Industrial Electrician

Industrial Electrician

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring for an Electrician for our Madison, GA Plywood facility! We manufacture pine plywood panels and siding that are ideal for residential and light commercial construction like subflooring, wall and roof sheathing, and concrete formwork.

Plywood is a strong, versatile product made by gluing together thin layers (veneers) of wood with the grain of each layer running in opposite directions. This cross-graining makes it stable, durable, and resistant to warping.

We anticipate this role to pay between $32 to $38 depending on experience and knowledge level.

GP 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

• Problem solving, troubleshooting, installing, repairing and maintaining facility electrical distribution and manufacturing process equipment
• Understanding, troubleshooting and modifying programmable logic control (PLC) and distributed control systems (DCS)
• Providing feedback on equipment conditions, potential failure risks, corrections and additions on job plans
• Installing new conduit and wiring
• Making modifications to existing conduit and wiring
• Ability to provide your own metric and standard tools, i.e.: socket and wrench sets, and Allen T-handles
• Work in a hot, cold, dusty, and noisy industrial environment
• Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day
• Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment, i.e.: safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toed boots and other PPE as required by specific jobs
• Work any shift, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed
• Lift and carry up to 50 pounds and work at heights of up to 100 feet

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• At least one (1) year of experience working within a manufacturing, industrial, or industrial military environment
• At least one (1) year of experience troubleshooting manufacturing equipment
• At least (1) years experience in industrial electrical repair, process controls, and/or instrumentation

What Will Put You Ahead

• Two or more years experience with single and three phase electrical repair and/or troubleshooting up to 480 volts, reading electrical and maintenance schematics/blueprints, measuring, cutting, and bending conduit and troubleshooting hydraulic equipment, circuits and components
• Two or more years experience with Rockwell Automation software i.e. Control Logix, FT view, RSlinx, FT Linx Etc...
• Associate's degree or higher in Industrial Electricity, Instrumentation, Electrical & Control Technology, Electrical Engineering
• Military or apprenticeship experience in PLCs, voltage, wiring schematics, etc.
• College coursework in Principles of Technology, Electrical Control Systems or Control Theory