Maintenance Technician Lead

Your Job

Are you a mechanically and electrically inclined individual who enjoys working collaboratively to troubleshoot and resolve mechanical issues? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a skilled Maintenance Lead Technician to join our team at GP Sweetwater, TX. In this role, you will be responsible for Maintenance support to all areas of Operations and will be responsible for leading and guiding Maintenance Technicians.

The ideal candidate will be a self-driven individual with a passion for excellence in safety, manufacturing, and customer focus. You will drive safety excellence through promoting employee involvement, ownership, and accountability. You will also work to proactively identify hazards and implement appropriate mitigating strategies based on the risks involved while monitoring the quality of work and providing guidance to the team.

This role will provide critical input to the management team and influence others, while positively impacting the organization.

Our Team

Our Sweetwater facility has a rich history producing gypsum-based products 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.

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What You Will Do

* Responsible for planning, monitoring and supervising all activities associated with Maintenance technicians of assigned areas.

* Assist in troubleshooting and repairing mechanical, electrical/electronic, pneumatics and hydraulic equipment including power supplies, drives, gages and test equipment. Installs, start-up and shutdown of equipment in accordance with company safety procedures for machine activation and shutdown under OSHA requirements.

* Perform preventative maintenance functions

* Perform or assist in fabrication, Predicative Maintenance, and routine checks.

* Assist both Operations and Maintenance personnel with technical troubleshooting.

* Assist and train other Maintenance and/or technical level employees.

* Communicate effectively with others at various levels using both oral and written communication skills.

* Participate in a team environment and contribute to various continuous improvement initiatives, major capital projects, equipment installations and facility improvements.

* Responsible for all necessary reporting and required documentation.

* Train others and foster a positive team environment.

* This position may require travel for training purposes.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

* (3) years or more of maintenance experience in an industrial, manufacturing or military environment

* Experience in troubleshooting industrial electrical controls, including PLC's, HMI's and AC/DC drives

* Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatics systems

* Experience troubleshooting issues and making repairs on bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, conveyors, etc.

* Experience with reading and understanding mechanical drawings

* Experience with precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings and pumps, lubrication

What Will Put You Ahead

* Associate's degree in electrical and/or mechanical technology

* Prior maintenance experience in the gypsum industry

* Experience as a Maintenance Lead

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