Dryer Technician - Plywood
 Georgia Pacific | |
life insurance, parental leave
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 United States, Mississippi, Taylorsville | |
 Mar 28, 2025 | |
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Your Job
Georgia-Pacific has an opening for a Dryer Technician at our plywood mill in Taylorsville, Mississippi. The Dryer Technician will be responsible for creating and implementing strategies to optimize on-going operations while working injury-free/incident-free in a batch manufacturing environment consistent with our Principle Based Management (PBM) philosophy and framework. We seek creative and inventive individuals that can conceptualize and profitably engage quality measurements to further improve our products for our customers. Our Team At Georgia-Pacific, we are innovative, we manufacture products that make people's lives easier, and we provide careers, not just jobs for our employees. We foster a culture that values integrity and compliance more than anything else and we encourage our employees to challenge the status quo. If you are interested in joining our team, you can learn more about our Building Products division at [1] www.buildgp.com. What You Will Do * Understand the value of work process and how they lead to increased productivity and reduced waste of useable product. * Identify, develop and submit ideas that create business value and improve plant work process. * Equipment failures & deficiencies are repaired/reported to schedule the required work. * Ensure shift metrics are in place and understand the value of: Productivity, Reliability, Recovery and Quality. * Continually develop employee knowledge and qualifications along with increasing operational efficiency. * Ensure equipment is maintained in a satisfactory condition by actively assessing equipment and seeking feedback from operators. * Ensure corrective and preventative work order request are input and maintain area equipment in a reliable, efficient, and safe condition. * Review small projects with technical support and understand scope and timing. * Day-to-Day process and equipment troubleshooting. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) * Experience working in a manufacturing environment What Will Put You Ahead * Two (2) years of experience working in a continuous industrial manufacturing process * Experience in a wood products environment 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 [2] here. Who We Are As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of building products, bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet the 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 [3] business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our [4] 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 [5] here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click [6] here, [7] aqui, or [8] tu). #LI-MR References Visible links 1. http://www.buildgp.com/ 2. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture 3. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy 4. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy 5. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf 6. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_English.pdf 7. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Spanish.pdf 8. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Polish.pdf | |