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Quality & Reliability Technician

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Mississippi, Monticello
Jul 18, 2025
Your Job The Wood and Fiber Supply team is seeking a Quality and Reliability Technician to support the transformation of automated technology being driven by the WFS Operations Team. This position will be responsible for the overall system maintenance and reliability for their area while also maintaining quality by collecting, analyzing, and documenting samples. This is a field-based position that will support systems at Georgia Pacific's pulp mills in the SE United States. The base/home location is our facility in Monticello, MS, but this role will travel up to 50% of the time. Our Team Georgia-Pacific Wood and Fiber Supply (W&FS), LLC is key to ensuring that GP's 80+ mills maintain a constant flow of logs, wood fiber, and chips. W&FS sources its wood from private lands owned by industrial, institutional, or individual landowners. What You Will Do Participate in and support in all areas to achieve Environmental, Health, and Safety excellence. Troubleshoot, identify, and perform corrective and preventive maintenance on electrical/mechanical systems. Work with local operations personnel to understand system related issues and assist in troubleshooting. Maintain accurate and detailed maintenance logs to include labor hours, critical preventative maintenance findings, precision QA/QC check sheets, work accomplished Perform work orders received from the planner and close out finished work orders in the maintenance system. Utilize specific sampling techniques to ensure accurate and consistent sample collection Maintain reporting documentation to identify trends, root causes, and areas for improvement. Support and perform various Chip Quality operations & activities that ultimately ensure the success of WFS. Create and implement SOPs and processes around chip quality auditing, mechanical procedures, and maintenance logs Communicate across all levels of the organization Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) 5+ years experience in a manufacturing environment Experience communicating across all levels of an organization Experience troubleshooting equipment including belts, sensors, vibrators, and motors Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Teams, Word) Experience with MP2 or other similar inventory software Willing to travel up to 50%, including overnight travel What Will Put You Ahead Experience in electro-mechanical field Experience with field service maintenance which could include preventative, predicative, and repair Experience with technical support: machine testing, validations, and/or emulations Operational and functional understanding of industrial automation systems and PLCs (understanding of PLCs and ladder logic) Experience working with planning and scheduling maintenance activities Experience with Tableau, Power BI, or similar analytical reporting tools Experience performing quality checks according to standard operating procedures 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). #LI-CH2