Lube Technician

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's OSB plant in Gladys, VA has an incredible opportunity for a Lube Technician.

Our Lube Technicians must be willing to work any shift, including but not limited to Days and can include weekends, holidays, and overtime.

Successful candidates will be detail-oriented, have strong initiative and collaborate effectively and efficiently in a team-oriented environment.

Georgia-Pacific offers our employees the following:


* Opportunities for Growth: This isn't just a job; it's the beginning of a career.

We're seeking individuals who are hungry for growth and advancement opportunities within an organization.


* Variable Pay: In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for variable pay, provided as a monetary bonus, based on performance metrics and production targets.


* Competitive Benefits Package: As part of Koch Industries, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401k with company match, and much more.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific located in Gladys, Virginia manufactures Oriented Strand Board (OSB), a popular type of wood product used for flooring, walls, and roof sheathing in mostly residential construction applications.

Georgia-Pacific's building product business has consistently been among the nation's top suppliers of building products to building materials dealers and large warehouse retailers.

Georgia-Pacific employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace.

Our facility is a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment.

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

What You Will Do



* Responsible for lubrication of equipment assets, and for maintaining lube room, equipment, and storage


* Work with site personnel to ensure all equipment assets are lubricated with correct lubricant types and quantities, and in the correct intervals


* Collaborate with reliability and planning groups to ensure a preventive maintenance (PM) system is set up to adequately lubricate equipment


* Facilitate knowledge sharing relative to lubrication program


* Responsible for annual lubrication audit results and action plan


* Ensure adequate training of site personnel who may also perform lubrication tasks


* Work with reliability team to continuously optimize standard maintenance procedures (SMPs) and PM procedures


* Utilize MOE and MP2 to create value-added work requests and prioritize upcoming work assignments


* Participate in RCA (root cause analysis) process


* Maintain auto lube systems


* Conduct weekly lube inventory and work with relevant personnel to order needed components


* Work with other Reliability personnel to set up lubrication analysis program, conduct oil sampling, and documentation of results


* Collaborate with others in maintenance department as needed to ensure quality equipment repairs and maintenance


* Demonstrates initiati...