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in Gloster, MS
Electrician
Estimated Pay | $26 per hour |
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Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
Location | Gloster, Mississippi |
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Estimated Pay$17.2
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$33.36
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Job Description
About Gloster Forest Products
Gloster Forest Products, LLC (GFP) is building a state-of-the-art lumber mill in Gloster, Mississippi.
The new mill will require over 1 million tons of timber annually to produce about 250 million board feet. The facility will be located on 65 acres (about the area of a large shopping mall) and represents a corporate investment of over $200 million, creating 131 jobs and supporting an additional 200 indirect jobs when operating at full capacity.
Family-owned and operated, GFP is dedicated to its employees who are passionate about delivering unmatched, high-quality lumber from a world-class lumber manufacturing facility.
Gloster Forest Products is slated to begin manufacturing lumber in May of 2024. For more information: www.Glosterfp.com/
POSITION: Electrician
This highly skilled role creates value by performing a variety of electrical systems and maintenance duties, while ensuring maximum facility uptime to meet production goals. This position requires knowledge of and hands-on-experience with the following technologies: instrumentation, electronics, lubrication, hydraulics, power transmission, mechanics, steam, welding and pneumatics.
Responsibilities:
Install, troubleshoot, and repair equipment in compliance with plant codes, policies, and procedures
Respond to all maintenance issues, both mechanical and electrical, throughout the plant
Undertake preventative maintenance program for equipment.
Read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to repair equipment.
Verify and document repairs made.
Work in a safe manner using proper PPE.
Work any shift, on-call, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed
Required Skills:
1 years of previous maintenance experience
Experience with Allen Bradley PLC5 and/or Control Logix
Knowledge of and experience with hand and power tools
Mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic knowledge and aptitude
Experience in an industrial environment with VFDs, PLCs, MCCs, HMIs
Experience with high voltage (600-23,000 volts)
Competent with all type power transmission components and troubleshooting
Be able to pass a basic mechanical assessment test
Be able to pass a basic hands-on test
High school diploma or GED Must be able to work nights, weekends, holidays as required
Environmental Conditions:
Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working in loud environment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).