Heavy Equipment Mechanic Trainee/Lube Tech- Sweetwater, TX

Your Job

The Heavy Equipment Lube Technician position at Georgia-Pacific's Gypsum facility in Sweetwater, TX involves performing maintenance and lubrication tasks on heavy equipment to ensure optimal performance and safety. This role requires collaboration within a team to maintain high-quality gypsum products and involves working in various environmental conditions. The technician will be responsible for fluid changes, equipment checks, record-keeping, and coordinating repairs, all while adhering to safety protocols.

Our Team

Our Sweetwater facility has a rich history producing gypsum-based products for a wide variety of customers. Georgia-Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers.

To learn more about our Building Products division, visit www.buildgp.com.

To learn more about our gypsum products, visit www.gpgypsum.com.

What You Will Do

• Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures and actively participate in safety program.
• Perform fluid/filter changes at predetermined intervals along with proper sampling of compartments.
• Conduct pre-shift checks of fluid and equipment before equipment goes into service.
• Fuel/grease and inspect machines at the end of shift fuel cycle to document any repairs needing out of plan down time.
• Keep accurate records of work performed using the CMMS and machine telematics systems.
• Track PM schedules of machines to properly plan down time using telematics systems.
• Coordinate procurement of parts to conduct repairs as needed.
• Assist in maintaining proper inventory of stocked parts through assigning said parts to work orders, performing physical counts, and restocking from previous orders.
• Work with a team to complete lubrication maintenance of mobile equipment in accordance with proper lubrication standards.
• Be self-motivated, working with minimal supervision and capable of making decisions.
• Work overtime, weekends, and holidays when required.
• Work in hot, humid, cold, noisy, dusty, and wet environments.
• Follow company policies and practices including lock tag verify procedures and wearing all required personal protective equipment

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience with lubrication predictive technologies, sample analysis, and lubrication best practices.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and other PC-based production reporting systems applications.
• Knowledge of MSHA, MSHA certification for open pit mining.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with Caterpillar VisionLink, CAT ET, Volvo Caretrack, John Deere Service Advisor, Operations Center/JDLink, Wirtgen WITOS, WIDOS systems.
• One (1) year or more of lubrication technician experience
• Experience within any Koch company or its subsidiaries.

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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, aqui, or tu).