Maintenance Millwright - Rome, GA

Your Job Georgia-Pacific is hiring a Millwright / Multicraft Maintenance Technician for our Rome, GA Lumber facility . We are seeking candidates with strong industrial mechanical maintenance skills and especially value those who also bring electrical troubleshooting experience.

In this hands-on role, you’ll troubleshoot, repair, install, and maintain equipment to support safe, reliable, and efficient production. You’ll work with a collaborative maintenance team to prevent equipment failures, reduce downtime, and improve mill performance.

Pay

• Starting pay: $25.73–$37.91 per hour, based on experience.
• Additional increases are available through the company’s multicraft certification process as you develop skills and qualify for higher certification levels.

Schedule

• 12-hour shifts, 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m., rotating eight consecutive days on and six consecutive days off.
• Must be available to work any shift, overtime, weekends, holidays, and call-ins as needed.
• Orientation is Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., before transitioning to the assigned shift.

Rotation Example

• Work Wednesday through the following Wednesday: eight days on.
• Off Thursday through Tuesday: six days off.
• The cycle repeats every two weeks.

Location 380 Mays Bridge Rd

Rome, GA 30165

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What You Will Do

• Follow plant safety and environmental policies, including lockout/tagout requirements, and participate in safety initiatives.
• Troubleshoot, repair, install, and maintain mechanical equipment, including gearboxes, bearings, motors, conveyors, pumps, valves, actuators, and related components.
• Perform preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance, including inspections, lubrication, component installation, and equipment adjustments.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems within your qualifications and training, including motors, sensors, switches, VFDs, controls, and control circuits.
• Use welding, cutting, fabrication, and pipefitting skills for repairs, modifications, and installations.
• Apply root-cause problem-solving to prevent repeat failures and improve equipment reliability.
• Partner with operations to prioritize maintenance needs and support equipment startups, shutdowns, and cleanups.
• Use CMMS software to document work, create work orders, research parts, and support preventive maintenance planning.
• Communicate equipment conditions, completed repairs, and follow-up needs clearly.
• Share knowledge and contribute to team problem-solving and maintenance improvements.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• At least one year of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing or production environment troubleshooting and repairing mechanical equipment, including gearboxes, bearings, pumps, conveyors, and related components.
• Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, including identifying leaks, replacing components, and troubleshooting common operating problems

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience performing both mechanical and electrical maintenance in an industrial environment.
• Experience troubleshooting industrial electrical equipment, including motors, sensors, switches, VFDs, and control circuits.
• Prior experience reading and interpreting electrical schematics.
• Experience with precision maintenance, welding, fabrication, pipefitting, lubrication systems, pumps, CMMS software, reliability tools, failure analysis, or root-cause problem-solving.
• An associate degree or higher in Industrial Maintenance, Electrical Technology, Mechatronics, or a related field; or at least three years of manufacturing maintenance experience.
• Experience mentoring teammates, taking ownership, or leading maintenance improvements.

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, aquí, or tu).