Journeyman Electrician

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Georgia, Cedar Springs
Nov 07, 2024
Your Job Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs, GA. is looking for Journeyman Level Industrial Electrician. These are highly skilled hourly positions requiring experience troubleshooting E&I systems. Successful candidates must be self-motivated and skilled professionals with a working knowledge of industrial electrical systems. Shift: Starting out, the schedule for this position is from 8:00am-4:30pm Monday through Friday; after six months you will be assigned to a shift. Availability for all shifts required. Compensation: The starting pay for this position is $40.86 per hour. You will be eligible for two weeks (prorated in the first year based on hire date) of paid vacation eligibility per year after 90 days. Sign-on Bonus $2500 paid after probationary period Our Team Georgia-Pacific's Cedar Springs, GA facility is one of the largest containerboard facilities in the country. The facility has approximately 500 employees with three paper machines that make different weights of brown paper and containerboard paper. It is located in the southwest corner of Georgia about 25 miles from Dothan, AL, just 1.5 hours from two major capital cities: Tallahassee, FL and Montgomery, AL. To learn more about our Packaging Division, visit www.gppackaging.com What You Will Do Work with operators, mechanics, engineers, and other team members to improve reliability and performance of mill equipment. * Perform electrical maintenance in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy heavy industrial environment around chemicals, high speed equipment, confined spaces, and high elevations. * Troubleshoot, repair, overhaul, install, and maintain electrical/mechanical equipment. * Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in the safety program. * Help facility meet or exceed production, waste, and quality goals. * Participate in a preventative maintenance program to ensure machinery uptime. * Work any shift, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) * Journeyman certification from an accredited school, Union program or Company OR a minimum of three (3) years of industrial or military electrical experience * Experience working with PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) and VFDs (Variable Frequency Drives) * Experience working with computers for record-keeping and documentation functions * Knowledge of the National Electric Code (NEC) and working with medium and high voltage switchgear * Experience working with AC/DC motors, hydraulic and pneumatic systems * Experience reading electrical schematics including single line diagrams and ladder logic * Experience with calibration, loop checking, and maintenance and repair of instrument and pneumatic equipment What Will Put You Ahead * Paper mill experience * Experience with ABB and/or Allen Bradley drives or HVAC systems * Experience with Honeywell controls and/or DCS (Distributed Control Systems) * Experience with a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) * Graduate of journeyman training program, trade school or technical military training 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 [1] 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 [2] 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 visit the following website for additional information: [3] http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf References Visible links 1. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture 2. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy 3. http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf