Maintenance Mechanic

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Naheola Mill in Pennington, AL is seeking experienced Maintenance Mechanics to support day shift operations.

This role focuses on maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing industrial equipment to improve reliability, safety, and production uptime.

This position works a typical schedule of Monday-Friday, with occasional weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

Starting pay for this role is $42.69 per hour.

Our Team

The Naheola Mill is a large-scale manufacturing facility known for 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)


* A minimum of three (3) years of experience as a Journeyman Millwright and Pipefitter and/or a Machinist in an Industrial environment OR a minimum of two (2) years of experience as a Journeyman Millwright and Pipefitter and/or Machinist AND a two year degree or higher in Industrial Technology


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

What Will Put You Ahead


* Bachelor's degree in industrial technology


* Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)


* Experience working in a pulp and paper and/or heavy manufacturing environment

This role is part of the collective bargaining agreement and the starting pay for this role is set at $42.69 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.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better.

Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

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