Maintenance Technician

Job Overview

Maintenance Technician

Are you a self-motivated and safety driven individual looking for a maintenance opportunity in a team environment? If so, we may have just the opportunity for you! Our Georgia-Pacific facility in Dubuque, IA is currently looking for a Maintenance Technician to join our team, which is part of one of the nation’s leading corrugated box manufacturers. Check it out here:https://corrugated.gppackaging.com/

This position offers a competitive benefits package with starting hourly rate of $27-36/hour depending on experience!

The Maintenance Technician will create value by performing a combination of scheduled maintenance, preventative maintenance, and responding to unscheduled breakdowns. If this sounds like something you would enjoy, please consider this opportunity!

What You Will Do In Your Role

• Troubleshooting, installing, aligning, dismantling, repairing, and maintaining industrial machinery and mechanical equipment for improved reliability and throughput
• Performing predictive precision maintenance to identify and correct mechanical/electrical defects before machines fail
• Maintaining operations equipment to achieve optimal performance levels and meet customer demands
• Working with operations associates to identify and prioritize maintenance needs
• Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in safety program
• Helping meet or exceed production, waste, and quality goals through a quality maintenance program
• Working on 3rd shift
• Ability to work holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed

The Experience You Will Bring

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience with predictive or preventative maintenance systems
• One of the following:
  • Manufacturing or industrial maintenance experience
  • Military maintenance experience
  • Associate degree or higher in an electrical/mechanical or electro-mechanical field

What Will Put You Ahead

Preferred Qualifications: 

• High School Diploma or GED
• Welding experience
• Multi-meter knowledge
• Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, motors & conveyors
• Experience troubleshooting & repairing hydraulics & pneumatics
• Experience reading technical drawings and schematics
• Experience with poly-phase electrical systems
• Experience operating mobile equipment
• Experience or knowledge with PLC/Variable Frequency Drives

Equal Opportunity Employer. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf