Maintenance Apprentice

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a Maintenance Apprentice at our Lumber plant in Prosperity, South Carolina. This is a great start to springboard a career and grow within a great company.

What You Will Do

• Working in a training program where you will be partnering with a mentor to perform mechanical maintenance in a hot, humid, cold, dusty, and noisy industrial environment.

• Apply training to become proficient in our job expectations for Millwrights, including but not limited to:

• Performing mechanical inspections, repairing, and performing maintenance on all machinery and equipment

• Understanding and troubleshooting of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, power transmission and steam systems

• Utilizing computer systems to input work orders and identify parts

• Replacing defective parts with new parts or repairing/reproducing parts using welding, drill press, surface grinder and other machine shop equipment

• Maintaining and lubricating machines, tools, and equipment

• Performing preventive maintenance on equipment as scheduled or assigned

• Maintaining accurate records such as labor hours and important PM findings on work orders

• Understand and use data to improve productivity

• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures

• Assist crew members and work in a team environment

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• At least one (1) year of industrial or manufacturing experience

• Experience using a computer or tablet for documentation and/or record-keeping functions

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience troubleshooting conveyors and hydraulic systems

• Welding and Fabrication experience

• Previous mechanical maintenance training or coursework

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.