Maintenance Technician Lead

Overview

Georgia‑Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Lead Technician for its GP Sweetwater, TX facility. The role involves providing maintenance support across all operational areas and leading a team of maintenance technicians.

• Plan, monitor, and supervise all maintenance activities for assigned areas.
• Assist with troubleshooting and repairing mechanical, electrical/electronic, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment, including power supplies, drives, gauges, and test equipment.
• Install, start up, and shut down equipment in accordance with company safety procedures and OSHA requirements.
• Perform preventative maintenance functions.
• Assist with fabrication, predictive maintenance, and routine checks.
• Provide technical troubleshooting support to both operations and maintenance personnel.
• Train and mentor other maintenance and technical employees.
• Communicate effectively with team members at all levels using oral and written skills.
• Participate in team environments and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, major capital projects, equipment installations, and facility improvements.
• Handle all necessary reporting and required documentation.
• Foster a positive team environment.
• Travel may be required for training purposes.

• 3+ years of maintenance experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment.
• Experience troubleshooting industrial electrical controls, including PLCs, HMIs, and AC/DC drives.
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Experience repairing bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, conveyors, etc.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical drawings.
• Experience with precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, pumps, and lubrication.

• Associate’s degree in electrical and/or mechanical technology.
• Prior maintenance experience in the gypsum industry.
• Experience serving as a Maintenance Lead.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Management and Manufacturing
• Industry: Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify.