Location: Arkadelphia,AR, USA
Georgia-Pacific is now hiring for a PLC Technician at our Plywood facility in Gurdon, Arkansas. At Georgia-Pacific, we dont believe that a job is just simply a job. We see each role as a career and a way to advance your skills to not only better your life, but the community as well. Our ideal Technician is self-motivated, reliable, and has a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and respect for others. You should have a strong desire to improve processes without regard for where work is required (operational, mechanical, or electrical).
Georgia-Pacific employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury-free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit
What You Will Do In Your Role
Knowledge share, coordinate, and communicate effectively to all levels
Work independently or as a team with maintenance technicians and management
Demonstrate effective and logical troubleshooting skills
Understand and use data to improve productivity
Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures
Assist crew members and work in team environment
Be willing to work in a hot, humid, cold, noisy, dusty manufacturing environment
Who You Are
Advanced PLC programming skills (Allen-Bradley PLC 5 & Contrologix experience required)
Ability to troubleshoot and maintain plant network systems
Ability to troubleshoot, configure and repair all types of PLCs & HMIs
Ability to troubleshoot, configure and install AC drives
Ability to troubleshoot, configure and install process instruments
Able to read assembly drawings, schematics, and equipment layouts
Extensive PLC controls programming background to include servo experience, networked PLCs, and analog control
HMI programming background to build new or modify existing HMIs on a variety of platforms
Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.)
Must be able to lift 35 lbs
What Will Put You Ahead
Knowledge proficiency with AutoCAD
Two (2) year degree in a technical related field
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.
*About Elite Technical Recruiting: *
Elite Technical Recruiting is a Direct Placement firm partnering with manufacturing companies, successfully placing Skilled Trades and Engineering professionals. We have over 30 years of experience in recruitment and have supported many different manufacturing companies. We provide a niche recruitment experience utilizing our experienced team of professional recruiters who are experts in the Industrial Maintenance and Engineering fields. They understand the key skill sets needed to partner with manufacturing companies.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.