Maintenance Technician Mechanic- Camden, NJ

Your Job

Our Georgia-Pacific facility located in Camden, NJ is seeking motivated and safety-oriented individuals to join our Maintenance team.

$2,500 sign on bonus!

Starting Pay : $34.31/hr


Schedule : Monday-Friday 7am-3pm. Saturday when needed.

Our Team

The Camden Gypsum facilities employs contribution motivated individuals in helping Georgia-Pacific to be one of the nation's leading gypsum manufacturers. Georgia-Pacific's building product business is consistently amongst the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. Our employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit .

Georgia-Pacific offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, 401(k), accident and sickness, paid holidays and vacations, as well as overtime opportunities.

What You Will Do

• Working as a part of a highly functioning team to ensure timely completion of all maintenance tasks and minimize equipment down time
• Driving a safety-focused culture by regularly engaging in and encouraging safety participation amongst the crew
• Troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining (predictive and preventive) and upgrading equipment
• Using precision alignment to install and align new equipment
• Performing periodic maintenance routines including lubricating machine tools and equipment for improved reliability and uptime
• Maintaining accurate maintenance logs; including labor hours and critical preventative maintenance findings
• Identify and prioritize maintenance needs
• Working with an invested operations team to troubleshoot mechanical problems to help meet or exceed production and quality goals
• Installing and repairing mechanical drives, chains, sprockets, gears, belts, and couplings
• Reading mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics
• Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day, in a loud/noisy, and industrial, high-volume environment
• Work in a non-climate-controlled industrial environment that may be hot, humid, cold and noisy

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• One year of industrial or military maintenance experience OR a 2-year technical degree in Maintenance Mechanics or Engineering Associate
• Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, conveyors
• Experience reading and understanding mechanical drawings

What Will Put You Ahead

• Five (5) years of experience working in a mechanical maintenance position within a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Leadership experience in a manufacturing company with a focus on mechanical and reliability maintenance
• Experience with Preventive, Predictive, and Proactive maintenance
• Experience using precision maintenance tools such as laser alignment tools
• Experience with the cutting-edge technologies (ultrasonic, vibration, infrared)
• Experience working with conveyors, hydraulic and pneumatic systems

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 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 ).