows a 12-hour rotating schedule of day and night shifts and may require coverage of additional shifts as business needs require.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Muskogee Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region.

With more than 750 employees, across more than 600 acres, Muskogee strives to lead the tissue, towel, and napkin business.

Our team recently invested more than $50 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do


* Operate in the waste treatment plant - including sludge processing and dewatering equipment, clarifiers, aeration basins, and RPW/wastewater flow paths - taking ownership for safe, compliant, and efficient plant performance beyond routine lab tasks.


* Control and optimize process flows and equipment: monitor control panels/SCADA, interpret meter readings and instrumentation, manually or remotely adjust valves, and start/stop pumps to regulate filtering, settling, aeration, and sludge dewatering operations.


* Collect representative samples across the treatment train (influent, process stages, sludge, discharge) following chain-of-custody and safety protocols, and connect lab results directly to operational adjustments and process decisions.


* Perform routine chemical and biological analyses (pH, DO, BOD/COD, TSS, nutrients, microbial assays, etc.) using field and bench instruments (pH/DO probes, spectrophotometers, balances, colorimetric devices), and ensure proper sample handling, preservation, and error-proofing of results.


* Translate analytical data into operational actions: determine load requirements, recommend polymer dosing, aeration setpoints, sludge wasting rates, and other control changes to maintain permit compliance and optimize throughput.


* Operate plant support equipment (forklift, portable pumps, conveyors, centrifuges/belt presses where applicable) and perform light equipment maintenance-routine inspections, lubrication, preventive maintenance, basic troubleshooting-escalating complex repairs to maintenance teams.


* Maintain QA/QC and calibration discipline: execute and document calibrations, follow QA/QC procedures and proficiency tests, validate methods as required, and promptly escalate and document any permit exceedances or excursions.


* Accurately record all analytical results, calculations, metadata, and proces...