Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Technician Apprentice/Trainee

Your Job

Our Georgia-Pacific, OSB plant located in Fordyce, AR is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as an Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Trainee. The E&I Trainee collaborates with experienced team members to develop a higher skill level to resolve electrical and instrumentation issues, recommend alternative repairs and equipment upgrades, identifying quality concerns and understanding the production threshold of the equipment.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's building product business is consistently amongst the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. Our employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury-free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit http:www.buildgp.com.

What You Will Do

• As a trainee, you will continuously develop your knowledge of the role to meet established benchmarks as outlined in the training program and/or trainer.
• Collaborate with operating technicians, mechanics, engineers, and other team members to improve reliability and performance of mill equipment.
• Install equipment at the component level while adhering to all state and plant codes, policies, and procedures.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain machinery and electrical equipment in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operating manuals and manufacturers specifications. Equipment includes but is not limited to: motors, pneumatic components, conveyor systems and production machines.
• Respond to plant electrical and maintenance issues.
• Training and continuous development of knowledge in the use of PLC programming and software.
• Help meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment to reduce waste.
• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures and actively participate in safety program.

What Will Put You Ahead

• One (1) year or more of experience working in a mechanical maintenance position within a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.
• Two (2) year technical degree or higher in Industrial Maintenance Technology or similar program
• Lean Six Sigma certification.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

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. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).