Electrical Maintenance Technician
Georgia-Pacific in Darlington, SC is seeking a qualified candidate to join our team as an Electrical Maintenance Technician. This role is essential to manufacturing operations, responsible for corrective and preventive maintenance of electronic and electrical systems associated with high‑volume manufacturing equipment such as plate forming presses, automated packaging machinery, and industrial printing presses. The technician will partner with operating teams to troubleshoot, repair, and resolve equipment issues on shift to improve reliability and uptime.
Work Environment and Schedule
The work environment is primarily indoors in a climate‑controlled and clean area. The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, standing for long periods, and working a 12‑hour rotating shift that includes night, day, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed. Starting pay is based on skill/experience and includes a $2 per hour shift incentive on all hours worked. This is a full‑time opportunity with excellent benefit packages.
Responsibilities
* Use technical knowledge and craft skills to execute both planned and unplanned maintenance work on manufacturing assets including printing presses, plate presses, conveyors, robots, automated case packing/stacking equipment, and other equipment/systems at the facility.
* Inspect, troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair electrical and/or controls problems in accordance with plant policies and procedures.
* Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair equipment failures and issues.
Basic Qualifications
* High school diploma or GED.
* Two years of electrical technical degree or five or more years of experience as an industrial electrician.
* Experience with executing maintenance plans, procuring parts, and documenting work activities.
* Experience with single and three‑phase electrical repair and troubleshooting up to 480 volts.
* Experience reviewing, developing, and modifying work orders for all plant equipment and entering work orders into a facility maintenance system.
* Experience troubleshooting electrical controls, PLCs, AC and DC motor controllers and drives.
Preferred Qualifications
* Associate or technical degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Systems, Instrumentation, Electronic Technology, or related field, plus at least two years of electrical/electronic and/or instrument & control troubleshooting experience in a manufacturing environment.
* Experience troubleshooting Allen Bradley PLCs, Siemens PLCs, and/or Control Logix/RS Logix.
* Experience with Allen Bradley PanelView and FactoryTalk.
* Experience with servo systems.
* Ability to read and understand electrical schematics to troubleshoot electrical and electronic issues.
Benefits
Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, accidental injury and disability coverage, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria are 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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. 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: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf
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